Or us, really.
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Fossil fuels are toxic when burned, and we need to do more to recapture exhaust at or near any source, but we’re going to need more energy sources. Getting there will also mean using some fossil fuels. I’m not a petroleum specialist, but perhaps there’s another way other than fire to catalyze it and release the energy safely. Space, however, has practically infinite energy and mass, so that’s always an option.
The moon used to be seen as a solid option for energy production, and is very close, and has no remaining atmosphere to reduce solar panel efficiency. It may be dusty and prone to receiving asteroid strikes but it’s still one of the closest things we have to what we are looking for.
Speaking of satellites, Putin’s continued attempt to reclaim old Soviet satellites is… inadvisable. No one wants a world ending war based on some historic territory, and it appears that option has been kept off the table thankfully. Hopefully indefinitely.
The wound between Ukraine and Russia is going to take time to heal, and I don’t have exact answers about how that should go down. The capture of the alleged Nazis from the steel factory may have inflamed Russia even further, creating perceived justification post facto, even if only a small percentage of them really were holding on to Nazi beliefs (statistically, you’ll always find some supremacist somewhere in a population). After the amount of time it took to capture them and wear them down it’s possible they may discover this due to their fatigue. But the answers they give probably won’t differ in essence: they were attacked, they defended. Maybe a bit more effectively than the Russians anticipated.
Putin and his spiritual advisor’s interpretation of Orthodox Christianity has led to the idea that there has to be a supreme body, but achieving military supremacy over the known world has never lasted or given anyone lasting comfort in and of itself, no matter how hardened their minds are or how attractive the prospect is. It was also never the point of the New Testament either, despite that chapter of the Bible being quite a bit contradictory and cryptic at times. Climbing that particular ladder by force is always going to hurt those who assist, and it creates an inevitable downfall, or a tragic self-suffocation.
The western world has also appeared incensed that Macron and Kissinger proposed giving something to Putin to avoid humiliation. Frankly, the failure of their military ranks and communication networks was already a form of humiliation… no one wants to be seen as incompetent or unable to assert themselves. If the exposure of these failings, both economic (driving the aggression over oil) and military (driving the attempt to ensure permanent economic stability) are the target of diplomatic outreach and economic planning assistance that would technically be ‘giving him something’.
None of the war between the two countries was fair when we look at the suffering caused, and keeping it going this way is also not fair to the soldiers lost. We have to try to look forward to the next century, not the past one that led us here. I don’t know why exactly Putin began this, but Russia does have a massive amount of land that could be made usable for its people. The remaining forces occupying Ukraine would be far more effectively repurposed at home rebuilding among friends and family, which is what they were supposed to be defending in the first place instead of drawing national or global ire. The inflation caused globally by this war immediately after Covid is just not doing anyone any real good.
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