The Manchurian Candidate 2024
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If they wanted to, they could totally rework, what was it, 1962, 63, a Manchurian candidate film. Well, at least in that movie, I mean, some of the brainwashing techniques and what was the triggers there with the cards and all that stuff. Now, honestly, I think that they could redo the movie today and…
kind of use environmental policy as the, you know, that Manchurian candidate type of way of getting in. And I’m looking at what Biden is doing right now with liquefied natural gas. And we are basically aiding, aiding the people that we continually call our enemies. That would be
Russia and Iran and not even so much enemies, but competitors as well. As far as the Middle East is concerned. First and foremost, we were a powerhouse when it comes to natural gas. Texas in of itself is the world’s third largest liquefied natural gas exporter. If I was Texas right now.
And I like what Texas is doing as far as defying the federal government when it comes to the border. We talked about this here on the podcast and actually the border agents are siding with the Texas National Guard and what they’re doing. If I was Texas, I’d tell the federal government, sorry, we’re not listening to you. We’re going to continue to export liquefied natural gas. Come stop us.
Come stop us. Again, I’m governor of the state of Texas, and I have to do what’s right for my people. And again, this is how the country was supposed to work. 10th Amendment of the Constitution. You’ve got Joe Biden telling you that you can’t sell natural gas to willing buyers around the globe.
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Again, it’s a constitutional challenge right there. Again, I don’t see how the president can dictate to a state what they can sell to a willing buyer, buyers around the globe. In particular, buyers that need the natural gas or they’re gonna freeze.
Anyway, you take a look at this. The global demand for natural gas is expected to increase 46% by 2050. 46% by 2050. More countries want to solely but surely shift away from coal. Most Asian countries still rely on coal.
for energy, for power. India, 71%, Indonesia, 59%, Vietnam, 57%, Philippines, 55%. Last year, coal exports hit a freaking record.
Coal exports hit a record. China was the biggest coal importer, followed by India, Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan. Demand for liquefied natural gas has outstripped supply. Obviously, Europe is dealing with that as well. They’re trying to wean itself off of Russian gas, but they can’t.
They can’t. And again, you know, they’re still importing a ton of natural gas from Russia. Bangladesh energy official complained last year that Asian countries couldn’t buy gas because of skyrocketing prices. Instead, they burn coal.
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That’s good for the climate. Again, Mr. Manchurian candidate is saying that this, you know, again, is the greatest existential crisis in our lifetime is climate change. So they’re gonna burn coal instead.
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Again, the leftists out there, they could give a rat’s buttocks when it comes to what do they say 2.3 in Wall Street Journal put some numbers together 2.3 billion people in the world still cook with open fires or stoves that burn wood coal biomass, you know what biomass is shit or kerosene.
Developing countries want and need gas to escape poverty, which is another reason why liquefied natural gas demand is going to continue to rise. And again, we have it. We can sell it. Again, Adam Smith capitalism. They’re happy. We’re happy. Everything’s great. But no, we’re not gonna do that.
Russia, Iran and Qatar are expanding their export capacities. Do you not think that these poor countries are gonna say, okay, United States is not gonna sell us liquefied natural gas, we’re just gonna go buy it from Iran? Do you not think that these relationships that they’re going to have with Russia, Iran and Qatar, you think they’re gonna improve?
because they need those countries for that natural gas. But again, Russia supplied Europe. Yeah, you gotta understand just how ridiculous this whole crap is with Ukraine, what’s going on. Russia supplied Europe with almost as much gas as we did last year. Russia did.
Again, countries need to solidify their energy needs. And they don’t do this on a weekly, monthly, or yearly basis. They have to look five, 10, 20, 50 years down the road to make sure that these things are taken care of. You have to put major capital in infrastructure developments in regards to getting liquefied natural gas in. You want to sign.
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long-term contracts in deals. You don’t want to worry about whether or not you can turn the heat on or the lights on. So what do you think is going to happen if we’re not going to fill the void? I mean, you don’t think that Russia and Iran are going to be able to cultivate better relationships with countries all around the globe by providing these countries with the energy that they need?
Why wouldn’t we do that?
I don’t know, I don’t know, you’re gonna probably have to go ask the Manchurian candidate 2024. Watchdog on wallstreet.com
