Sunday, December 22, 2024

China’s Rare Earth Metals Ban Hits US Chip Trade Restrictions Where It Hurts

from Sputnik News:

Peter Arkell, chairman of the Global Mining Association of China who has been running a consulting business in the PRC for almost 20 years, said that Beijing’s restrictions on the export of rare earth metals were a predictable response to Washington’s trade war.

China’s curbs on rare earth metals to Western microchip makers comes as no surprise after a year of US-led sanctions, says a mining expert.

Beijing’s new restrictions on the export of eight gallium and six germanium products, on the basis that they have dual civilian and military uses, came into force on Tuesday.

Incandescent Light Bulb Ban Starts On August 1; Gas Stove Ban Coming Next

by Chris Menahan, Information Liberation:

Biden’s Department of Energy plans to mete out “the maximum civil penalty” against manufacturers that “knowingly distribute” illicit light bulbs which violate their new efficiency standards.

From Politico, “While everyone was yelling about gas stoves, the incandescent light bulb went away”:

It’s lights out for the incandescent bulbs that people have known, changed and singed their hands on for 140 years.

LENR (Low Energy Nuclear Reactions) can decentralize power production and provide abundant energy for all

from Health Ranger Report:

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DAVID BLACKMON: Climate Alarmists Are Finally Saying The Quiet Part Out Loud In Their Agenda

by David Blackmon, The Daily Caller:

The Los Angeles Times published an op/ed Friday in which it perhaps unintentionally poses the central proposition of the mythical energy transition: “whether our expectations should evolve in the name of preventing climate catastrophe.”

The op/ed is appropriately titled, “Would an Occasional Blackout Help Solve Climate Change?” It is a headline that tacitly admits a truth about the transition that boosters of renewable energy have been careful not to publicize: That the notion that generation sources with extremely low energy density like wind and solar cannot hope to be viable alternatives to generation with extremely high energy density like natural gas, nuclear and coal. It is a notion that defies the laws of thermodynamics and physics, and those are laws, not suggestions that can be discarded as a matter of convenience or, as in this case, in pursuit of a hyper-political agenda.

Biden Administration Rule Would Ban Nearly All Portable Gas-Powered Generators

from The Epoch Times:

After seeking to reduce the use of gas stoves, the Biden administration is pushing a proposal to ban the sale of almost all portable gas generators—which some experts have said would be disastrous for the millions of Americans who rely on such generators during power outages.

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has proposed a policy (pdf) that would remove nearly all existing portable gas generators from the market. The new rule restricts the amount of carbon monoxide that generators can emit by forcing these generators to switch off when they reach a certain level of emissions.

CHINA THINKING TO END THE PETRODOLLAR SCHEME AS THEY MOVE TO PROTECT SAUDI ARABIA

by Harvey Organ, Harvey Organ Blog:

GOLD CLOSED UP $23.45 TO $1976.60//SILVER SURPASSES THE 25 DOLLAR LEVEL TO $25.05//PLATINUM CLOSES UP $7.25 TO $987.15 WHILE PALLADIUM HAD A SOLID DAY UP $33.95 TO $1319.00//IMPORTANT COMMENTARIES TODAY: MATHEW PIEPENBERG//CHINA THINKING TO END THE PETRODOLLAR SCHEME AS THEY MOVE TO PROTECT SAUDI ARABIA//EU TO ELIMINATE ENERGY SUBSIDIES//TURKEY’S AGREEMENT TO ALLOW SWEDEN INTO NATO IS NOT A DONE DEAL WITH MANY CONTENIOUS STILL ON THE TABLE: DOWN GOES THE LIRA//COVID UPDATES/DR PAUL ALEXANDER//SLAY NEWS/VACCINE IMPACT/NEWS ADDICTS//USA RETAIL SALES DISAPPOINTS//INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION IN THE USA LAGS//BIDEN TO PUMP ANOTHER $1.3 BILLION DOLLARS TO UKRAINE SO THAT MONEY CAN BE FUNNELED BACK TO DEMS.

Escape The Heat And Outrageous Energy Bills This Summer: As Two-Thirds Of Americans May See Electrical Blackouts, Steps Must Be Taken To Stay Cool in The Blistering Heat

by Stefan Stanford, All News Pipeline:

Summer comes every year, and every year it gets hot, so nothing about what is written below is meant to imply that “man-made” global warming, which they now call climate change, has anything to do with the fact that throughout the history of the world temperatures have fluctuated, and will continue to do so long after we are gone.

