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Re: [PhilosophicalM] Friday Five Mar 11


 

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<<1.? Should Putin be charged with war crimes?>>

Absolutely. Will charging him have any? meaningful change? No.

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<<2.? ?Should Germany restart their nuclear reactors to limit exposure to Russian natural gas?>>

Sounds reasonable. I¡¯m not familiar with Germany¡¯s energy model or why they stopped their nuclear reactors, but certainly anything they can do to replace Russian gas would be a good move.


<<3.? ?Should the Chernobly Nuclear plant be placed under international control?>>

Yes. But will that actually happen? No.
The international judicial system said Russia should withdraw immediately from the Ukraine, that didn¡¯t happen. Russia isn¡¯t going to care if they are told they should let an international workforce take over Chernoble.


4.? Would resuming construction of the Keystone Pipeline? help remediate crude oil prices?

Perhaps internationally¡­.my understanding is the additional barrels of oil would just be passing through the US, going to Mexico, so it wouldn¡¯t help with US prices.

Ed has said ¡°adding 830,000 per day to US coastal refineries¡±¡­.to clarify, this pipe would carry 830,000 barrels/day¡­.however it is replacing a pipeline that carries 550,000 barrels a day, so the net gain is only 280,000 barrels per day.

5.? Should Biden let the Keystone Pipeline be built?

To clarify, what is called the ¡°Keystone Pipeline¡± is actually 4 different pipelines/sections. 3 of the 4 were completed and running. The 4th part was stopped due to potential environmental damage, and from what I understand it would have added only 280,000 barrels, and those barrels would not have benefited the US. So given my current understanding of the lack of benefit to the US vs the environmental damage to the US, I would say no, Biden should not let the 4th part of the Keystone Pipeline be finished.

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Ed had said ¡°Biden should never have halted its construction.? Look at the international mess that his one stupid and unnecessary decision has immediately affected hundreds of millions of middle class people in about 20 countries.¡±

I think this is quite hyperbolic. 280,000 barrels/day is miniscule in the grand scheme of oil, and by no means would solve the energy problems of hundreds of millions of people.

Rhonda

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