A friend of mine that lives in Illinois sent me this. According to my calculations that makes less than $1 USD for a liter of gas. Gasoline in Czechia costs 35 CZK, this is 1,5 USD.
Muricans form the majority of readership on this blog. Next time you complain about prices at the pump, know that we in Europe have it much harder. By the way, the salaries in Czechia are somewhere around $1,000 per month. Besides, in Britain having a car tends to get expensive with exuberant insurance and road tax.
Not so long ago, Russia was dismissive of cryptocurrencies but has since been orange pilled and came full circle…
From Forbes:
Russia’s largest data center operator BitRiver has partnered with the Russian Direct Investment Fund to build mining and AI computing facilities across BRICS nations.
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“We will focus on creating a mining-based infrastructure – building data centers and connecting them to necessary power sources to enable AI project deployment and development across the country,” said BitRiver CEO Igor Runets according to the announcement.
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The companies cite a global shortage of energy-intensive data center capacity as a key driver for expansion. The initiative aligns with Russia’s push to strengthen its position as the world’s second-largest crypto mining market after the United States.
“My concern is the hail damage that came through and busted these panels – we now have some highly toxic chemicals that could be potentially leaking into our water tables,” Needville resident Nick Kaminski told Fox affiliate KRIV-TV.
To be honest, such a solar array in fields is a crime. I don’t know that the suitability of the land for agriculture is but at least it could be habitat for wildlife. A meadow for butterflies, a ground for rodents, a hunting ground for canines, and felines, and birds of prey. Big ass beasts can eat grass and shit on the bugs.
You know, solar panels could be built on roofs in the cities. If there was a good scheme where I could sell the electricity generated on my roof into the grid. A scheme in which I would watch money rolling into my account. I would get those panels, and I would even get batteries to supply the grid at night. But alas there is no such shit in Czechia.
Installing solar panels makes no fucking sense in this part of the world. We get no sunlight and the days in winter are short. Only nuclear reactors are the answer if you don’t want to burn coal. I don’t see anything wrong with burning coal if the process is controlled. The powers that be want us to stop burning wood. If they really plan to do it, they would have to enforce it, and I am telling you, they will not come out of here alive. We will burn them in the stove with the wood. 🪵
What does it mean to be a kid at heart?
The difference between a child and an adult is really in the level of responsibility one has. Children don’t pay taxes. And when you start filing self returns, you can never return to being a kid. I personally like playing video games, this is my form of entertainment but most of my days I spend doing my creative project. Video games that I play are full of sex and violence. So, you cannot call that childish. My creative project involves a heavy dose of esoteric knowledge, history and philosophy. Most children aren’t able to grasp this amount of knowledge. At one point you grow out of being a kid.
Somebody posted this quote on Facebook…
Maybe that’s why the EU tries to regulate agriculture, and energy, tries to control the money with a single currency. Food was the main concern for governments in the ancient world. Just read plaques in cuneiform to get the idea.
Energy was for the most history slave labor and horse power, only the Industrial Revolution introduced new forms of energy such as hydrocarbons and electricity. Bitcoin is based on energy. Production requires energy. Modern society requires energy. Light go out, civilization goes out.
Money is the medium of exchange, pricing and money supply are important for the exchange of goods. BRICS wants its own exchanges, its own financial system. The Russians and Chinese are both on it.
Somehow countries (not all countries) became conscious of these important components of civilization. Russia for instance became a net exporter of food in 2016. The West is finally coming around the fact they need to build nuclear, ☢️ renewables are not going to cut it in the brave new world of AI and electric everything.
But one only wonders what took them this long?
You have three magic genie wishes, what are you asking for?
Money, 💰 hoes, cars… what else?
This argument is an expanded “No pussy, no work”…
Today you work only to put food on your table. Note that the food gets ever more expensive and your wages ain’t rising with the inflation. If you are working to pay rent and eat slop, this is a step better from being a slave.
The conclusion my friends is, if you can avoid going to work, don’t go to work. Also, consider working to avoid working later. I know it may sound easier said than done, and by far not everyone could do it but work sucks, employers suck. Ultimately, even the coolest job in the area will suck in many ways.
I am actually not planning to return to full time work when my contract ends next year. Besides, the state taxes your asses to oblivion. You have income tax, value added tax, capital gains tax, property tax, council tax, road tax. In some places you have mandated insurance payments such as car insurance, medical insurance, social security payments, and tv license. And I shouldn’t forget inheritance taxes. Taxes kill your incentive to build wealth and family.
Companies in the EU may cry all they want about unfair Chinese competition but they have only themselves and their political leadership to blame…
China did not develop EVs and solar panels to flood the EU with them. China fears being deprived of oil. In a potential conflict, China could be cut off from maritime supplies. China also suffers from extreme pollution in cities. These realities make the development of EVs and renewables a matter of national security. This is why they heavily subsidize this sector.
The EU does not have the heavy industry and the pollution problems, somehow the EU also does not fear being cut off from oil. Norway, UK, the US are deemed to be reliable suppliers. While, the EU does project the banning of the combustion engine, they did not bother with making EVs more affordable. This is where the Chinese come in. Also, the EU wants to boost renewable energy but the solar panels again don’t come cheap, this is where Chinese made panels come in.
China did this out of necessity and the fact their production is an added bonus. I actually wonder about Russian made airplanes. The Russians need domestic production of airplanes because the West wants to blackmail Russia by withholding this technology. Given Boeing’s problems, Russians could in the future win some foreign markets with their production.
