People knew that EVs were the future ever since the oil price shock during the gulf war. That's the whole reason that Diesel cars were built for. But big automakers didn't want to move to EVs because their entire lead over other automaking companies was tech destined for petrol car construction.

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The full name of the country is Los Estados Unidos Mexicanos, "The United States of Mexico". The only people who don't know this are of course, ignorant fucking Americans. Unlike the infantile "gulf of mexico" idiocy, the white house press team would hardly even have to issue a statement when the change in control takes place.

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By understanding international law?   But gulf coast refineries can process sour crude from down to yonder. So maybe look there?

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Nah Saudi Arabia are the ones debasing themselves here. Paramount–Skydance’s control of CBS has produced a lot of programming hostile to the Saudis and their agenda. They were going after them hard to try and convince Trump not to give MBS those F-35s a couple weeks ago. But Riyadh is now courting them pathetically anyway. Also the Ellison family doesn’t need money from the Gulf oil states. This shit is purely symbolic, just for Saudi and the others to show they’re still down for the ultra-right wing Zionist agenda.

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Pretty sure they are really just giving lip service the officials in Nashville & Tennessee who redistribute tax dollars. Lawmakers down there are in too deep trying to redevelop a polluted floodplain that has no infrastructure. Very gulf state-like. Anyway, Oracle was offered tons of subsidies back in 2021 to build an office building there.

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