@QuirkyForum Avatar @QuirkyForum John Bulloch

John Bulloch posts on X about canada, china, russia, sweden the most. They currently have [------] followers and [---] posts still getting attention that total [-------] engagements in the last [--] hours.

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Social topic influence canada #2238, china, russia, sweden #59, india, norway #45, germany #201, japan, ukraine, denmark

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"SWEDEN AND FINLAND JOIN NATO #Russia has been strengthening its naval forces at #Kaliningrad since it annexed #Crimea. #Gotland which is part of #Sweden becomes a critical element in the #NATO defense of the #Baltic. Both Sweden and #Finland are #Arctic nations and will help"
X Link 2023-07-22T04:52Z 38.4K followers, 403.2K engagements

"GLOBAL CLIMATE GOALS We will not meet them. Climate change is techy. Keeping the global rise in temperatures below [--] degrees Centigrade. What does that mean Impossible global and domestic politics. Close coal-fired power plants in #USA and open them in #China. #Germany"
X Link 2023-07-09T16:06Z 38.5K followers, 122.8K engagements

"WOMEN IN THE MILITARY Conscription for both men and women in #Norway #Sweden and #Israel. Women can serve in combat in #Canada #France #Ukraine (photo) and #Germany. The big issue is finding people with the wide range of skills for the modern high tech military of today"
X Link 2023-07-09T06:55Z 38.5K followers, 467.5K engagements

"@JamesRolsche @EhnGunnar @security_gk @hellzbellza @paivan_psyk0 The #USA is the lead partner in #NATO and has other military alliances with nations like #Japan #Canada and #Australia. The Arctic has not been a USA priority because it only has three icebreakers and nations like #Russian and #Canada have massive fleets. But everything is"
X Link 2023-07-22T01:50Z 38.4K followers, [--] engagements

"@FrodeBrenden1 Hyundai is a big hydrogen fuel cell truck producer"
X Link 2023-08-01T11:01Z 38.4K followers, [--] engagements

"THE UKRAINE WAR IS A TECHNOLOGY WAR The #USA Javelin anti-tank missiles (photo) that can outsmart the anti-missile technology of #Russian tanks. Cyber attacks on power grids and nuclear power sites. Modern armies require fighters that are technology savvy and that is why"
X Link 2023-08-07T02:25Z 38.4K followers, [---] engagements

"THE WORLD WILL NOT MEET ITS CLIMATE GOALS [---] nations agreed to limit increases in global average temperatures to [--] degrees centigrade. That is mostly politics. And politics is about perception not reality. The reality is the fast growing nations of Asia particularly #China #India and #Indonesia have lots of cheap coal and are building coal-fired power plants to provide the needed electricity. When we can see crude oil from Saudi Arabia at $50 US a barrel and small nuclear reactors providing electricity cheaper that coal then we will know we will meet global climate goals"
X Link 2023-08-01T19:14Z [--] followers, 274K engagements

"CONTAINER FARMING Old shipping containers adapted to grow up to [--] different crops all year round. Bought by grocery stores farmers and located in parking lots or anywhere out of sight. Another form of hydroponic farming or controlled environment farming. LED lights can be powered by solar on the roof"
X Link 2023-08-08T18:04Z 38.4K followers, [---] engagements

"THE IMPLICATIONS OF ENERGY TRANSITIONS In history nations have moved from coal and steam engines to crude oil and internal combustion engines to hydrogen and fuel cells and batteries and electric drives. The impacts are profound. At some point as crude oil prices fall energy sources such as the tar sands offshore oil (photo) and the fracking of shale deposits becomes uneconomical"
X Link 2023-08-11T12:44Z 38.4K followers, [---] engagements

"CHINA IS KEY TO PEACE IN UKRAINE It needs to show the world that it is a friend of #Russia and a friend of #Ukraine. #China should make a public offer to help finance the reconstruction of #Ukraine and to replace imports of #Russian LNG with #USA LNG. An alliance with Russia is not in China's long-term interest. The huge market for its goods and services in the western democracies. Peace with the West means a stable relationship with #Taiwan"
X Link 2023-08-12T12:53Z 38.4K followers, [---] engagements

"THE DESTRUCTION OF LAHAINA MAUI HAWAII. The famous [---] year old Banyan tree in the photo was badly scorched during the recent fire that wiped out the town of #Lahaina the old capital of the #Hawaiian Islands. My wife and I often spent a month in #Maui during the 1980s and 1990's and loved our weekly visit to Lahaina. I bought my wife a gold ring with a pearl for her 30th wedding anniversary in a shop that is now nothing but ashes. Our 68th anniversary is two weeks away. The fire was caused by excessive drought and high winds linked to an offshore tornado"
X Link 2023-08-13T18:25Z 38.4K followers, [---] engagements

"COMPOSITES REPLACING STEEL ALUMINIUM AND PLASTICS A quiet revolution is taking place in the manufacture of ships planes and autos. Composite materials are being developed that are lighter and stronger than steel. The photo shows an EV coming from TATA of #India in which the body is made of a composite material. Reducing the body weight improves the productivity of the lithium-ion batteries"
X Link 2023-08-14T12:48Z 38.4K followers, [---] engagements

"ELECTRIC THREE WHEELERS Photo of the SARIT and company president Frank Stronach. Facilities under construction in Ontario. Made of aluminum and can drive 100km between charges. Plug into any [---] volt outlet. These vehicles are everywhere in #India. Price about $6500 US. Three manufacturers in #Canada"
X Link 2023-08-17T11:16Z 38.4K followers, [---] engagements

"AGRIVOLTAICS Growing plants under solar panels. The panels protect the plants from extreme weather and the moisture from the plants cools the panels. Changing the economics of agriculture. Solar developers rent land from farmers and design the panels to allow the right amount of light through to the plants. Some plants and some bee species thrive in shade"
X Link 2023-08-18T11:42Z 38.4K followers, [---] engagements

"BIOFUELS Producing ethanol from corn and adding it to gasoline. Or producing biodiesel from soybeans and canola and adding it to diesel fuel. Biofuels are heavily subsidized everywhere. Whether biofuels really reduce the use of fossil fuels is questionable economics. But the politics are deadly because it transfers income to rural communities. The big issue is using things like corn for fuel or using it for food. 40% of #USA corn produced ends up as biofuel"
X Link 2023-08-18T12:44Z 38.4K followers, 33.2K engagements

"THE PERMAFROST IS MELTING Sand gravel and soil held together by ice. Methane being released. Punch a hole in the snow and light a match (photo). Landslides large craters forming shorelines breaking away. Evidence of early humanoids discovered plus mammoth tusks and bones of cave bears and cave lions. 25% of northern hemisphere is covered with permafrost"
X Link 2023-08-22T12:40Z 38.4K followers, [---] engagements

"THE USA JAVELIN ANTI-TANK GUIDED MISSILE Shoulder-fired with fire and forget technology. Will fire in a loop to hit the top of the tank where the metal is thinnest. Cost about $125000 each. Can fire in a straight line to hit helicopters. One of the most powerful weapons made available to #Ukraine"
X Link 2023-08-23T19:46Z 38.6K followers, [---] engagements

"METHANE IS A MORE DEADLY GREENHOUSE GAS THAN CO2 The photo shows methane raising to the surface from the bottom of a lake in the #Arctic. Other sources are a billion cows burping and farting. And from rice production waste management wetlands and the extraction and distribution of natural gas"
X Link 2023-08-25T15:33Z 38.4K followers, [---] engagements

"THE IMPACT OF MIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION They start companies and bring skills and needed labor. Major sources of immigration in the past were #Italy and #Ireland. Today it is #India #China and the #Philippines. The most welcoming nations are the #USA #UK #Canada #Spain and #Germany. Cultures are enhanced by immigrants and not threatened. My wife and I are [--] years of age and when we travel on the subway in #Toronto it is always young #Chinese that jump up to give us their seat"
X Link 2023-08-27T12:33Z 38.6K followers, [---] engagements

"GETTING READY FOR THE FUTURE Which nation will have an unlimited supply of critical strategic minerals to make the batteries wind turbines hydrogen fuel cells and small modular reactors of the future. Which nation will attract the skilled immigrants. Which nation has access to huge bodies of fresh water. Which nation has the public healthcare so investors do not have to pay the cost for its employees. Which nation has the infrastructure to get products to market. Which nation is politically stable CANADA"
X Link 2023-08-28T11:44Z 38.5K followers, [---] engagements

"THE WOMEN WARRIORS OF UKRAINE [-----] women serve in a range of combat and service roles. They are drone pilots members of artillery and missile teams snipers intelligence officers medical nurses and doctors"
X Link 2023-08-31T11:19Z 38.4K followers, 27.5K engagements

"RAIL ELECTRIFICATION Happening in #Europe. [----] wind turbines provide the power in the #Netherlands. #Germany using hydrogen fuel cells. No overhead lines needed. #Norway and #Switzerand (photo) use hydro to generate the electricity"
X Link 2023-09-01T11:39Z 38.4K followers, [---] engagements

"THE BIGGEST BRAIN DRAIN IN HISTORY [------] to one million educated young people have fled #Russia since the invasion of #Ukraine. Most have headed for nations that do not require visas like #Kazakhstan #Georgia and #Armenia. Their ultimate destination is the #EU and #Germany in particular where the best jobs exist"
X Link 2023-09-02T12:24Z 38.4K followers, [---] engagements

"DESALINATION Blast seawater through membranes to remove salts and other chemicals. 25% of the world's population live in water stressed areas. There are [-----] desalination plants in [---] nations. The largest are located in the Middle East especially #SaudiArabia. Boiling seawater and catching the water vapor provides pure water to make whisky"
X Link 2023-09-03T13:08Z 38.6K followers, [---] engagements

"ICELAND SURPRISES A nation without ice. [---] glaciers melting. Waterfalls everywhere (photo). Public swim in lake warmed by hot springs. New fish stocks have moved into #Iceland waters. Homes made of concrete blocks. No natural wood on the island"
X Link 2023-09-05T13:51Z 38.6K followers, [---] engagements

"MOLDOVA SHOULD UNITE WITH ROMANIA Two surprises visiting Moldova in [----]. The women looked like my grandmother who was born in #Romania close to the current border of #Moldova. The best white wine I have ever tasted. The big wine festival (photo) is a huge tourist attraction. Most people speak #Romanian. Moldova wants to join the #EU. But Moldova as part of Romania would bring the nation into the EU and #NATO. Moldova is replacing natural gas from #Russia with gas from Romania"
X Link 2023-09-07T11:56Z 38.4K followers, [---] engagements

