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I mean, if you haven't been there or don't know anyone from there you could pretend they are a democracy, but they are authoritarian like Russia is authoritarian. Long term they will seek a wider swath to be authoritarian over.

Yeah, China was a major ally, but it is showing its dark (autocratic) side lately.

I think this flies a bit too far in the other direction. China is totalitarian. It is not a democracy. It is also increasingly antagonizing nations abroad. I think it is valid to consider it a threat if you are any other nation, period.

Edit: Kinda like Russia

I guess you would have to sift the scientific literature to get a general idea. It would be the least biased source. Being totalitarian really helps with nuclear. Just look at what Germany has been up to.

The tech has been known for decades. It just needs clean hydrogen. You can either go the hydrogen fuel cell route, or combine it with CO2 to make liquid fuel, but the source of hydrogen is the crux of the problem.

Is LibreOffice the dominant Microsoft suite competitor? I used to use OpenOffice, but it was kind of bad.

Is this discontinued? My phone does this.

Every time the carbon tax goes up, the gap between electric and natural gas closes.

But heat pumps are much more efficient than electric heating and a much cheaper source of heat.

That's true anywhere in the country though. Not a lot of blue rednecks.

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Yeah, thunk of who would not be having kids and think of who it is making room for...

It sounds like you want to move to Oregon or Washington. They have way better climates than Michigan.