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To be fair though, that horse bolted a couple of centuries ago. What other name would you call it by? There's another "united states" on the same continent. The country to the immediate south is formally known as the "United Mexican States".
And many don't. Bars, nightclubs, liquor stores, tobacconists, R-rated movies.
We need a way to do this online.
I have kids. I don't want creeps and predators spying on their conversations with friends.
If you're worried about the environment don't get into wars. If you're in a war, worry about winning.
Wars of the future will make heavy use of drones. They don't run on hydrocarbons.
In 2024 88% of China's new electricity generation also came from solar and wind. https://www.eia.gov/international/analysis/country/chn
India is further behind but improving rapidly. Its entire grid is still on track to be 42% renewable by 2030. The US is 42% today and expected to be 58% by the same time.
Developing countries use the cheapest source of energy, period. Today that's solar.
Solar panels are recyclable. Once you have enough for your needs you can stop burning charcoal.
You can never stop burning oil if all you use is oil.
Also I wasn't aware you could extract oil, gas, and coal with no environmental impact. I must have just dreamed the words Deepwater Horizon.
If electricity is cheap enough you can synthesize hydrocarbons. For aviation, and shipping, and even trucking if EVs and trains can't do it.
This is gas brain thinking.
Solar panels are not gas. You don't burn them to make energy.
There is no dependency on solar panel manufacturers. Once you install a panel it's going to make electricity for the next 25 years. At least. After that you can recycle it and use it another 25 years.
Reactors on the other hand require fuel that is consumed. Unless you can mine it yourself, you're just trading an oil dependency for a uranium dependency.
We're seeing in TFA that this economic theory worked on Austin rents.