"MELTING PERMAFROST Sand gravel and soil held together by ice. 25% of the northern hemisphere is covered by permafrost and it is melting. Shorelines breaking away as in photo. Huge craters being formed landslides methane being released and discoveries from our past. Evidence of humanoids mammoth tusks bone of cave lions and cave bears"
X Link 2023-09-08T12:33Z 38.5K followers, 31.4K engagements

"THE HYDROGEN REVOLUTION Producing electricity from chemistry rather than combustion. Hydrogen fuel cells work like batteries and convert hydrogen and oxygen into electricity heat and water vapor. The electricity produced drives the wheels in trucks and buses. Hydrogen filling stations will start appearing everywhere (photo). Hydrogen can be produced from methane and from the electrolysis of water"
X Link 2023-09-09T12:08Z 38.4K followers, [---] engagements

"URBAN FARMING Visited #Belfast in [----] at age [--]. Grandparents lived in an upper middle class district and every home had removed the grass in their yards to plant vegetables and strawberries. Neighbors raised rabbits and chickens. Massive bartering system in place. People ate seagulls. Global movement of agriculture to urban areas today because of unsettled weather. Photo shows rooftop farming in #Singapore"
X Link 2023-09-10T13:40Z 38.5K followers, [---] engagements

"CITIES THAT COULD BECOME INHABITABLE BECAUSE OF RISING OCEANS #Bangkok in #Thailand (photo) #Amsterdam in the #Netherlands #NewOrleans in #Louisiana #Kolkata in #India #Jakarta in #Indonesia #Venice in #Italy #Houston in #Texas #Miami in #Florida #Lagos in #Nigeria #Dhaka in #Bangladesh and much more"
X Link 2023-09-11T13:59Z 38.4K followers, [---] engagements

"@dhaaland Climate change is creating a world of winners and losers. A visit to Greenland and Iceland is educational. Each losing over a billion tons of ice per year. New fish stocks in their waters. Resource development and tourism booming"
X Link 2023-09-11T19:57Z 38.4K followers, [---] engagements

"THE EQUALITY OF WOMEN A profound address by PM Lee Kuan Yew of Singapore in [----]. "We have discovered that as our women are educated and financially secure they marry later and have smaller families." This is the reality of all the developed nations that are facing shrinking populations. Nations leading in ensuring equal rights are #Sweden #Norway. #Finland and #Canada"
X Link 2023-09-12T11:49Z 38.4K followers, [---] engagements

"HEMPCRETE A home built with a lightweight concrete made from hemp (photo). Hemp is a magic climate crop that can be made into thousands of products: clothing food medicines biofuels and much more. Absorbs #CO2 better than trees. Needs little water and no fertilizers or pesticides. Big producers are #China #USA #Canada #France and #Australia"
X Link 2023-09-13T12:54Z 38.5K followers, [---] engagements

"JELLYFISH Their specialty is reproducing. They are closing beaches as in photo clogging fishing nets and have shut down a nuclear power plant. A combination of climate change and overfishing has reduced the number of species that eat jellyfish and jellyfish eggs. In one day"
X Link 2023-09-16T11:55Z 38.5K followers, [---] engagements

"PLANTING A TRILLION TREES A global initiative to fight climate change. Trees improve the health of soil and the quality of water. Planting trees is good economics. There are three trillion trees in the world. A visit to #Fiji was educational. Fruit trees planted to protect"
X Link 2023-09-16T13:09Z 38.4K followers, [--] engagements

"MINI OFF GRID SOLAR SYSTEMS FOR AFRICA AND INDIA Children can study at night and power their I-phones. Systems bought or rented. [--] million families have access to cheap electricity. The market is [---] million families"
X Link 2023-09-17T13:16Z 38.4K followers, [---] engagements

"EXTREME WEATHER IN [----] The hottest year on record. #USA hit with [--] billion dollar climate disasters. Record number of days in which temperatures where over [--] degrees C or [---] degrees F in #Europe #Japan #Texas and the Southwestern #USA"
X Link 2023-09-17T14:37Z 38.5K followers, [--] engagements

"GREENLAND A semi-autonomous region of the Kingdom of Denmark. The population is only [-----] and 40% are under the age of [--]. Their educated young people are the future. They speak Greenlandic Danish and English. They want to protect their language and culture while adapting to the warming climate that is creating an economic boom"
X Link 2023-09-18T12:19Z 38.6K followers, [---] engagements

"THE WOMEN WARRIORS OF UKRAINE [-----] serve in combat and non-combat roles. They are drone pilots members of artillery and missile teams snipers officers nurses and doctors. They ensure supplies reach the front"
X Link 2023-09-19T11:47Z 38.4K followers, [---] engagements

"@SaintAlexei The reality of modern warfare is not what is tough and what is easy but the need for such an array of technical skills. This is the increasing role for women in the military"
X Link 2023-09-19T14:28Z 38.4K followers, [--] engagements

"THE SOUTH PACIFIC ISLANDS The Island of Kiribati in the photo like all the islands are fighting rising oceans and extreme weather. People in #Fiji are being moved from coastal villages to higher ground. Some islands are building walls to keep the salt water from washing into their aquifers. These islands are on the front lines of #climate change"
X Link 2023-09-19T14:38Z 38.5K followers, [---] engagements

"THE PUTIN NIGHTMARE The youth of Eastern Europe: #Ukraine #Belarus #Moldova #Georgia #Azerbaijan and #Armeina are pro-western. They want to act freely. to be able to trust their leaders and they want to live in a society where the rules apply equally to everyone. The photo is a protest against the fixed election in Belarus"
X Link 2023-09-20T11:31Z 38.4K followers, [---] engagements

"MASSIVE ICE MELTS IN THE ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC The enormity is beyond belief. #Greenland alone is losing [---] billion tons of ice per year. Rising oceans threaten coastal cities like #Miami. And the great melts are making the water less saline and this is impacting ocean currents. It is the changing currents that are impacting our weather"
X Link 2023-09-22T13:18Z 38.4K followers, [---] engagements

"THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT IN THE HAGUE They have issued an arrest warrant for President Vladimir Putin of Russia for abducting over [-----] children from #Ukraine. This is a war crime. This arrest warrant limited the ability of Putin to travel"
X Link 2023-09-23T12:22Z 38.4K followers, [--] engagements

"FORESTS IN THE DESERT Photo shows women planting trees in the desert in #Egypt using drip irrigation and treated sewage water that contains the necessary phosphorus and nitrogen. The current forest is [---] acres in size but the plan is a forest the size of [---] million acres. The leaves from the trees create a black soil that allows natural growth of grass and shrubs and a new home for animals and birds. Egypt has created a new furniture industry"
X Link 2023-09-23T13:26Z 38.5K followers, [---] engagements

"ICELAND SURPRISES [---] glaciers melting and waterfalls can be seen everywhere. Losing [--] billion tons of ice per year. Although oceans are rising in most parts of the world they are falling around Iceland. Iceland is also rising. Climate change is techy. New fish stocks"
X Link 2023-09-25T12:42Z 38.4K followers, [--] engagements

"AGRIVOLTAICS Growing plants under solar panels. The panels reduce risk of extreme weather and the moisture from the plants cools the panels. Panel design is flexible depending on the degree of shade desired. Some plants and bee species thrive in shade. A new income for farmers which is changing the economics of small scale agriculture"
X Link 2023-09-26T14:48Z 38.5K followers, [---] engagements

"THE UNIFICATION OF MOLDOVA AND ROMANIA Both speak Romanian. The #Russian invasion of #Ukraine is also a threat to the people of Moldova. A union of the two nations would make Moldova a member of #NATO and the #EU. Moldova is presently replacing natural gas from #Russia with gas from #Romania. The young people of Moldova are pro-Western"
X Link 2023-09-27T13:37Z 38.4K followers, [---] engagements

"DRONE BOATS Changing the nature of naval warfare. All the major naval powers are developing drone boats or unmanned surface vehicles. They are used for surveillance for locating mines and as exploding speed boats. The photo shows a USV built by #Ukraine and used to attack #Russian ships and bridges Larger ships are being redesigned to serve as mother ships"
X Link 2023-09-28T12:04Z 38.5K followers, [---] engagements

"METHANE IS A DEADLY GREENHOUSE GAS Being released as permafrost melts. Lakes bubbly (photo) and ground wobbly. Punch a hole in the ground and light a match. Sheep and cattle release methane as part of their digestion process. Methane related to wetland rice production and the extraction and distribution of natural gas"
X Link 2023-09-29T12:37Z 38.4K followers, [---] engagements

"HYDROGEN The green miracle fuel of the future. Green hydrogen is produced from the electrolysis of water which splits water into hydrogen and oxygen. The electricity that powers the process is powered by wind and solar. Electricity from hydrogen is about chemistry rather than combustion. Hydrogen fuel cells work like batteries and convert hydrogen and oxygen into electricity heat and water vapor. Fuel cells in trucks (photo) trains and buses are the future. Watch for the construction of hydrogen filling stations"
X Link 2023-09-30T12:09Z 38.4K followers, 28.7K engagements

"THE REUNIFICATION OF IRELAND An inevitable process is underway. All of my bigoted anti-Catholic #Belfast relatives are dead. The younger generation are ignoring religion. The Republic of #Ireland is booming with #USA corporations locating there for easy access to the #EU"
X Link 2023-10-01T13:36Z 38.4K followers, [--] engagements

"COASTAL CITIES AND RISING OCEANS Polar ice melts more severe than anticipated. Some of the most threatened cities are #Bangkok (photo) #Amsterdam #NewOrleans #Kolkata #Miami #Venice and much more. Engineering projects that keep out the water will help some cities. But many cities will become uninhabitable"
X Link 2023-10-02T12:30Z 38.4K followers, [---] engagements

"@DalofThirel Hydrogen fuel cells produce electricity that will light the headlights and drive the wheels in trucks and buses. The big debate is whether we will get green hydrogen produced by the electrolysis of water that can compete with blue hydrogen produced from natural gas or methane"
X Link 2023-10-04T12:25Z 38.4K followers, [---] engagements

"Hydrogen produced from water was explained to me as an engineering student in the 1950s. When I went to work for Imperial Oil I discovered they were producing hydrogen from methane or natural gas. The big debate today is when green hydrogen (water based hydrogen) will compete with blue hydrogen from natural gas"
X Link 2023-10-04T12:30Z 38.4K followers, [---] engagements

