Category Archives: China

Comparing China, the US, and India in Clean Energy Production

Posted on August 24, 2023 by Dennis SILVERMAN

China Dominates Clean Energy Production and Devices, While India Consumes Little Energy Per Capita. Without getting dragged into the politics and personalities of the Foxy Republican Chaos last night, the reemergence of climate change falsehoods has to be fact checked … Continue reading →

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Perennial Replanting Rice and Challenges of Climate Change

Posted on May 26, 2023 by Dennis SILVERMAN

Perennial Replanting Rice and Challenges of Climate Change One Science Magazine breakthrough of 2022 was the establishment of Perennial Rice (PR23), a cross of a Chinese rice with a perennial African wild rice.  This rice will effectively replant itself for … Continue reading →

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IHME Global Covid Projections to February, 2023

Posted on November 1, 2022 by Dennis SILVERMAN

The Global Death Rate from Covid will remain relatively low through the next three months, only increasing from about 1,660 to about 2,750 per day, or 65%.  The modeled Total Death rate is about 1.7 times the Global Reported Death … Continue reading →

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Freedom on the Net 2022 Ratings by Country

Posted on October 19, 2022 by Dennis SILVERMAN

Freedom on the Internet and in social media in 2021-22 shows that only 18% of global internet users are assessed as Free, 34% as Partly Free, and 37% as Not Free.  11% are in countries that were not assessed.  The … Continue reading →

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Russians, Look Up! Every Time Putin Makes a Nuclear Threat, It is Also Against You.

Posted on April 28, 2022 by Dennis SILVERMAN

Russians Look Up:  Every Time Putin Makes a Nuclear Threat, It is Also Against You Nobody knows, but Ukraine, the US, Russia, and all other major countries must be making plans for a response to whatever kind of nuclear attack … Continue reading →

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April IHME Shows China Covid Projected Deaths Reduced to 28% of Previous One

Posted on April 10, 2022 by Dennis SILVERMAN

April IHME Shows China Covid Projected Deaths Reduced to 28% of the March Projection Total Deaths The March IHME Covid projection for China showed 615,000 deaths to July 1, but did not include any reduction in mobility.  This was contrary … Continue reading →

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IHME Forecast of Rising Covid Deaths in South-East Asia

Posted on April 4, 2022 by Dennis SILVERMAN

IHME Forecast of Rising Covid Deaths in South-East Asia Although most of the world’s future Omicron deaths are projected in China, Indonesia will had a daily death rate about half of that last year.  Viet Nam and the Republic of … Continue reading →

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The Slap Heard ‘Round the World, and US, Ukraine, and Nuclear Violence

Posted on March 28, 2022 by Dennis SILVERMAN

The Slap Heard ‘Round the World, and US, Ukraine, and Nuclear Violence I have retreated from further commenting on the Ukraine genocide because of the sadness of what is going on and the feeling and reality of helplessness to stop … Continue reading →

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The IHME Forecasts 615,000 Covid Deaths in China by July 1

Posted on March 23, 2022 by Dennis SILVERMAN

IHME Forecasts 615,000 Covid Deaths in China by July 1 The new March 21 IHME projection has increased the death toll from Covid for China and pushed it two and a half months further into the future than the run … Continue reading →

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Sanctioning Russian Oil Exports

Posted on March 9, 2022 by Dennis SILVERMAN

Russian Oil Exports to Europe, China, and the US The oil scene in round numbers is that the World is about to use 100 million barrels per day (mbpd), where a barrel is 42 gallons and makes 19.2 gallons of … Continue reading →

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