Another chair just got taken out... err "claimed"

 As energy resources slowly become more expensive and depletion slowly bites down harder, a whole bunch of energy just went to a private AI machination... snag that chair!  "As tech giants turn to natural gas fields..." The musical chair game continues with corporate strategy placing their big butt down on a chair in Texas!  Restart the music, let's go around again and see who's the next unidentified player to NOT get energy and who is the lucky winner of the next chair.

At a time when energy feedstocks are in depletion - we have figured out how to make a bigger straw and stake out corporate winners and everybody else losers...  Interesting times.  I wonder where we will be in 20 years when this contract expires.  

Thirsty?

 Not to be a doomer, but I do think there should be SOME awareness as to other vital resources being in depletion...

Aquifers - of the 37 of the Earth's largest subterranean sources 21 systems have passed a tipping point.  That's right,  71% of those water / irrigation sources are running out - depleting faster than refilling and emptying FAST.  Of concern to many in the US is the Ogallala which provides crop irrigation water to the central US farms, data centers and what not... 30 years left at current rate of guzzling... then what? One generation away from no more irrigation in the Central US...  No cheap ethenol 'cuz there won't be any cheap corn.  Jenga!

13 of those global water sources just aren't refilling.  Hmmmm, that's a problem.

So apart from energy, critical minerals and metals - now you can add to the list water for irrigation - and of course for data center cooling.  >)  

Oopsie, business as usual has another problem

Quiz for our time...

 Just a little mental exercise to map cause and effect minus the talking points, talking heads and narratives.

1. Is what you are observing in today's chaotic world having the effect of sequestering or - ahem - conserving energy feedstocks? (Yes/No)

2. Would a giant energy shock force a serious re-think of global  economics models to adopt energy as a major underpinning of trade - and require a total rethink of legacy economics because promises made on infinite growth ain't gonna come true without infinite energy? (Yes/No)

3. If such mayhem from these physical realizations were to impact global populations would they be convoluted in a way as to see alignment with the business as usual LTG models? (Yes/No)

So if what ever you are seeing out there can be answered yes, yes, yes the results suggest in spite of all the hand waving and mud slinging theatrics, points 1,2 and 3 are being achieved.  

I'm not saying this is good or bad or anything else.  I am saying you should think about this because after some reflection this may all start to make sense.  

Pascha my Eastern friends, has arrived

Trampling Down Death by Death

Aleut: Khristus anahgrecum!     Alhecum anahgrecum!

Aleut: Khris-tusax agla-gikux!     Agangu-lakan agla-gikux!

Albanian: Krishti U Ngjall!     Vertet U Ngjall!

Alutuq: Khris-tusaq ung-uixtuq!     Pijii-nuq ung-uixtuq!

Amharic: Kristos tenestwal!             Bergit tenestwal!

Anglo-Saxon: Crist aras!             Crist sodhlice aras!

Arabic: El Messieh kahm!             Hakken kahm!

Armenian: Kristos haryav ee merelotz! Orhnial eh harootyunuh kristosee!

Athabascan: Xristosi banuytashtch'ey! Gheli banuytashtch'ey!

Bulgarian: Hristos voskrese!             Vo istina voskrese!

Byelorussian: Khrystos uvaskros!     Saprawdy uvaskros!

Chinese: Helisituosi fuhuole!     Queshi fuhuole!

Coptic: Pchristos aftooun!             Alethos aftooun!

Czech: Vstal z mrtvých Kristus!     Vpravdě vstal z mrtvých!

Danish: Kristus er opstanden!     Ja, sandelig opstanden!

Dutch: Christus is opgestaan!     Ja, hij is waarlijk opgestaan!

English: Christ is risen!             Indeed He is risen!

Eritrean-Tigre: Christos tensiou!     Bahake tensiou!

Esperanto: Kristo levigis!             Vere levigis!

Estonian: Kristus on üles tõusnud!     Ta on tõesti üles tõusnud!

Ethiopian: Christos t'ensah em' muhtan! Exai' ab-her eokala!

Finnish: Kristus nousi kuolleista!     Totisesti nousi!

French: Le Christ est réssuscité!     En verite il est réssuscité!

Gaelic: Taw creest ereen!             Taw shay ereen guhdyne!

Georgian: Kriste aghsdga!     Cheshmaritad aghsdga!

German: Christus ist auferstanden! Wahrlich Er ist auferstanden!

Greek: Christos anesti!             Alithos anesti!

Hawaiian: Ua ala hou 'o Kristo!     Ua ala 'I 'o no 'oia!

Hebrew: Ha Masheeha houh quam! Be emet quam!

Hungarian: Krisztus feltamadt!     Valoban feltamadt!

Ibo ( Nigeria): Jesu Kristi ebiliwo!     Ezia o' biliwo!

Indian (Malayalam): Christu uyirthezhunnettu! Theerchayayum uyirthezhunnettu!

Indonesian: Kristus telah bangkit!     Benar dia telah bangkit!

Italian: Cristo e' risorto!             Veramente e' risorto!

Japanese: Harisutos Fukkatsu!     Jitsu ni Fukkatsu!

Javanese: Kristus sampun wungu!     Tuhu sampun wungu!

Korean: Kristo gesso!                     Buhar ha sho nay!

Latin: Christus resurrexit!             Vere resurrexit!

Latvian: Kristus ir augsham sales! Teyasham ir augsham sales vinsch!

Lugandan: Kristo ajukkide!     Amajim ajukkide!

Norwegian: Christus er oppstanden! Sandelig han er oppstanden!

Polish: Khristus zmartwyckwstal! Zaprawde zmartwyckwstal!

Portuguese: Cristo ressuscitou!     Em verdade ressuscitou!

Romanian: Hristos a inviat!     Adevărat a înviat!

Russian: Khristos voskrese!             Voistinu voskrese!

Sanskrit: Kristo'pastitaha!             Satvam upastitaha!

Serbian: Hristos vaskrse!             Vaistunu vaskrse!

Slovak: Christos vstal z mŕtvych!     Vpravde vstal z mŕtvych!

Spanish: Cristo ha resucitado!     En verdad ha resucitado!

Swahili: Kristo amefufukka!             Kweli amefufukka!

Swedish: Kristus är uppstånden!     Han är sannerligen uppstånden!

Syriac: M'shee ho dkom!             Ha koo qam!

Tlingit: Krisdos kux̱ wudigút!     X’éiga kux̱ wudigút!

Turkish: Hristos diril - di!             Hakikaten diril - di!

Ugandan: Kristo ajukkide!     Kweli ajukkide!

Ukrainian: Khristos voskres!     Voistinu voskres!

Welsh: Atgyfododd Crist!             Atgyfododd yn wir!

Yupik: Xris-tusaq Ung-uixtuq!     Iluumun Ung-uixtuq!

Zulu: UKristu uvukile!             Ngempela uvukile!

Great and Holy Friday in the East has arrived

 Lord have mercy

Lord have mercy

Lord have mercy

Blessed Easter to all in the West...

 Christos anesti!  

Next week we will celebrate the East!

Western Good Friday is upon us