"SHIPS WITHOUT CREWS Battery-electric with artificial intelligence replacing sailors. The ferry boat in Finland (photo) cargo ships using coastal waterways in China and Norway. By [----] anticipate autonomous cargo vessels crossing the ocean. Nations developing this technology are #Norway #China #Finland #UK #USA #Japan and #Singapore"
X Link 2023-10-05T13:47Z 38.5K followers, [---] engagements

"JELLYFISH TAKING OVER THE OCEANS Climate change and overfishing has reduced the fish species that eat jellyfish and jellyfish eggs. Fishing nets clogged beaches closed intake pipes of power stations plugged. [----] species some beautiful and some venomous. A few species edible An estimated [--] billion a jellyfish bloom in the Sea of Japan"
X Link 2023-10-05T14:36Z 38.6K followers, [---] engagements

"THE CASPIAN SEA The largest inland body of water. Brackish or partly saline. Home of the Beluga Sturgeon. Rich reserves of oil and gas onshore and offshore. Natural gas from Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan will reach southern Europe via the Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) reducing reliance on gas from #Russia"
X Link 2023-10-06T14:28Z 38.4K followers, [---] engagements

"ISRAEL--A NATION DIVIDED IS A NATION VULNERABLE The photo is Israeli's fighting the government's plan to weaken the Supreme Court. Military personnel demoralized. Extreme domestic politics is destructive of a nation's security apparatus. #Hamas rockets and kidnapping of #Israel women and children shocking and disgusting"
X Link 2023-10-08T11:55Z 38.5K followers, 70K engagements

"GLOBAL ISSUES INVOLVED IN ISRAEL The #USA sends its USS Gerald R Ford Carrier Group to protect #Israel which includes cruisers and destroyers that can deliver guided missiles. Israel is a strategic security military and economic partner of not just the USA but all the developed nations. The democracies and their giant multinational companies have [---] Research and Development facilities in Israel"
X Link 2023-10-09T20:46Z 38.5K followers, [---] engagements

"SANCTIONS The USA puts sanctions on Iran exports of oil but #Iran ships it to #Malaysia where it is mixed with a local blend relabeled and shipped to #China. Iran is the world's 7th largest producer of crude oil. Taiwan companies in [----] avoided restrictions on selling goods to #China by selling them to #HongKong and #Singapore where they were repackaged relabeled and shipped to China. A similar game was played to avoid restrictions on selling goods to South Africa during apartheid"
X Link 2023-10-11T14:18Z 38.6K followers, [---] engagements

"GLOBAL IMPACTS OF HAMAS ATTACKING ISRAEL Police in #USA the #UK #France #Canada and #Germany protect synagogues. Public protests in support of Hamas in #Yemen #Turkey #Lebonon and #Iraq. The restoration of diplomatic relations between #Israel and #SaudiArabia dead for now. International support for a Palestinian state is also dead"
X Link 2023-10-11T20:39Z 38.6K followers, [---] engagements

"THE STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE OF GREENLAND A semi-autonomous region of the Kingdom of Denmark. Climate change means massive ice melts discoveries of rare earths and a range of other minerals new fish stocks and port development to accommodate traffic via the #NorthWest Passage. #Greenland faces a long-term political challenge to protect its language and culture. Spent a day in the town of Qaqortoq. A local restaurant was owned by a Danish/Inuit couple. Spoke to their daughter who looked like one of the children in the photo. She spoke #Greenlandic #Danish and a bit of #English. 40% of the"
X Link 2023-10-12T13:51Z 38.6K followers, 33.7K engagements

"@Michael22906269 The #USA is in a political bind in terms of how it deals with Iran. If they really tried to cut off their oil exports it would drive up crude oil prices and inflation which is deadly for Biden facing elections in 2024"
X Link 2023-10-13T11:47Z 38.4K followers, [--] engagements

"@Michael22906269 President Trump bringing oil prices down is politics. What happened was that Saudi Arabia ramped up its production capabilities in anticipation that Iran oil exports would be sanctioned which never happened"
X Link 2023-10-13T17:00Z 38.6K followers, [--] engagements

"THE ISRAEL-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT AND THE ISSUE OF CULTURE The Jews of #Israel are not more intelligent than the Muslims of #Palestine but the Jews believe in science and technology are better organized and more disciplined. The difference is culture. In the same way the #Igbo people of #Nigeria are not more intelligent than the #Hausa people but the Igbos start most of the new ventures. In Israel half of the population works in areas of science and technology. And this attracts investors from around the world. There are [---] international research centers located in Israel. Israel is an"
X Link 2023-10-14T12:54Z 38.6K followers, 39.6K engagements

"In the world of fossil fuels the term energy independent is a nonsense word. A political word. Refineries are huge capital investments designed to operate on particular crudes. They have to keep operating at full capacity or they shut them down. If the domestic demand falls due to a slow economy refineries make products they can export or put finished products into storage. Oil from fracking has made the USA less dependent on foreign sources of oil but massive imports come from Canada"
X Link 2023-10-15T11:33Z 38.4K followers, [--] engagements

"THE FOG OF WAR Social media platforms major newspapers radio networks and cable TV all want good reliable stories but they never get the full truth. And they shouldn't. How do you engage in a conflict if the enemy knows what you are planning. The #USA has the Gerald R Ford and Dwight Eisenhower aircraft carrier task forces in the Eastern Mediterranean. And #Britain could call on the Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier task force. And there is also the #French Charles de Gaulle Aircraft aircraft carrier task force. They could all use their combined forces to support #Israel. The big threat is"
X Link 2023-10-16T13:37Z 38.6K followers, 35.6K engagements

"RELIGIOUS EXTREMISM AND POLITICS Not just something that plagues #Palestinians but #Israel and the #USA. The Netanyahu coalition contains five extreme religious parties. Hamas fighters kill Israel citizens and cry "God is Great". "Kill a Commie for Christ" posters showed up in the USA to build support for the war in #Vietnam. Leaders of the Plymouth Brethren an evangelical Protestant group came to my home as a teenager and prayed that I would not go to university. Everything evil in #NorthernIreland in the 1960s was called "popery". Why did the Catholic Church not speak out properly against"
X Link 2023-10-17T13:20Z 38.4K followers, [---] engagements

"COMPOSITES Remember mud bricks made from mud and straw fiberglass made from plastic and glass fibers concrete made from gravel and cement and the Corvette Stingray (photo) made from carbon fibers and resins. We combine materials to get special qualities like strength light weight and moldability. A huge component of aircraft and a huge future component of #EVs. Technologies are improving and prices coming down. A major future replacement for steel and aluminum"
X Link 2023-10-19T15:47Z 38.5K followers, [---] engagements

"SPECIE LOSS AND SPECIE EVOLUTION During every period in the geological record that experienced climate change also experienced massive specie loss. That was the message from five geologists that came aboard our cruise ship in the Antarctic. Today there are about [-----] species facing extinction. And this includes insects birds and animals. But some species adapt and change like humans. The photo is evidence that brown bears are breeding with polar bears. And the offspring can eat both plants and meat"
X Link 2023-10-21T12:18Z 38.6K followers, [---] engagements

"AGRIVOLTAICS IS CHANGING FARMING Growing vegetables and fruit under solar panels. The solar developer rents land from the farmer and the panels are designed to provide the degree of shade suitable for the plants. The moisture from the plants cool the panels. He feeds the energy into the grid. It will make more small and medium scale farming viable. Viable local farms have a powerful impact on societies. They support communities small scale enterprise and employment. And it is about producing food closer to where people live"
X Link 2023-10-21T13:05Z 38.4K followers, 26.8K engagements

"ROMANIA AND MOLDOVA They should unite. Both nations speak Romanian and share a similar culture. #Moldova wants to join the #EU. As part of Romania they would become both members of #NATO and the EU. Visited Moldova in [----]. The women looked like my grandmother who was born in Romania. And my wife and I enjoyed some of the best white wine. Moldova is slowly replacing natural gas from Russia with natural gas from #Romania. The younger generation are very pro-western and many are learning to speak German and English. If #Russia is successful with their invasion of #Ukraine their next target will"
X Link 2023-10-22T11:54Z 38.6K followers, [---] engagements

"THE PERMAFROST IS MELTING It covers 15% of the northern hemisphere and is sand gravel and soil held together by ice. Large amounts of methane are being released (photo). Punch a hole in the ground and light a match. Huge craters being formed. Shorelines breaking away. Four cities in #Siberia threatened. Discoveries of mammoth tusks and skeletons of ancient cave lions and cave bears. Roads becoming unpassable. The big fear is the release of ancient bacteria and viruses"
X Link 2023-10-22T13:34Z 38.6K followers, [---] engagements

"RUSSIA IS MILITARIZING THE ARCTIC This entails nuclear-powered icebreakers and submarines (photo). It means upgrading its polar stations and radar installations and the building of underground storage and living facilities. It is about climate change warming the #Arctic and creating new faster trade routes between Asia and Europe. It also means new oil and gas resources new minerals and new fish stocks. And the route from the Atlantic to the Pacific via the #NorthEast Passage past Siberia is faster than the #NorthWest Passage past #Canada and #Alaska. #Finland and #Sweden are both Baltic and"
X Link 2023-10-23T16:22Z 38.6K followers, [---] engagements

"COAL HAS NOT DIED--IT HAS MOVED TO ASIA The world will not meet its climate goals because of the energy demands of the fast growing economies of Asia. And nations like #China #India and #Indonesia are also major producers of coal. They just do not have access to large quantities of oil or natural gas. And renewables cannot meet the massive demand for energy. Coal is complex just as crude oil is complex. They have different amounts of carbon sulphur ash and moisture. Soft coal or peat was used for centuries to heat cottages in #Ireland. Most coal is used for producing steam in coal-fired"
X Link 2023-10-24T12:59Z 38.6K followers, [---] engagements

"MALARIA A number of diseases are becoming a major threat because of rising temperatures and extreme weather. Deadly malaria is the one to worry about. [---] million affected in [----] and [---] million died. Ten nations seriously impacted in Africa like #Nigeria Republic of the #Congo and #Madagascar and in the Americas it is #Brazil #Nicaragua and #Venezuala. Children should sleep in bed nets (photo) and get vaccinated"
X Link 2023-10-25T12:22Z 38.5K followers, [---] engagements

"THE WORLD IS IN A BATTERY RACE It is about securing the necessary strategic critical minerals to build lithium-ion batteries. These batteries need lithium graphite manganese cobalt nickel and rare earths. The big sources of these minerals are #China #Canada and #Australia. What they call supply chains also means mining towns roads trucks and skilled manpower. A supply chain is mining to chemical plants to battery manufacturing to EV assembly. Access to critical strategic minerals will impact the future geopolitics of the world"
X Link 2023-10-25T13:21Z 38.6K followers, [---] engagements

