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This is the place for discussing the potential collapse of modern civilization and the environment.

Collapse, in this context, refers to the significant loss of an established level or complexity towards a much simpler state. It can occur differently within many areas, orderly or chaotically, and be willing or unwilling. It does not necessarily imply human extinction or a singular, global event. Although, the longer the duration, the more it resembles a ‘decline’ instead of collapse.

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China Just Turned Off U.S. Supplies Of Minerals Critical For Defense & Cleantech (cleantechnica.com)

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Six months ago staunch allies like Canada and Australia would have loved to help, although they couldn’t replace China overnight. But the same tariffs that led to China’s new licenses for critical minerals are hitting the former allies Trump is treating like enemies.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

the japanese did their pearl harbor bombing as a response to oil embargos placed upon them by the united states and its allies; i wonder if the united states is going to do its own pearl harbor.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

One of the ways that people now interpret WW2 was that armored tanks , ships and planes became critical in combat, and every actor in the conflict was going out and trying to secure oil supply lines. Places like Europe, Africa, the middle east and the pacific were all involved due to reliance on fossil fuel resources... Whoever could capture the resources or secure the flow of the supply lines had huge advantages. You could bring down the enemy by indirectly starving them of oil just as quickly as attacking them head on. The allied forces directly targeted the axis oil infrastructure like refineries as their highest priority targets.

https://oilprice.com/Energy/Crude-Oil/How-Oil-Defeated-The-Nazis.html

Surely that can't be happening again with new types of critical resources?