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      Fuck the AI “boom”, but this is the best legitimate use of it around, summarizing annoying videos or long documents. Here’s an AI summary.

      Here is a summary of the video:

      • Canada, rich in energy resources, has historically been a key energy supplier to the United States [00:00].
      • However, due to protectionist tariffs imposed by the U.S., Canada is now diversifying its energy exports towards European and Asian markets [00:30].
      • This shift could have implications for the U.S., potentially weakening its global balance of power and energy security [00:39].
      • Canada’s new commodity pacts with the European Union and Asia could redirect the flow of low-cost heavy oil, natural gas, and critical minerals away from the U.S. [00:46].
      • The European Union is one of the world’s largest economies and Canada’s second-largest trading partner, offering significant opportunities for growth [03:47].
      • A comprehensive trade agreement between Canada and the EU aims to reduce Canada’s dependence on the U.S. market [04:04].
      • If Canada’s energy exports shift to the EU and Asia, the U.S. could face disadvantages such as higher energy costs and reduced bargaining power [06:16].
      • Canada is focusing on key commodities to strengthen its economy and become indispensable to U.S. interests [07:04].
      • Canadian oil and gas exports support U.S. energy reserves, lower consumer costs, and aid in expanding international energy exports [08:51].
      • Canada’s increasing capacity to ship oil to tidewater markets allows it to support global allies like South Korea and Japan [10:32].
      • Canadian natural gas can help ensure abundant domestic supplies in the U.S. and free up space for exports to allies [10:48].
      • Canada is poised to become a major liquefied natural gas supplier, particularly to strategic Asian allies [11:27].
      • Low-cost Canadian electricity can power various U.S. endeavors, and new projects aim to boost electricity exports while saving costs [12:03].
      • The rapid growth of AI technology in the U.S. is expected to drive a sharp increase in electricity consumption, which Canada can help meet [12:56].
      • Canada’s strategic move to diversify its energy exports could potentially change the geopolitical balance in terms of global energy security [13:13]. Would you like to ask about another video?
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        Yeah AI is great for this kinda stuff. My personal favorite use is “make is concise”

        Canada is shifting its energy exports away from the U.S. toward European and Asian markets due to American protectionist tariffs. This strategic diversification of Canadian oil, gas, and minerals could weaken U.S. energy security and global influence while raising American energy costs. Canada’s resources currently benefit the U.S. by supporting reserves, lowering costs, and enabling exports. As Canada develops more capacity to supply global allies directly, particularly with electricity that could power America’s growing AI sector, this reorientation may significantly alter global energy geopolitics.

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    So Canada solves 2 problems with 1 move. They get to sell to a partner not keen on fucking them and EU gets oil to replace the Russian supply.

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        He already did. Most likely this is what the new usa-russia economic partnership is all about. Krasnov is betting papa putin will save him once again.

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        Russian oil wouldn’t replace the gap. It’s not the right type of oil for our refineries. It’s much more likely we start pumping it from federal land reserves in Alaska at double the pace.

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    Very good. This is the start of a very desirable NATO sans US - or whatever it should be renamed - and it’s high time. In a way, Trump’s idiocy may have precipitated a very healthy redefinition of transatlantic relationships.

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        The same reason IG Farben was renamed BASF after the war: there was nothing wrong with the name and it was the same company core (minus a few bits) but IG Farben was a bit too associated with Zyklon B.

        NATO is intimately associated with the US for historical reasons. A new name would signal a willingness to put down the historical baggage and start afresh.

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    On the one hand, this is going to hurt working class. A lot. Most of the US has no good mass transit. No car means no paycheck.

    On the other hand, stellar power move. Impressive.

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      You say “on one hand… on the other hand” as if both things aren’t good.

      The American working class – and I say this as a member of it – needs to be hurt in order to find the motivation to depose its dictator.

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      Most of the US has no good mass transit. No car means no paycheck.

      That undecided bloc should’ve voted then. They can make it up for it by protesting against the tariffs.

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        70+ million of us bothered to vote no. We did the reading and even though we didn’t fail the test, we failed the test anyway.

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            theres also rigging involved, but dems will never call it that, because the Rs already did. too scared chickenshit, the DNC is just hoping to coast by and win marginally in general, thats thier message never sticks to the common voters.

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              It’s sad how most of the DNC just abandoned everything the second after the election was done. I get they don’t have the house/senate, but holy shit this is though to watch from up North in Canada.

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    This is actually really bad as far as emissions are concerned. The emissions from transportation of oil alone are massive, outweighing all other emissions from overseas transport.

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      Countries have largely abandoned the climate change initiative for a while, a video by sabin explains it well

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            Not yet, no. Even at the rate things are changing now we’ve got 20 years before any apocalypse scenarios. We should be working to avoid those at all cost. Even those caught up in the worst of it can flee to areas less affected.

            Every emission now will cause suffering later.

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            People really, really don’t like hearing the truth when it’s bad news. Not all of us are blind however.

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              It’s not the truth though, and this is the kind of mindset that allows politicians to get away with sloppy climate policies (or none at all).

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                even in research you cant “say climate change caused by people” otherwise you wont get grant funding, thats how in denial people are.

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                  Yeah in America maybe, politicians in Europe mostly acknowledge climate change is real and caused by human activity. However, they often think that climate policies are too expensive and unreasonable, without considering how fucking expensive dealing with the results of climate change will be in the future. Probably because they’re old and likely dead by then, so they don’t care.

                  And mindsets like “we can’t stop it” and “it’s already too late” only contribute to these ideas of climate policies being a nuisance rather than a necessity.

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      it should balance out somewhat–the u.s. exports are roughly the same as its canadian imports; unless they do something really stupid like increasing what’s already historic production levels to make up for the loss of canadian imports.

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        The tarrifs are way less worrisome than the make Canada join USA through economic war effort.

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        without thinking about his actions.

        [citation needed]

        When it comes to Trump, people really need to quit attributing to stupidity that which is adequately explained by malice.

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      Canadians gotta learn from their predecessors how to handle US tyranny. Here’s an example from the 1973 oil crisis:

      Kissinger stated in a private state department meeting that it’s “ridiculous that the civilized world is held up by 8 million savages… Can’t we overthrow one of the sheikhs just to show that we can do it?” They formed a plan to invade Abu Dhabi, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia.[60][61] Kissinger publicly threatened “countermeasures” in a Nov 21st, 1973 press conference if the embargo was not lifted, and the Saudis responded with threatening further oil cuts and to burn their oil fields if the US military invaded. After the CIA confirmed these threats, Kissinger gave up military intervention and decided that dealing with Israel’s troop withdrawals and settled on diplomatic solutions to the oil embargo.