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Asia Embraces Coal as the U.S. Rejects It
Asia Embraces Coal as the U.S. Rejects It Vietnam and other Asian countries are on a coal spree! Given the dynamics of energy use in the rapidly developing industrial sector there, it is no surprise that these nations have backpedaled on big promises made at international climate conferences to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide from fossil fuels. […]
Mass fish die-off in Vietnam as heatwave roasts Southeast Asia
Mass fish die-off in Vietnam as heatwave roasts Southeast Asia A fisherman collecting dead fish caused by renovation works and the ongoing hot weather conditions from a reservoir in southern Vietnam’s Dong Nai province on Apr 30, 2024. (Photo: AFP/STR) DONG NAI, Vietnam: Hundreds of thousands of fish have died in a reservoir in southern […]
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Peak oil in Asia Update June 2020 (part 3) Fig 22: The peak of the largest producer China determined the Asian peak From the countries in Fig 22 the 3rd and 4th largest oil importers are Thailand and Indonesia with approximately 1 mb/d each. Fig 23: Thailand is the 3rd largest net importer in Asia […]
Peak oil in Asia Update June 2020 (part 1)
Peak oil in Asia Update June 2020 (part 1) Fig 1: Asian oil consumption is around 5 times higher than production The production decline after the peak in 2015 is very modest. The size of the gap between consumption and production is mainly determined by consumption growth rather than by production decline. Will the Corona […]
In Major Reversal, Singapore Imposes Month-Long Lockdown As Asia Faces “Second Wave” Of COVID-19: Live Updates
In Major Reversal, Singapore Imposes Month-Long Lockdown As Asia Faces “Second Wave” Of COVID-19: Live Updates As we arrive at the end of another week, In NYC, subway trains are still crowded with commuters as the MTA is forced to reduce trains and cars as more of its workforce falls ill or simply refuses to […]
4 Plagues Are Marching Across Asia Simultaneously: Coronavirus, African Swine Fever, H5N1 Bird Flu And H1N1 Swine Flu
4 Plagues Are Marching Across Asia Simultaneously: Coronavirus, African Swine Fever, H5N1 Bird Flu And H1N1 Swine Flu The coronavirus outbreak that is raging all over China right now has been making headlines on a daily basis all over the globe, and rightly so. At this point we don’t know if it will ultimately become […]
Peak oil in Asia: where will the oil come from for the Asian Century?
Peak oil in Asia: where will the oil come from for the Asian Century? Asian oil production peaked above 8 mb/d for the period between 2008 and 2016 (with spikes in 2010 and 2015). The 2015 peak was mainly caused by peak oil in China. Since then Asia’s decline was almost 800 kb/d or 9%. […]
“New Cold War” Unleashing “Geopolitical Chaos”: China Reacts To US Offensive Missiles In Asia
“New Cold War” Unleashing “Geopolitical Chaos”: China Reacts To US Offensive Missiles In Asia China’s Global Times — the communist country’s hawkish, belligerent state tabloid — has responded to the Pentagon’s Friday announcement stating the US is looking to deploy intermediate range ballistic missiles to Asia “within months,” warning “it will certainly trigger an intense arms race in the region.” Its editorial board, long understood as a […]
As US Ditches INF, Mid-Range Missiles To Be Deployed In Asia “Within Months”
As US Ditches INF, Mid-Range Missiles To Be Deployed In Asia “Within Months” A mere day after the US officially exited the landmark Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces treaty (INF) which had cooled the Cold War arms race, preventing a build-up in Europe, the Pentagon is looking to deploy intermediate range conventional missiles in the Pacific region “within months”. Noting […]
“The Real Economic Shock Is Yet To Come” – Trade War Deepens Across Asia
“The Real Economic Shock Is Yet To Come” – Trade War Deepens Across Asia The last chance to avoid a full-blown 2019 trade war may come later this month when President Trump is scheduled to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the G-20 Buenos Aires summit in the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina. It […]
Peak oil in China and the Asia Pacific (part 2)
Peak oil in China and the Asia Pacific (part 2) South China Sea: ‘Leave immediately and keep far off’ Fig 1: U.S. Navy P-8A Poseidon reconnaissance plane overflying disputed Spratly islands 11/8/2018 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dodbqgKn8js https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-asia-45152525/south-china-sea-leave-immediately-and-keep-far-off Fig 2: Subi reef location in the South China Sea Fig 3: CSIS image of Subi reef low tide elevation (976 […]
Canada Bets On Trans Mountain Expansion To Sell Oil In Asia
Canada Bets On Trans Mountain Expansion To Sell Oil In Asia Canada may be the fourth largest producer and third largest exporter of oil in the world, but it has one sole customer of its oil—the United States. At the end of last month, Canada took a step toward ensuring that its oil would have […]
Asia Crashes, Europe Slides, US Rebounds But Yields Resume Ominous Rise
Asia Crashes, Europe Slides, US Rebounds But Yields Resume Ominous Rise “$5 trillion was wiped out from global stocks this week.” After yesterday’s violent last hour plunge in US stocks, which also sent the VIX surging back to the mid-30s, the overnight session was somewhat muted, with European stocks falling further on Friday morning, but […]
Former Prime Minister Howard assumes US shale oil will provide for China’s oil demand growth
Former Prime Minister Howard assumes US shale oil will provide for China’s oil demand growth Australia in Today’s World – some observations from former PM John Howard https://aiiansw.tidyhq.com/public/schedule/events/16630-australia-in-today-s-world-some-observations-from-former-pm-john-howard John Howard was happy to report that Chinese GDP growth is 6% and that a great future lies ahead for Australia. In Q&A I asked him: “Are […]
A War With North Korea Could Send Oil Prices Skyrocketing
A War With North Korea Could Send Oil Prices Skyrocketing An open military conflict in Northern Asia would disrupt more than a third of global seaborne crude oil trade, Wood Mackenzie warned last week amid yet another escalation between North Korea, its neighbors, and the U.S. Such a conflict would cripple North Asia’s production and […]