"@Doubts_Any The threat to birds comes from traditional wind turbines and not solar panels. What is so particular about solar is the changing nature of the various solar technologies. Some are so thin they can become the sides of buildings"
X Link 2023-10-25T13:59Z 38.6K followers, [---] engagements

"THE UNIFICATION OF IRELAND It's inevitable. So much ugliness in its history. But both the Republic and the North have a younger generation that is less religious better educated and more international in their thinking. I can speak as someone who has seen more of Ireland than the Irish based on five extensive visits over a period [--] years. The potential is both inspirational and exciting and something that would draw huge support from the people and governments of both #Britain and the #USA. The Republic is now [---] times wealthier than the North and enjoys lower taxes access to the EU and a"
X Link 2023-10-25T14:34Z 38.6K followers, 13.4K engagements

"THE STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE OF TURKEY Its location and military capabilities give it strategic importance in the economic military and cultural lives of the people of the #BalticSea area and the Eastern #Mediterranean. It is a bridge between the #Islamic world and the western world. It is a land bridge for the Trans Adriatic Pipeline bringing natural gas from the Caspian Sea area to Southern Europe. It is a member of #NATO and recently build its own aircraft carrier and is purchasing [--] F-16 fighter jets from the #USA. It is building corvettes for #Ukraine. Bought a rug from the famous Grand"
X Link 2023-10-28T14:02Z 38.6K followers, [---] engagements

"URBAN FARMING Veggies and fruit growing in old warehouses (photo) or in old shipping containers. How about greenhouses on the roof of your condo and all the residents having their own gardens. Climate change and extreme weather is moving a lot of farming into urban centres. The key technology is hydroponics which is water and organic nutrients rather than soil and chemical fertilizers. As a child during #WW2 and moving into a small bungalow all the neighbors were replacing grass with tomatoes strawberries and whatever. A mass bartering system started along the street. Watch my new video at"
X Link 2023-10-29T20:06Z 38.6K followers, [---] engagements

"THE SPY BUSINESS How did #Israel with all of its high tech surveillance technology and secret spy network miss the planned attack of #Hamas. A sobering lesson for all of us who think our nation's network of internal and external spies are doing their job. Today a nation like the #USA no doubt has access to its own sources of intelligence plus that of its closest allies. I had person experience with our nation's spy network which was the famous RCMP. In the attached link their is a video of a news report about a public rally that I organized at the Royal York Hotel in Toronto in [----]. It"
X Link 2023-10-31T19:49Z 38.6K followers, 28.8K engagements

"THE AMAZON RAINFOREST Twice the size of India and covering eight nations. [---] billion trees that soak up #CO2 and release oxygen and moisture. Deforestation the size of #France. Massive diversity. Land cleared for cattle ranching and raising soy. Cattle sold mostly to #China and soy for pig feed in China. Two million indigenous people live in the area"
X Link 2023-11-02T13:01Z 38.6K followers, [---] engagements

"THE WORLD'S LARGEST ROOFTOP GREENHOUSE The size of three football fields and produces enough fruit and vegetables to feed [-----] families. It is located in #Montreal #Canada. It uses hydroponic farming methods where water organic nutrients and ladybugs replace soil chemical pesticides and fertilizers. Rainwater is collected and waste matter is composted. Imports of fruit and vegetables by refrigerated diesel long-haul trucks are reduced. A form of urban farming that will change the economics of agriculture"
X Link 2023-11-02T13:42Z 38.6K followers, 41.6K engagements

"THE FOG OF WAR Assume in times of war we never fully realize what is going on. Only enough is revealed to give the media a good story. The #USA has sent two aircraft carrier strike forces to the Eastern #Mediterrean which includes [-----] sailors and [--] ships. And close by are aircraft carrier task forces of #Britain #France and #Italy. The obvious threat is more than #Iran and its proxies in #Hamas the #WestBank and #Lebanon. The message is to #China that is buying Iran's oil and #Russia that is buying Iran's drones for the battle in #Ukraine"
X Link 2023-11-04T16:16Z 38.6K followers, [---] engagements

"HEMP FARMING A crop that will grow almost anywhere. Great for farmers because there is no real need to fertilize spray or water. Grows quickly and absorbs CO2 better than trees. The seeds from hemp are a superfood with high protein content. The stocks are made into textiles"
X Link 2023-11-07T15:26Z 38.6K followers, [---] engagements

"THE PERMAFROST IS MELTING Sand gravel and soil locked together by ice makes up 15% of the northern hemisphere. The melting has resulted in major discoveries in #Alaska. #Canada #Greenland and #Siberia: woolly mammoths (photo) wooly rhinos cave bears cave lions wolves ancient viruses and bacteria and much more. Shorelines are breaking away huge amounts of methane being released landslides and massive creators formed"
X Link 2023-11-10T14:36Z 38.6K followers, [---] engagements

"THE [----] RANKING OF THE TEN BEST NATIONS IN THE WORLD #Switzerland (photo of Lucerne) #Canada #Sweden #Australia #USA #Japan #Germany #NewZealand #UK and the #Netherlands. Things considered are the quality of life personal freedom and economic prosperity. The nations to watch for the future are Canada and Australia. They are going to attract the most skilled immigrants and both nations have a motherload of strategic critical minerals to power the green economy"
X Link 2023-11-12T15:43Z 38.5K followers, 48.7K engagements

"GREAT CITIES THREATENED BY RISING OCEANS #Miami in the #USA #Bangkok (photo) in #Thailand #NewOrleans in the USA #Basra in #Iraq #Venice in #Italy Ho Chi Minh City in #Vietnam #Guangzhou in #China #Kolkata in #India #Amsterdam in the #Netherlands. Engineering projects to protect coastal cities will not be either possible or adequate in many cases. Smart folks will move early"
X Link 2023-11-16T14:50Z 38.5K followers, 38.6K engagements

"DEMOGRAPHICS #India (photo) is now the most populous nation. #China has a shrinking population. Developed nations dealing with aging and women that are having smaller families. Who will attract the skilled immigrants that will provide the tax base needed to finance the needs of their aging populations Major sources of immigrants are #China #india and the #Philippines. Immigrants are entrepreneurial and fund their development using savings from family and friends. Heterogeneous cultures like #Britain the #USA #Canada #Australia and #NewZealand not threatened by the cultural impact of immigrants"
X Link 2023-11-17T16:17Z 38.6K followers, [---] engagements

"JELLYFISH ARE TAKING OVER THE WORLD Sounds crazy. They have been around for [---] million years. Their numbers are exploding because of climate change and overfishing that is reducing the prey that eat jellyfish and their eggs. Closing beaches in #Florida #Australia (photo) and the #Mediterranean. Swimmers being stung. There are [----] species and some are beautiful and others deadly. An estimated [--] billion in the Sea of Japan. Some edible and in Japan I have seen jellyfish salad on the menu"
X Link 2023-11-19T12:13Z 38.5K followers, [---] engagements

"THE SPY BUSINESS That #Israel intelligence did not have advanced warning of the #Hamas attack is a shock. No nation in the Middle East has the intelligence technology and human spies compared to Israel. But for the nations of the #USA #Canada #Australia the #UK and #NewZealand they are all members of an intelligence-sharing association called "The Five Eyes". So when the PM of #Canada accuses agents of the #Indian government of the assassination of Hardeep Singh Nijjar a Canadian Sikh separatist promoting an independent Sikh state in India we can be assured that members of The Five Eyes are"
X Link 2023-11-19T16:18Z 38.5K followers, [---] engagements

"THE CASPIAN SEA The largest inland body of water and rich in fossil fuels. The neighboring nations of #Iran #Russia #Kazakhstan #Turkmenistan and #Azerbaijan have an agreement re sharing oil and gas riches recovered from the sea itself but all have huge on land reserves. Western oil interests are developing these reserves and building pipelines to move the gas to Europe and reduce #Europe dependency on #Russian gas. The Caspian Sea is the home of the famous Beluga Sturgeon. During a visit to Russia in [----] waiters in every restaurant tried to sell us a can of Beluga caviar"
X Link 2023-11-20T12:46Z 38.5K followers, [---] engagements

"ROSALYNN CARTER Former first lady dies November 19th at age [--]. She and the former president were married [--] years. The photo was taken during a state visit for former #Canadian PM Pierre Trudeau on February 21st 1977"
X Link 2023-11-21T12:35Z 38.5K followers, [---] engagements

"GREENLAND A semi-autonomous region of the Kingdom of #Denmark. 40% of the population are under age [--]. Massive melting of the ice is exposing areas for resource development. New stocks of mackerel have moved into their waters followed by bluefin tuna. The #Northwest passage past #Greenland #Canada and #Alaska will require upgraded port development. People speak Greenlandic and #Danish. Young people learning #English"
X Link 2023-11-22T12:16Z 38.5K followers, [---] engagements

"TEN SAFEST NATIONS TO TRAVEL TO IN [----] #Canada #Switzerland #Norway #Ireland #Netherlands #UnitedKingdom #Portugal #Denmark #Iceland and #Australia"
X Link 2023-11-23T18:50Z 38.5K followers, [---] engagements

"@Robecology2 People with home on vulnerable water front properties build their home on stilts. In Maui where I used to vacation it is common to see cars parked under homes near waterfronts"
X Link 2023-11-24T13:40Z 38.5K followers, [--] engagements

"SANCTIONS The #USA has imposed sanctions on Iran exports of crude oil but they avoid the sanctions by selling their crude to #Malaysia. Malaysia adds some of their own crude to the #Iran crude and then reships it to #China. Similarly South Africa in the past avoided sanctions by exporting and importing goods that were transshipped via other African nations. Sanctions are difficult to enforce"
X Link 2023-11-24T14:16Z 38.5K followers, [---] engagements

"THE POLITICS AND TECHNOLOGY OF CLIMATE CHANGE Both important but over the long run it will be renewable technologies that will reduce greenhouse gases. I was told as an engineering students how the ignition switch created the global auto industry. It is my belief that a lot of similar break throughs are still ahead of us in the development of lithium-ion batteries and #EVs thin solar panels wind turbines hydrogen fuel cells small modular nuclear reactors and much more"
X Link 2023-11-24T15:12Z 38.5K followers, [---] engagements

"CHINA HAS A SHRINKING POPULATION The result of [--] years of a one child policy and sex-selection abortion. #China has a shortage of over [--] million women. There was a drop of [------] people in [----] compared to [----]. There are global issues here. China will no longer be the world's factory. And China with an aging population and a shortage of taxpayers will have to shift it spending from international investment to national pensions and healthcare"
X Link 2023-11-25T14:01Z 38.5K followers, 57K engagements

