[ExI] Running up against energy limits

[Stathis Papaioannou]

On Sun, 12 Sep 2021 at 15:55, John Grigg via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

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> Spike wrote:
> "The Chinese are already there John.  The surviving Afghanis will not like
> what comes next."
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> This will actually be a big test for the CCP. Will they cooperate with the
> Taliban, for a mutually productive economic relationship? Or will they give
> in to temptation, as did Britain, Russia, and America, and invade/occupy
> Afghanistan? I could actually envision Xi Jinping ordering an invasion as a
> means to toughen up China's military and give them combat experience. But I
> could see the parents of his nation seriously acting up when the bodies
> start getting shipped home...
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China doesn’t have a history of invading other countries.

Billw wrote:
>  "In all the long time we were in Afghanistan did we mine any minerals?"
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> As far as I know, we did not.
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> SR Ballard wrote:
> "John, I thought countries had a right to self-determination."
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> They do. But is the Taliban the rightful leadership of Afghanistan? Lol
> Well, it could be said might makes right, at least in that part of the
> world. I loved Spike's idea of how America should have trained all able
> bodied adults there to be part of a well-armed citizen's militia. The
> Taliban would be contending with their worst nightmare right now!
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> John
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> On Sat, Sep 11, 2021 at 5:55 AM spike jones via extropy-chat <
> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
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>> On Sat, 11 Sep 2021 at 21:48, John Grigg via extropy-chat <
>> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
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>> …, and now China is about to move in to "help" the Taliban and also, of
>> course, mine those rare minerals…
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>> The Chinese are already there John.  The surviving Afghanis will not like
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