Flying missions to there from Cyprus feels like we are doing it just to show we can, surely that could have been handled much easier by the US carrier…
If they dump their currency and use USD, then as long as there arnough dollars around it solves inflation right? (Their economy is a blip to the Goliath that is USD)
But if that’s the case, then their currency is useless as everyone knows if will have zero value at all in a few months/years.
It does mean they can’t print money to get out of trouble though… Not that that was going well for them before.
This Icelandic guy has a YouTube channel with great 4K drone footage of the area (and the rest of Iceland).
He is (obviously) doing a lot of coverage in this area currently and has some snippets of info from Icelandic Volcanologists that may not be available elsewhere.
The high prices in Europe due to Ukraine really lit a fire under everyone’s asses to switch energy sources. Useful, even if a lot of people suffered because of it.
That’s an interesting business to be in, it sounds like they just have power plants on boats they can dock where needed to provide power. So if they didn’t get paid they could literally sail away with the power plant 🤣
Probably makes sense for infrastructure in some parts of Africa.
Ty for the info. The ZA deal probably makes sense.
Tbh I’m disappointed at how small it’s recorded engine power is. Imagining it being able to apply it’s city sized power generation to its propeller and hydroplaning away 😂
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