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Thanks. That's much better info than I had.A bit on US refining capacity:
U.S. oil refining capacity down in 2021 for second year -EIA
Capacity for U.S. oil refiners fell in 2021 for the second year in a row, the most recent government data showed on Tuesday, as plant shutdowns kept whittling away on their ability to produce gasoline and diesel.www.reuters.com
Dialect vs language is fuzzy. The Venetian dialect of Italian is more distinct from the Neapolitan dialect than Danish is from Norwegian
And go back to 2008 when gas prices were about as bad as they are today (once you factor in inflation). We weathered that storm. Yes, things are different now...but humans are remarkably resilient and adaptive to changing situations. Maybe we will see US production of fossil fuels increase....stranger things have happened.
According to the Reuters article, a number had been or are in the process of converting to biodiesel.And a big cause in the reduction of refining capacity was the loss of a Louisiana facility due to Hurricane Ida, plus multiple other refineries shut during the Covid pandemic due to reduced demand. Many of those were closed permanently, which seems a little bizarre...unless they were too costly to re-start or they had old equipment that was too expensive to replace.
All those groups were forcibly incorporated, but getting international support was a bit harder when it took months for a letter to get from there to here.
Russia had close to 900 T80 and T90 tanks in service a few months ago.
About 3000 T80 are in storage and yet to be upgraded to the latest model with 200 or more in storage as well.
The problem with artillery, tanks, AA launchers and so on is Russia has to have a decent amount in reserve to cover other
possibilities for conflict such as the borders with Finland and Poland among others. This will run things fairly thin as production
is being strangled and doesn't seem to have been very efficient for some time anyway.
For Rwanda, the French under UN mandate, Operation Turquoise june 24, 1994 to try and stop the massacre ; as a reward we were later accused of trying to oppose the RPF.
If Lukashenko makes a similar announcement Putin is well and truly kippered. He is a mental case clearly….I cannot help but think that this piece of news, says more than the words.
'My time has come': Chechen warlord Ramzan Kadyrov says he wants to quit
Your average warlord would want to be in charge when victory is complete, their legacy enshrined and history in their own area written.
Working on the assumption that he has access to more information than any of us. To decide its time to leave just when things are potentially going south, has the sound of rats leaving a sinking ship. His father did a similar thing so maybe its in the blood, look after no 1 and to hell with everyone else
This sounds like a bold UAF attempt, if true.
Russia says it foiled Ukrainian attempt to seize nuclear plant
Ukrainian forces attempted to capture the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in an attack on the facility on Friday night, Russia's defence ministry said in its daily briefing on Saturday.www.reuters.com
Maybe these guys?
The grain of truth entirely encompassed in the phrase "Russia says..."If the caption starts with "Russia says...", then it's either complete bullsh*t, partial bullsh*t or *may* have a grain of truth.
Heavy emphasis on *may*.
If anyone believes anything that man says, they need t go to a quiet dark room, and stay thereIf Lukashenko makes a similar announcement Putin is well and truly kippered. He is a mental case clearly….
'Conflict Mounting' Between Ukraine Army And Zelensky, Lukashenko Claims
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko also said he believes the war between Russia and Ukraine will end "in the near future."www.ibtimes.com
That will never happen, Lukashenko needs Putin to stay in power (or even alive).If Lukashenko makes a similar announcement Putin is well and truly kippered. He is a mental case clearly….
'Conflict Mounting' Between Ukraine Army And Zelensky, Lukashenko Claims
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko also said he believes the war between Russia and Ukraine will end "in the near future."www.ibtimes.com