"Brazil fast-tracks paving controversial highway in Amazon with new licensing rule"
#Brazil #AmazonRainforest #Trees
Donald Trump has suggested US taxpayers could reimburse energy companies for repairing Venezuelan infrastructure for extracting and shipping oil.
Trump acknowledged that
“a lot of money” would need to be spent to increase oil production in Venezuela after US forces ousted its leader, Nicolšs Maduro,
but suggested his government could pay oil companies to do the work.
“A tremendous amount of money will have to be spent and the oil companies will spend it,
and the…
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Guardian repeats story that Venezuela's oil production low due to corruption and lack of investment.
Actually, the Maracaibo basin is beyond peak extraction so costs rising. And Orinoco oil is heavy, tarry, and hard to get (deep under the rainforest).
Of course the blockade is also part of the reason, and maybe flight of technical staff.
Oil prices fall after Trump says Venezuela will send up to 50m barrels to US | Oil | The Guardian
Documents: Foxconn's subsidiaries and China's Luxshare plan expansions in Vietnam to boost gaming device production, reinforcing Vietnam's supply chain role (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific
Machado se bat pour sa survie politique
Maria Corina Machado prête Š «donner ou «partager» son prix Nobel avec Donald Trump
https://www.letemps.ch/monde/en-direct-crise-au-venezuela-nicolas-maduro-renverse-par-les-americains-les-etats-unis-disent-controler-le-pays?utm_medium=partage-social&utm_source=copylink#post-5aeff354-c348-4849-8f08-0be47c2cd2a5
Dass Chip-Produktion im Orbit sinnvoll sein könnte, wird seit den 1970ern diskutiert. Zur Zeit wird sie Realität. Science Fiction word gerade massiv Wirklichkeit - leider nicht nur erstaunliche technische Durchbrüche, sondern auch politische Dystopien.
#Raumfahrt
The year in rainforests 2025: Deforestation fell; the risks did not https://news.mongabay.com/2025/12/the-year-in-rainforests-2025-deforestation-fell-the-risks-did-not/
Brazil fast-tracks paving controversial highway in Amazon with new licensing rule
https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/12/brazil-fast-tracks-paving-controversial-highway-in-amazon-with-new-licensing-rul…