Now, with that out of the way, despite the fact that it is not man-made” global warming, or climate change in the manner that the hysterical climate change shills claim, it is still freaking hot out there!

Alternative Energy Solutions for Preppers and Survivalists

by Mike Roth, The Organic Prepper:

Are you searching for dependable alternative energy solutions as a prepper or survivalist? Given the fragility of the power grid in disaster scenarios, investing in reliable and sustainable power generation is necessary for maintaining safety and connectivity.

Delving into renewable energy sources like solar, wind, and hydropower, this article offers insights into diverse power solutions and their setup requirements.

We will provide the following:

Zelensky Claims Russia Is Planning A “Nuclear Attack” At Zaporizhzhia Plant

by Mac Slavo, SHTF Plan:

Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky said that Vladimir Putin’s Russian forces were preparing to unleash a radiation leak at the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant. This tit-for-tat about false flag radiation attacks and nuclear war is not new either.

The World Health Organization has said that the ruling classes should prepare their slaves for radiation emergencies, while Russia claims it’s Ukraine that will use a “dirty bomb” to attack.

WHO: Ruling Classes Should Prepare For Nuclear Radiation Emergencies

United Nations Chief: Fossil Fuels Are ‘Incompatible with Human Survival’

by Frank Bergman, Slay News:

The head of the United Nations has declared that the use of fossil fuels for energy must be stopped immediately because it is “incompatible with human survival.”

During a recent conference, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned: “All of this action must be global.

“It must be immediate and it must start with the polluted heart of the climate crisis – the fossil fuel industry.

“Let’s face facts.

Warning Of Summer Electrical Outages For Two-Thirds Of The U.S. From Biden ‘Green Energy’ Chaos Along With Expected Summer Storm Events

by Susan Duclos, All News Pipeline:

Summer officially starts on June 21, 2023 and with it comes some warnings about power outages, preparation, storm warnings, and spikes in electric bills as Americans try to stay cool on the hottest of days.

We’ll start with the energy costs, which according to the Energy Information Administration, will see a 2% increase from the Summer of 2022, on top of the increases seen in 2021-2022.  While that is an average, we note that New England states will see an approximate 11% increase from 2022.

China, Russia, and Iran Forge New Oil Agreements to Create New Energy Market Order

by Jose Nino, Big League Politics:

In the first week of June, China, Iran, Iraq, and Russia hammered out a series of agreements in the ambits of energy, logistics, and security.

Financial journalist Simon Watkins detailed some of the implications of these new agreements.

From a big picture standpoint, China is using its multi-decade “One Belt, One Road” economic project to turn the Middle East, as Watkins noted, “into a large oil and gas station by which it can fuel its economic growth to overtake the U.S. as the number one superpower by 2030.”

Biden’s Green Rules Mean Appliances Will Soon Cost More And Do Less, Experts Say

by Kevin Stocklin, Activist Post:

A pledge by the Biden administration in December 2022 to take “more than 100 actions” to impose significantly tighter environmental standards on consumer goods is now becoming reality, and consumer groups are predicting a future in which Americans pay more for products that do less, while manufacturers warn of shortages and supply chain breakdowns.

“You’re seeing, just in the last few months, new rules from the Biden administration about clothes washers, dishwashers, and other kinds of kitchen appliances, and in every case, you’re talking about a tightening of already very, very tight standards,” O.H. Skinner, executive director of the Alliance for Consumers, told The Epoch Times.

DECONSTRUCTING THE GREEN DEATH CULT AGENDA

from SGT Report:

James Hill, the CEO & President of MCF Energy joins me to discuss the madness of the anti-human green agenda which James and his company are firmly aligned against. MCF Energy is focused on bringing the much needed energy to Europe in its cleanest form, natural gas.

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https://www.mcfenergy.com/
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Iran Has Quietly Been Enriching Uranium Stockpiles And Now Has Enough To Produce Three Full-Scale Atomic Weapons To Launch Against Israel

by Geoffrey Grinder, Now The End Begins:

There is a growing sense in Israel that Jerusalem is quickly running out of time to prevent Iran from becoming a regional nuclear power.

It has been a little while since we last did an article on anything going on in the terror state of Iran, there really has been that much interesting news coming out of that area. But just as it’s always dangerous when a little kid suddenly ‘gets quiet’, Iran has been quietly going into an uranium enriching frenzy. Right now they have 193 pounds of U-235 enriched to 60 percent, or enough mass to produce three full-scale atomic weapons. And it doesn’t stop there.