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Pratun's avatar

Well researched and written article. I wasn't even aware the Americans provide so much muscle to protect the oil trading route on the high sea. This is an eye opener, and I think it's safe to say American hegemony is not going anywhere for the foreseeable future. Any other alternative to American hegemony that we are told is being created is a dream and will for a long time remain a dream.

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Olof Ribbing's avatar

Best and most valuable article I have seen in a long time. And the Polish history of oil industry!

Explaining 'price elasticity' is very telling of the real challenge of reducing fossil fuels; it is so much more than 'fuels'!

UN as guardian of trade routes? With military means and costs? Dag Hammarskjöld was a great secretary general, but not much of a military commander. I don't think the UN should go in this direction, even if it could; and we need to be grateful to the US for setting an example, even with it's many questionable shortcomings.

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