"@twter_jm Yes NYC is also threatened. And all the cities on the coastline of Florida"
X Link 2023-11-27T12:22Z 38.5K followers, [---] engagements

"ROBOTICS They are changing industry and the military. Biggest users are #Singapore #SouthKorea #Japan #Germany and #Sweden. Photo of robot helping children in Japan learn English. Driven by shortages of labor everywhere as populations shrink"
X Link 2023-11-27T12:51Z 38.5K followers, [---] engagements

"KELP FARMING Grows quickly in cold coastal waters. Seedlings attached to ropes. It is a food supplement a biofuel an organic fertilizer a pharmaceutical and much more. As shown in the diagram it is grown with shell fish because the kelp removes excess #CO2 which makes the ocean waters acidic. An industry that is booming"
X Link 2023-11-28T13:01Z 38.5K followers, [---] engagements

"EXTREME DEMOGRAPHICS The populations of the nations of the former Soviet Union are all shrinking. Low birth rates and people emigrating. Nations include #Ukraine #Moldova #Hungary #Romania #Bulgaria and #Poland. The photo shows a travelling grocery store in Bulgaria. All the small rural shops have gone out of business"
X Link 2023-11-29T13:43Z 38.5K followers, [---] engagements

"MOLDOVA AND ROMANIA SHOULD UNITE Both speak the same language and share a similar culture. Moldova threatened by the #Russian invasion of #Ukraine. #Moldova housing Ukraine refugees. Moldova replacing Russian gas and electricity with supplies from #Romania. Big surprise when visiting the capital Chisinau in [----]. The women looked like my grandmother who was born in Romania. Some of the best white wine I have ever tasted. Moldova wants to join the #EU"
X Link 2023-11-30T13:37Z 38.5K followers, [---] engagements

"HENRY KISSINGER Dead at age [---]. A former Secretary of State and National Security Adviser. A winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. He was a strategic thinker and sought a peaceful relationship with #China to ensure China and #Russia did not team up against the #USA"
X Link 2023-11-30T14:11Z 38.5K followers, [---] engagements

"THE FERTILE CRESCENT Also known as the Cradle of Civilization. Nations that are also linked to the Nile Euphrates and Tigris Rivers. The Crescent includes #Iraq #Syria #Lebanon #Israel #Palestine and parts of #Egypt #Iran and #Turkey. The curse for the region is religious conflict between Muslim Iran Shi'ites and Muslim Arab Sunnis"
X Link 2023-12-01T11:52Z 38.5K followers, [---] engagements

"THE PERMAFROST IS MELTING Permafrost is sand gravel and soil held together by ice. But it is melting with nothing but surprises. The photo shows a shoreline collapsing. Methane being released. Punch a hole in the snow and light a match. Ancient bacteria and viruses also being released. Bones of wooly mammoths wooly rhinos cave bears and cave lions discovered. Landslides and huge craters being formed. Roads and homes threatened in #Alaska #Canada #Greenland and #Siberia. Permafrost makes up 25% of the northlands"
X Link 2023-12-01T12:49Z 38.5K followers, [---] engagements

"SOLAR INNOVATIONS Its about new materials new technologies and new ways to use solar that is making solar innovations a global game changer. The head office of Apple at Cupertino #California in the photos demonstrates how solar technologies are becoming an integral part of building designs. We have thin solar used as building panels solar windows solar rooves solar sidewalks and floating solar panels for reservoirs and canals. How about that solar watch"
X Link 2023-12-02T14:23Z 38.5K followers, [---] engagements

"THE TEN BEST OUNTRIES IN THE WORLD FOR [----] Annual ranking by US News and World Report. #Switzerland #Canada (photo) #Sweden #Australia #USA #Japan #Germany #NewZealand #UK and the #Netherlands. Canada ranked so high because of its entrepreneurship quality of life social purpose business environment and the way it welcomes immigrants"
X Link 2023-12-03T14:20Z 38.5K followers, [---] engagements

"THE USA F-16 FIGHTING FALCAN Part of the military of [--] nations. [----] have been produced. Both the #Netherlands and #Denmark are sending their F-16s to #Ukraine. The training of pilots is underway"
X Link 2023-12-04T15:03Z 38.5K followers, [---] engagements

"HAMAS AND A CULTURE OF HATE "Never hate your enemies it affects your judgement." A message from an uncle by marriage that served in US Army Intelligence during #WW2. I asked him if he hated the #Germans. He told me that it is difficult to hate and think like a chess player at the same time"
X Link 2023-12-04T15:18Z 38.5K followers, [---] engagements

"MINI OFF GRID SOLAR SYSTEMS Over [---] million people is Sub-Saharan Africa are still without electricity. Mini off grid systems available for individual huts and small villages. China is a major supplier. Packages include a panel an inverter converting DC electricity to AC a battery lights and an I-Phone charger"
X Link 2023-12-05T13:04Z 38.5K followers, [---] engagements

"LAKE CHAD IS SHRINKING [--] million people living in #Chad #Niger #Nigeria and #Cmaroon are threatened. It is both over-population and climate change. People migrating north to Libya and on to Europe. Farmland turning into desert"
X Link 2023-12-05T14:37Z 38.5K followers, [---] engagements

"ADAPTING TO CLIMATE CHANGE Plant mangrove trees (photo). Build dams dykes and seawalls. Plant trees to absorb #CO2. Prepare for climate migration. Protect wetlands. Upgrade water and sewage systems"
X Link 2023-12-06T12:57Z 38.5K followers, [---] engagements

"SOME OF THE MOST THREATENED COASTAL CITIES #Bangkok in #Thailand (photo) #Miami and #NewOrleans in the USA #Venice in #Italy #Guangzhou in #China #Kolkata in #India #Amsterdam in the #Netherlands. Nations are investing in dams dykes seawalls floodgates and much more"
X Link 2023-12-07T16:07Z 38.5K followers, [---] engagements

"THE GEOPOLITICS OF IRAN A populous nation huge in size and surrounded by mountain ranges. A nation with the third largest reserves of crude oil. Heavily sanctioned by the #USA because of its nuclear program. Despite sanctions it sells its crude oil to nations like #China. #India and #Turkey. Strategically located with economic and political links to #Europe #Asia and #Africa. It promotes its Shi'ite Muslim ideology in the region. It sells its ballistic missile and drone technology to #Russia for its war in #Ukraine"
X Link 2023-12-09T13:57Z 38.5K followers, [---] engagements

"VERTICAL FARMING Row on row of veggies and fruit growing in water with organic nutrients and LED lighting. A form of urban farming often located in old warehouses. A [--] level vertical farm outside #Copenhagen in #Denmark uses wind turbines to power the LED lights. Unstable weather patterns are fueling a range of urban farming technologies. Vertical farms are also being developed in old shipping containers. Then there are roof top greenhouses. A new urban farming video at"
X Link 2023-12-11T14:44Z 38.5K followers, [---] engagements

"CARBON CAPTURE Capturing the #CO2 emissions from industrial processes and smoke stacks and either pumping it into the ground or using it as a feedstock for producing other chemical products such as biofuels bioplastics fertilizers and much more. We are being naive if we think we are going to eliminate the use of fossil fuels. Difficult to make things like cement and steel without fossil fuels"
X Link 2023-12-12T13:18Z 38.5K followers, [---] engagements

"THE CASPIAN SEA The world's largest inland body of water and bordered by #Russia #Kazakhstan #Turkmenistan #Iran and #Azerbaijan. Massive reserves of oil and gas under the Sea and the surrounding geography. Under the control of #Russia prior to the collapse of the Soviet Union. Gas from Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan being shipped to Europe via the Trans Adriatic Pipeline. The #CaspianSea is home to the Beluga Sturgeon. At every hotel restaurant in Russia during a visit in [----] waiters tried to sell us a can of beluga caviar"
X Link 2023-12-12T14:51Z 38.5K followers, [---] engagements

"SMALL MODULAR REACTORS Built in factories and delivered to sites. The future of nuclear energy. Huge global market. For regional economies and remote development projects. Big developers are the #USA #Canada and #Britain"
X Link 2023-12-14T13:03Z 38.5K followers, [---] engagements

"UNDERSTANDING GREENLAND A semi-autonomous region of the Kingdom of #Denmark. A population of [-----] of which 40% are under the age of [--]. The population is essentially Inuit which originally came from #Canada. They speak Greenlandic and Danish. The ice melt underway is exposing massive reserves of minerals and fossil fuels. New mackerel fish stocks have moved into their waters followed by Bluefin tuna. The capital city is Nuuk and it has a population of [-----]. Two-thirds of Greenland's budget revenue is provided by Denmark"
X Link 2023-12-14T14:39Z 38.5K followers, [---] engagements

"SAFE PLACES TO VISIT IN [----] The safest nations are #Canada (photo) #Switzerland #Norway #Ireland and the #Netherlands. The safest cities are #Honolulu #Montreal #Reykjavik #Sidney and #Amsterdam"
X Link 2023-12-16T13:19Z 38.5K followers, [---] engagements

"UNDERSTANDING ISRAEL It is part of the Jewish culture to make things happen. A nation in which [---] global multinational companies locate their R&D facilities. An innovation nation that leads the world in new venture formations. Attended a world congress in Tel Aviv in [----]. People from around the world learning Hebrew. [--] PhD's from #Russia. Experts at managing water--desalination utilizing waste water in agriculture and drip irrigation"
X Link 2023-12-16T14:30Z 38.5K followers, [---] engagements

"AVOIDING USA SANCTIONS ON IRAN OIL Crude oil from #Iran is shipped to nations like #Malaysia where it is transferred to a different tanker along with some crude from say #Venezuela and then shipped on to #China. With its financing secure Iran was able to finance Hamas and its invasion of Israel"
X Link 2023-12-16T17:57Z 38.5K followers, [---] engagements

"HYDROGEN FUEL CELLS They work like batteries and convert hydrogen and oxygen into electricity heat and water vapor. The electricity powers electric motors at the truck wheels. Hydrogen electric will replace some of the diesel electric trucks on the road. Many hydrogen filling stations will be needed. #Hydrogen can be produced from natural gas or from the electrolysis of water. Electrolysis is splitting water into hydrogen and oxygen"
X Link 2023-12-18T13:58Z 38.5K followers, [---] engagements

"EGYPT CREATES A COMMERCIAL FOREST IN THE DESERT It is two hours from #Cairo and is [---] acres in size. The trees grow using treated sewage water that contains the needed phosphorus and nitrogen. Lots of different tree species and shortly leaves falling create black soil which support grasses and shrubs birds and small mammals. The goal is a forest that is [---] million acres in size. The trees have created a new furniture industry. A development model to prevent desertification in all areas of the world"
X Link 2023-12-18T16:42Z 38.5K followers, [---] engagements

