>>511010717>Their combined GDP is greater than China, their total pop almost doubles the US.And yet, their truck drivers make 16Kโฌ/year and US truck drivers 90K$/year. Their people live in match boxes getting smaller every 3 years.
>The only problem they have is 0 access to oil. And thatโs a good thing. They used to have access to lots of Russian gas locked at the cheapest price in 30 years contracts but they screwed that one because they are vassals of a greater power. Vassals cannot grow, or lead, they will always be brought back down no matter how much development they may look like having.
>they're immensely innovative in the energy sector and have the best framework at the moment for a post-oil economyI have to disagree on this one. China started the first Thorium reactor, and China is has the first fusion reactor, they are the ones that have the most innovation in post-oil tech, not the euros. The euros invest in stupid tech like wind power, geo-thermal, waste management conversion to energy, those are weak and not really revolutionary itโs like patch not a full on solution, the Chinese Thorium reactor is a long term solution on the other hand.
>China at the moment is intoxicated with growth, they won't address food or energy problemsAfter the Ukraine war, China became the worldโs 1st wheat producer and still they need to import food and as time goes by they will be more dependent, but I think they are working on that heavily, I had read 2 years ago that the State gave large patches of free land to farmers, and provided funds for machinery to be able to up their local food production, it will take time but I think they are working on it.
>increasingly become hooked on Russian oilThatโs a good thing. The world needs China and Russia closer than ever. It will make the world a better place. If they decouple the mutts and the euros would attack them and thatโs bad for business and everyone.