"THE WORLD'S FASTEST SHRINKING NATIONS #Bulgaria #Latvia #Moldova #Ukraine #Croatia #Lithuania #Romania #Serbia #Poland and #Hungary. The photo shows a travelling grocery store in Bulgaria where the shops in the rural communities have all shut down. Shrinking populations are caused by falling fertility rates out-migration and high mortality rates"
X Link 2023-12-20T14:11Z 38.5K followers, [---] engagements

"MOLDOVA AND ROMANIA SHOULD UNITE Both nations have a similar culture and both speak Romanian. #Romania is supplying natural gas to #Moldova reducing its reliance on gas from #Russia. Visited Chisinau the capital for a day in [----]. The women looked like my grandmother who was born in Romania. Great wine. Romania is a member of #NATO and the #EU"
X Link 2023-12-21T16:45Z 38.5K followers, [---] engagements

"RUSSIA IS REMILITARIZING THE ARCTIC Reopening Cold War era military bases. Two nuclear-powered submarines have been spotted. Fear is that #Russia and China cooperating in developing #Arctic resources: oil and gas minerals and fish stocks. New shipping routes between the #Atlantic and #Pacific oceans. Russia has a huge fleet of nuclear-powered icebreakers"
X Link 2023-12-23T12:43Z 38.4K followers, [---] engagements

"THE BALTIC SEA #Russia has expanded its military hardware at #Kaliningrad. #Sweden and #Finland to become part of #NATO. #Gotland which is part of Sweden will become an important NATO military base. The world's best cruise in June starts at #Copenhagen and includes #Oslo #Gdansk #Stockholm #Heksinki #Tallin and #StPetersburg"
X Link 2023-12-24T12:26Z 38.4K followers, [---] engagements

"THE TEN BEST NATIONS IN THE WORLD [----]. Annual ranking by US News and World Report. #Switzerland (photo) #Canada #Sweden #Australia #USA #Japan #Germany #NewZealand #UK and the #Netherlands. It is about the quality of life cost of living job opportunities and much more"
X Link 2023-12-24T12:53Z 38.4K followers, [---] engagements

"THE TEN BEST NATIONS IN THE WORLD [----]. Annual ranking by US News and World Report. #Switzerland (photo) #Canada #Sweden #Australia #USA #Japan #Germany #NewZealand #UK and the #Netherlands. It is about the quality of life cost of living job opportunities and much more"
X Link 2023-12-24T12:53Z 38.4K followers, [---] engagements

"F-16 FIGHTING FALCANS FOR UKRAINE A number of USA planes that are part of the defense of #NATO members are heading to #Ukraine. The initial supply will come from #Denmark and the #Netherlands. The big issue is the training of pilots engineers and mechanics. The F-16s are equipped with a [--] mm cannon and can carry bombs rockets and missiles"
X Link 2023-12-24T13:35Z 38.5K followers, [---] engagements

"LAKE CHAD IS SHRINKING And the lives of [--] million people living in #Chad #Niger #Cameroon and #Nigeria are impacted. It is about climate change and less precipitation population overgrowth and the irrigation of crops. The area is also cursed by Muslim extremist military groups"
X Link 2023-12-27T16:24Z 38.4K followers, [---] engagements

"IRAN Competes with #SaudiArabia in the promotion of Muslim ideology and oil exports. The #USA still dependent on Saudi oil. A more stable Middle East will require a level of cooperation between the USA and #Iran. This can only happen when the USA stops buying oil from the Middle East"
X Link 2023-12-30T13:28Z 38.4K followers, [---] engagements

"UNDERSTANDING COAL Differences in carbon content ash moisture sulphur hardness and colour depending on the source. Like crude oil. Softer thermal coal used to generate steam to produce electricity. 72% of India's electricity comes from thermal coal. For #China it is 63%. The big producers of thermal coal are China #India #Indonesia #Australia and the #USA. Metallurgical coal is hard and high in carbon content and is used to make coke for producing iron and steel. The big producers of metallurgical coal are the USA Australia and #Canada (photo)"
X Link 2023-12-30T14:41Z 38.4K followers, [---] engagements

"@JimWelke Iran and Saudi Arabia are competing in the promotion of Shi'ite vs. Sunni Muslim ideology in the Middle East. If the USA was not seen as aligned with Saudi Arabia it would have more flexibility in dealing with Iran"
X Link 2023-12-30T15:39Z [--] followers, [--] engagements

"STALEMATE IN UKRAINE Both sides have drones precision weapons hypersonic missiles. And with space age surveillance technology both sides know what the other is doing. A deadly stalemate. Reminds me of stories told of #WW1 by my grandfather. He spent three months without changing his shoes or socks and slept on benches. Advance and retreat. Advance and retreat. A deadly stalemate"
X Link 2023-12-30T15:48Z 38.5K followers, [---] engagements

"DRONE SHIPS The Yara Birkeland is the first electric driverless zero emission cargo vessel. It takes cargo along the coast of #Norway. Crews represent 40% of the operating cost for a cargo vessel. Drone ships are also being built for surveillance-locating submarines and mines. Ocean going drone cargo vessels are coming"
X Link 2023-12-31T13:13Z 38.4K followers, [---] engagements

"PLANTING A TRILLION TREES TO FIGHT CLIMATE CHANGE It will happen because it makes economic sense. Photo shows people in a South Pacific island planting mangrove trees to protect their shorelines. Mahogany for export in #Fiji. #Egypt plants a commercial forest in the desert using treated sewage water that contains the needed nutrients. Nations like #Ethiopia planted [---] million trees in one day. Lived next to a [--] acre commercial hard maple forest. Branches cut to allow sunlight in and shrubs removed. Hundreds of new trees sprung up each year. Mature trees harvested"
X Link 2023-12-31T14:08Z [--] followers, [---] engagements

"THE CRIMEA PENNINSULA Annexed by Putin in [----]. A [--] mile bridge built at Kerch linking #Russia to Crimea. Massive oil and gas reserves around #Crimea. Annexation was about keeping Ukraine dependant on Russian oil and gas"
X Link 2024-01-01T14:36Z [--] followers, [---] engagements

"URBAN FARMING New forms of year round controlled-environment farming in urban communities. The photo shows a vertical farm in New Jersey #USA. Vertically stacked rows of fruits. vegitables and herbs using water and organic neutrients and LED lighting. No pesticides. Located in old warehouses. Then we have the world's largest rooftop greenhouse in #Montreal #Canada. Ladybugs replace pesticides. The goal is reducing imports delivered in long-haul refrigerated trucks. See new video on urban farming at"
X Link 2024-01-02T13:16Z 38.4K followers, 24.8K engagements

"REPLACING RUSSIAN GAS Massive investment in infrastructure to replace Europe's reliance on imports of natural gas from #Russia. Pipelines and LNG tankers and terminals. Gas from Norway supplies Poland and Germany. Gas from #Azerbaijan supplies #Turkey #Greece and #Italy. Gas from Romania supplies Moldova. LNG from #USA heads to Greece. Gas from Greece supplies Bulgaria. The energy patterns of Europe have changed because of the #Russian invasion of Ukraine"
X Link 2024-01-02T14:51Z 38.5K followers, [---] engagements

"THE CASPIAN SEA The largest inland body of water and bordered by #Russia #Iran #Kazakhstan #Azerbaijan and #Turkmenistan. The Sea is shrinking. Home to seven species of sturgeon including the famous Beluga. An area rich in fossel fuels. Western oil interests invested in Kazakhstan Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan. A secret route for shipping Iranian drones to Russia"
X Link 2024-01-02T16:30Z 38.4K followers, [---] engagements

"UNDERSTANDING GREENLAND Semi-autonomous region of the Kingdom of #Denmark. Population of [-----] have Danish citizenship. But the key issue is that 40% are under the age of [--] and are educated (photo). Their own parliament handles domestic affairs and Denmark handles security and external affairs. The national language is Greenlandic (an Inuit dialect) and all learn Danish starting in Grade one. Spoke to a teenager that was of mixed heritage that also spoke English. Climate change is changing #Greenland. Massive schools of mackerel have moved into their waters. Inuit work in the fishery and"
X Link 2024-01-05T15:00Z [--] followers, [---] engagements

"FORMER CANADIAN PRIME MINISTER SPEAKS OUT"
X Link 2024-01-05T21:02Z [--] followers, [---] engagements

"The huge vertical farm outside Copenhagen powers the LED lighting using wind turbines. Artificial lighting works just like natural lighting but it is the cost to produce it. Rooftop greenhouses seem to be a more economical long-term urban farming option. There are huge greenhouse operations that switch to LED lighting at night"
X Link 2024-01-06T04:56Z 38.5K followers, [---] engagements

"WINE GRAPES AND CLIMATE CHANGE One of the most climate sensitive crops are grapes. Traditional nations providing great wine like #France #Spain #Italy #California in the #USA and #Australia are introducing new wine grape varieties that are more heat and drought resistant. And who would ever associate the UK with quality wine grapes (photo). Other nations in the wine grape business are #Norway #Sweden #Denmark and #Belgium"
X Link 2024-01-06T13:48Z 38.4K followers, [---] engagements

"THE SAFEST PLACES TO VISIT IN [----] In terms of nations they are #Canada (photo of Lake Louise in Banff National Park) #Switzerland #Norway #Ireland and the #Netherlands. In terms of cities they are #Honolulu #Montreal #Reykjavik #Sidney and #Amsterdam"
X Link 2024-01-07T14:49Z 38.6K followers, [---] engagements

"CLIMATE MIGRATIONS [---] million people will be forced to relocate because of our changing climate. Floods drought rising oceans and wildfires will impact some areas more than others. Like sub-Saharan #Africa #LatinAmerica and Southeast #Asia. Remember how massive migrations in history changed the world. Like the slave trade the partition of #India poverty in #Italy the #Irish potatoe famine #WW2 and much more. The big difference in focusing on climate migration today is that it will hit the wealthy as well as the disadvantaged. Like the affluent property owners living in #California and"
X Link 2024-01-07T16:08Z 38.6K followers, [---] engagements

"AVOIDING US SANCTIONS ON EXPORTS OF IRAN CRUDE #Iran ships crude in its own tankers (photo) to #Malaysia where the crude is transferred to another tanker. A little Malaysian crude is added. The new crude is shipped on to #China. In [----] about a million barrels a day of Iran crude reached China. Retrictions on #Russian and #Iran crude have created global inflation"
X Link 2024-01-08T13:56Z 38.5K followers, [---] engagements

"ROBOTS IN RESTAURANTS There are labor issues for restaurants in the developed nations as workers search for better paying and more secure employment. It started with the pandemic when restaurants were closed. The photo shows a robot used in a Japanese restaurant in #Toronto. A waiter takes your order but it is delivered by a robot"
X Link 2024-01-09T14:39Z 38.4K followers, [---] engagements

"ICELAND One of the happiest nations in the world. They feel safe because they enjoy low crime rates. They are proud of their language culture and social safety net. [---] glaciers melting and waterfalls everywhere. Spectacular scenery and active volcanos. Fishing and tourism booming. Trees imported from #Norway. Women in positions of power. Put #Iceland on your bucket list"
X Link 2024-01-09T17:33Z 38.5K followers, [---] engagements

"@JwLegalpub @DustyStorm1897 Women serve in combat roles in Australia Canada Denmark Finland France Germany Israel Turkey Sweden Norway New Zealand and much more. Modern armies need people with both technical and physical abilities"
X Link 2024-01-10T12:41Z 38.4K followers, [--] engagements

"AQUAPONICS Growing fish and veggies together. The fish poo is the nutrient or part of the nutrient supply. The future of green protein. The plant species and fish species are matched. One fish per gallon of water. A wide range of commercial and domestic designs. In colder climates facilities are located in greenhouses"
X Link 2024-01-10T18:25Z 38.5K followers, 20.6K engagements

"CREATING A FOREST IN THE DESERT Egypt is using treated sewage water to grow a commercial forest that is helping curtail the spread of the Sahara desert and creating a local commercial furniture industry. Treated sewage has the phosphorus and nitrogen the trees need. It is [---] acres in size. A partial solution to growing deserts in the #USA #Africa #Australia and #China. Falling leaves create the soil that supports grass shrubs birds and animals"
X Link 2024-01-11T12:38Z 38.4K followers, [---] engagements

"UNDERSTANDING ISRAEL Attended a world small business congress in Tel Aviv in [----] one week after an #Israeli extremist assassinated Prime Minister Yitzak Rabin. Road signs in #Russian and #Hebrew. Was given a written prayer from one of my Jewish staff in #Toronto to put between a rock in the Western Wall (photo). Saw #American tourists in tears visiting the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. Best restaurant in the new section of Jerusalem was Palestinian. Old Jerusalem was an once in a lifetime experience. Taxi driver not allowed to wear a seat belt. Too easy to put around his neck. Given tour by"
X Link 2024-01-11T14:00Z [--] followers, [---] engagements

"UNDERSTANDING GREENLAND President Trump in [----] stated publicly that he wanted to buy #Greenland. Hard to believe that an #American administration would think #Denmark could or would sell off part of its kingdom when all of the [-----] inhabitants are Danish citizens that are represented in the Danish parliament. Two big lessons from visiting Greenland. One: The population is dominated by young people (photo) that want to preserve their Greenlandic language and culture. And two: Climate change is changing their economy and their future. They are experiencing a boom in fishing tourism and"
X Link 2024-01-11T14:53Z 38.6K followers, [---] engagements

"POPULATIONS Nation like #Italy (photo) #Bulgaria and #Japan are shrinking. Governments having a tough time paying for the health care and pensions of its seniors. The populations of #India and #Indonesia are booming. If they speak #English they emigrate. #Canada welcomes [------] immigrants per year. Businesses crying out for workers. Governments monitor demographics more than any other issue. We are talking about economic growth and economic shrinkage changing cultures and changing politics. Artificial intelligence and robotics are not a threat they are a solution"
X Link 2024-01-12T13:04Z 38.5K followers, [---] engagements

"UNDERSTANDING MOLDOVA Formerly part of the Soviet Union. People speak mostly #Romanian. The government wants to be part of the #EuropeanUnion but its borders are not clean. Transnistria a quasi independant region of #Moldova is dominated by Russia. Russia gives them free natural gas. Lessons from a visit to the capital Chisinau in 1987: Young people are pro-Western and will eventually support Moldova and Romania becoming one nation. The people looked like my grandmother who was born in Romania. A world quality wine industry. Wonder why NATO is so concerned about the Russian invasion of"
X Link 2024-01-15T12:34Z 38.4K followers, [---] engagements

"THE SAHEL REGION OF AFRICA A belt of nations running south of the Sahara Desert. The big issues of the world can all be seen here: climate change over-population strategic resources economic and political instabity and rivalries between the #USA #Russia and #China. To the north is the #Sahara and to the south are tropical rain forests. A population of [---] million heading to [---] million. Lake Chad a key source of fresh water is shrinking. Across the SAHEL they are building a wall of trees that are drought resistant to slow the spread of the desert. Militant extremist Muslim groups make"
X Link 2024-01-15T16:47Z 38.4K followers, [---] engagements

"RUSSIA IS MILITARIZING THE ARCTIC Is it aggression or the protection of its #Arctic economic interests A bit of both. Old Cold War military bases are reopening (photo) nuclear-powered submarines and icebreakers are in evidence and the testing of new weapons has been spotted. And yet iron ore from #Canada and #Norway is being shipped to #China via the Northern Sea Route (NSR) past Siberia saving two weeks compared to the traditional sea routes through the Panama Canal. And why are they not using the NorthWest Passage past #Canada and #Alaska Well that would endanger the cariboo muskok and"
X Link 2024-01-18T13:07Z 38.4K followers, 72K engagements

"Canada and the US are working closely on the defense of the Arctic. For Russia the Arctic is 10% of its economy. Massive oil and gas reserves near Alaska and massive iron ore and diamonds in the Canadian Arctic. Lots happening but not made public. Norway Sweden and Finland are critical NATO allies in the Arctic as well"
X Link 2024-01-18T19:37Z 38.4K followers, [----] engagements

"THE BALTIC SEA IS BECOMING A NATO LAKE When #Russia increased its military facilities at #Kaliningrad and in the #Arctic #Sweden and #Finland decided to become members of #NATO. Gotland which is part of Sweden will become a strategic NATO military base. The languages of Finland and #Estonia have #Hungarian roots. They work closely on both economic and defense issues. #Canada leads a military battle group in #Latvia which has a large Russian speaking population. Mandatory conscription of Swedish women in the armed services and they serve in combat"
X Link 2024-01-19T13:13Z 38.3K followers, 18.2K engagements

"DEMOCRACIES ARE FLEXIBLE The #USA built [--] aircraft carriers during #WW2 (photo). #Canada and #Austalia are getting ready to supply the world with the critical strategic minerals needed for renewable technologies. #Switzerland used to be about watches but today their inventions seem endless. From Swiss Army Knives to white chocolate to aluminium foil. When we look at the top nations in the world they alway contain #Canada #Switzerland #Australia the #USA #Germany #Japan and #Sweden. They represent more than free elections and the rule of law. They fight abuse of power they innovate and they"
X Link 2024-01-19T14:11Z 38.4K followers, 48.2K engagements

"NUNAVUT IS A REGION OF CANADA And like the Yukon and the North West Territories it has been given control of its crown lands and resources. Should the world care Well our warming climate is opening up the #Northwest passage through Nunavut. This gives the shipping companies of the world an alternative to the Northern Sea Route past Siberia. #Canada building more icebreakers. #Nunavut is rich in resources mostly iron ore and gold. And diamonds in the past. The population of [-----] is 85% Inuit that speak the Inuit dialect and English. 75% are under the age of [--] and educated. The demographics"
X Link 2024-01-20T13:00Z 38.4K followers, [---] engagements

"@EmpireinWinter I would suggest that the relatively new and massive Russian investments in the Arctic are linked to climate change and oil and gas discoveries in Siberia. And what is also unique is the large number of nomadic indigenous cultures in the Russian Arctic"
X Link 2024-01-21T15:33Z 38.4K followers, [--] engagements

"It is always legitimate to question government motives and corporations that are dependent on government spending. Politics and the media give us a distorted view of government. I have served on advisory councils of governments of all stripes over a period of [--] years. I have found very few political leaders who were not motivated to build a better country. And that also applied to the leaders of our corporations labor unions and bureaucracies"
X Link 2024-01-22T12:38Z 38.4K followers, [--] engagements

"SMALL FORESTS They are everywhere and we can make them healthier and smarter. Lived next to a [--] acre commercial hardwood maple forest (photo). The area was managed by a professional forester. We can learn from the things he did. He cleared branches of trees to allow light to get through so natural seedlings could flourish. He cut down trees for furniture that were too close together or had been hit by lightning. He selectively planted oak and cherry seedlings so the forest would become more diverse. The beach trees all died of a disease despite spraying. He did not remove trees that fell and"
X Link 2024-01-22T17:08Z 38.6K followers, [---] engagements

"ROBOTS AND DRONES ARE THE FUTURE An industry driven by shrinking populations shortages of workers and artificial intelligence. Examples are security gurards (photo) space exploration weeding and watering in agriculture flipping burgers in fast food restaurants assembling automobiles. And we have driverless ships trucks and a wide range of military drones"
X Link 2024-01-24T15:19Z 38.4K followers, [---] engagements

"THE MOST INNOVATIVE NATIONS IN THE WORLD #Switzerland the #USA (photo of a drone delivering a parcel) #Sweden the #UK #Netherlands #SouthKorea #Singapore #Germany #Finland and #Denmark. All of these nations have first class universities and institutions that provide support and access to capital. They all have an entrepreneurial culture. Their publics admire people who create stuff start companies and make things happen"
X Link 2024-01-25T13:49Z 38.5K followers, [---] engagements

"SOME FOSSIL FUEL BASICS They are decomposed plants and animals buried in the earth's crust. Mostly coal crude oil and natural gas. Their composition or quality depends on their source. High carbon content coal is required to make coke for the production of steel. The ingredient to remove is sulphur because when burned it becomes dangerous sulphur oxides. The major producers of coal are #China #india and the #USA. The big producers of crude oil are the USA #SaudiArabia and #Russia. The big producers of natural gas are Russia #Iran and #Qatar. The best quality crude oil is both light and sweet."
X Link 2024-01-28T11:52Z 38.4K followers, [---] engagements

"IMMIGRATION BASICS Nations need immigrants to keep their tax base healthy so they can finance the pensions and healthcare costs of their aging populations. The major sources of immigrants are #India #Mexico #China the #Philippines and the #Ukraine. Here are some of the nations most welcoming of immigrants: #Canada the #USA #Germany (photo) #Australia and #Spain"
X Link 2024-01-29T12:34Z 38.4K followers, [---] engagements

"THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE BLACK SEA AND CASPIAN SEA REGIONS Prior to the collapse of the USSR in [----] the resources of the region were under the control of Russia. Nations like #Kazakhstan #Ukraine #Moldova #Georgia and #Azerbaijan were republics and part of the Russian empire. Other nations like Bulgaria and Romania were Soviet sattelites with Russian installed Communist leaders. The Russian invasion of Ukraine is an attempt by Vladimir Putin to reclaim parts of the old Russian empire. His problem which will not go away is a younger educated generation with cell phones that want the choices in"
X Link 2024-01-30T15:48Z 38.4K followers, [---] engagements

"Gobalism as a description of the world order does not exist anymore. The current world order is being developed to accomodate climate change artificial intelligence and demographics. Todays great powers like the USA China the UK France Germany and Japan are dependent on the middle powers like Canada India Brazil Australia and Turkey for strategic resources and skilled manpower"
X Link 2024-01-31T12:00Z 38.4K followers, [--] engagements

"VERTICAL FARMING Vertically stacked rows of vegetables fruits and herbs growing in water with organic fertilizers and LED lighting. Usually located in old warehouses. Climate change is impacting open field farming. With vertical farms located in urban communities imports in long haul refrigerated trucks are reduced. In Copenhagen a vertical farm uses wind turbines to power the LED lights"
X Link 2024-02-01T13:51Z 38.4K followers, [---] engagements

"Denmark is called windy Denmark because of its location in the Baltic Sea. Its electrical grid is part of the German grid and they rely heavily on natural gas and LNG from the USA and Norway. Sweden rather than Denmark rely heavily on wood chips from its forest industry to power its electrical generators"
X Link 2024-02-01T14:29Z 38.4K followers, [--] engagements

"NATIONS SUPPORT ENTREPRENEURSHIP Nations that support and encourage entrepreneurship and new venture formation are nations that are innovative job creators and dynamic. The most entrepreneurial nations in [----] were the #USA #Germany #Japan the #UK. #Canada #Switzerland #SouthKorea #China #Sweden and #Singapore. In my lifetime I have taught entrepreneurship operated an entrepreneurship research centre and started six ventures. Some lessons: My wife my parents and my friends were more important than my bankers. Innovating and persevering was more important than planning. And the lone wolf is a"
X Link 2024-02-03T13:04Z 38.4K followers, [---] engagements

"THE TEN SAFEST NATIONS TO VISIT IN [----] #Canada (photo of the Winter Carnival in Quebec City) #Switzerland #Norway #Ireland the #Netherlands the #UK #Portugal #Denmark #Iceland and #Australia"
X Link 2024-02-03T13:43Z 38.4K followers, [---] engagements

"ICELAND A land of fire and ice. [---] active volcanoes and [---] melting glaciers. A nation of waterfalls. Put Iceland on your bucket list and plan to swim in the Blue Lagoon which is heated by hot springs. One of the [--] wonders of the world. Low crime rates. Female equality evident everywhere. They speak their own Nordic language and English"
X Link 2024-02-03T16:31Z 38.4K followers, [---] engagements

"FIGHTING DESERTIFICATION #China sub-Saharan #Africa #Egypt #Bolivia and #Australia are some of the nations that are trying to stop the spread of deserts that threaten agriculture and communities. Egypt has created a forest right in the desert using treated sewage water that contains the needed phosphorus and nitrogen. Eleven nations across the south of the Sahara desert are planting trees. It's called the Great Green Wall (photo). Massive tree planting is also taking place in #Ethiopia #Kenya #Bolivia and #China. We are dealing with over population excessive grazing and climate change. The"
X Link 2024-02-04T15:04Z 38.4K followers, [---] engagements

"UrNDERSTANDING GREENLAND A semi-autonous region of the Kingdom of Denmark. Its [------] population are citizens of Denmark and represented in the Danish parliament. 40% are under the age of [--]. They have their own Inuit Greenlandic language but its educated young people also speak Danish and English. So much ice is melting in Greenland that the land is rising. Tourism fishing and resource development is booming. I should have bought one of their sweaters"
X Link 2024-02-05T14:13Z 38.4K followers, [---] engagements

"COASTAL FLOODING Rising oceans and extreme weather is threatening coastal cities today. Like Bangkok in #Thailand (photo). And Miami in the #USA Guangzhou in China Mumbai in #India and much more. Dutch hydraulic engineers are in big demand to design dams levees dykes flood barriers and much more"
X Link 2024-02-05T22:19Z 38.4K followers, [---] engagements

"INTEGRATED FARMING The photo shows an integrated chicken-fish farm in #Portugal. The fish eat the chicken poo which contains protein carbohydrates vitamins and minerals. There is also duck-fish farming and pig-fish farming. And throughout Asia rice-fish farming and rice-duck-fish farming are common. Integrated farming improves the economic viability of small-scale farming"
X Link 2024-02-06T13:48Z 38.4K followers, [---] engagements

"THE BLACK ECONOMY Transactions unrecorded. Everything done with cash. It's the black economy and probably the second biggest economy in the world. Merchants wanted cash and would not take my credit card visiting Italy. Does your gardner or electrician want to be paid in cash Russia during the Soviet period had an economy that was about 40% black. And for its satelites as much as 60%. Some latest estimates of the black economy: #Greece 21.5% #Germany and #Canada 10% #Spain 17% the #UK 9% and the USA 5.5%"
X Link 2024-02-06T17:35Z 38.4K followers, [---] engagements

"CHINA IS NOT A LONG-TERM THREAT TO THE USA Its population is shrinking. Their one child policy and sex selection abortion has resulted in a nation with a shortage of [--] million women. A nation of single men and women who don't want babies. By [----] 40% of China's population will be age [--]. China will not be the world's factory. China will be preoccupied with its own social safety net and not global investments and trade"
X Link 2024-02-10T13:22Z 38.3K followers, 10.2K engagements

"Globalism as a description of the world order no longer exists. Even the term regional with three powerhouses: Europe the USA and China is not adequate anymore. The world order is in flux and being reorganized as the result of nations coping with climate change and the use of artificial inteligence to redefine technology and processes. Middle powers like Australia Canada Turkey and Norway partnering with the major powers are redefining the new world order. Canada to explain my point has a [---] year supply of the critical strategic minerals needed to make lithium-ion batteries and wind turbines"
X Link 2024-02-11T12:11Z 38.4K followers, [--] engagements

"MOLDOVA WOULD BE NEXT #NATO support for #Ukraine against #Russia is not difficult to understand. If Russia is successful in its attempt to take Ukraine under its umbrella Moldova would be next. Both Ukraine and #Moldova were part of the old #USSR. And Russian control of Moldova would threaten #Romania with is a member of #NATO. Transnistria which is a breakaway province of Moldova is under Russian control and home to a thousand Russian troops. Russia also give Transnistria free natural gas. The young people of Moldova are pro-western and Moldova wants to be part of the #EU"
X Link 2024-02-11T13:39Z 38.4K followers, [---] engagements

"Globalism as a description of the world order is an obsolete concept. I would not even call it regionalism. It is in flux and the reason is climate change and artificial intelligence. We are evolving into a multi-polar world with the great powers dependent on parterships with middle powers like Canada and Australia with a [---] year supply of the critical strategic minerals needed to produce renewable energy"
X Link 2024-02-14T12:17Z 38.3K followers, [--] engagements

"CRITICAL STRATEGIC MINERALS (CSMs) Like nickel manganese graphite cobalt lithium and rare earths are needed for the green technologies of the future and to support the development of technologies associated with 5G networks and artificial intelligence. Their availability and development is rearanging global economics and politics. Nations like #China #Canada and #Australia have the full range of CSMs"
X Link 2024-02-14T13:59Z 38.3K followers, [---] engagements

"MODERN SLAVERY Linked to the abuse of female children for the most part. Prostitution in the #Philippines (photo) were it is legal to have sex with a girl as young as [--]. Young girls in #Myanmar are kidnappte and sold in #China to make babies. Young girls in #India are sold as brides"
X Link 2024-02-15T13:54Z 38.3K followers, [----] engagements

"CRIMEA IS SURROUNDED BY MASSIVE OIL AND GAS RESERVES It was the #Ukraine strategy to develop the fossil fuel reserves of #Crimea and eliminate its dependence on imports of Russian oil and gas. Putin's annexation of Crimea in [----] was designed to stop that strategy. Putin wants to keep its former satelites under its control"
X Link 2024-02-17T16:34Z 38.3K followers, [---] engagements

"POPULATION SHIFTS ARE CHANGING THE WORLD In the developed nations we have people living longer and having fewer kids. Nations are having to refocus their spending with a special emphasis on healthcare. And they are all applying artificial intelligence so that products and services can be delivered using less people. The nation to watch is #Canada which is planning to bring in [------] immigrants a year to help develop its motherload of critical strategic mineral resources that the world needs"
X Link 2024-02-18T16:33Z 38.3K followers, [---] engagements

"THE WORLD'S MOST INNOVATIVE NATIONS #Switzerland (inventors of the World Wide Web Instant Coffee and much more) the #USA #Sweden the #UK #Netherlands #SouthKorea #Singapore #Germany #Finland and #Denmark. These nations have an entrepreneurial culture in that their citizens most admire people who make things happen create things and start ventures"
X Link 2024-02-19T12:31Z 38.3K followers, [---] engagements

"@RobertNeilFran1 Agree. The Maldives are one of the most threatened island nations in the world. Located in the Indian Ocean"
X Link 2024-02-20T00:01Z 37.6K followers, [--] engagements

"WOMEN IN THE MILITARY Women must serve a term in the military in #Norway #Israel and #NorthKorea. Women can serve in combat roles in #Canada (photo) #Australia and #Denmark. They serve a range of technical roles from drone pilots to jet pilots"
X Link 2024-02-20T13:03Z 38.3K followers, [---] engagements

"UNDERSTANDING OCEAN CURRENTS They move heat oxygen carbon and nutrients around the world. The massive ice melts in the #Arctic and #Antarctic is making ocean water less saline and less dense. This has the effect of slowing down ocean currents. And this is what is impacting our weather"
X Link 2024-02-20T13:23Z 38.3K followers, [---] engagements

"THE BALTIC SEA With #Russia increasing its military facilities in the #Arctic and at their naval base at #Kaliningrad the security of #Sweden and #Finland was threatened and they both applied to become members of #NATO. The island of #Gotland which is part of Sweden will become a strategic NATO military base"
X Link 2024-02-20T17:16Z 38.3K followers, [---] engagements

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