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  • Biggest Prob for Taiwan - ENERGY

    From c186282@21:1/5 to All on Mon May 5 17:25:32 2025
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    https://www.dw.com/en/can-taiwans-energy-grid-withstand-a-chinese-attack/a-72438572

    Beijing’s latest military drills near Taiwan have sparked
    discussions on the island's energy security if simmering
    cross-strait tensions boil over. How long can Taiwan keep
    powering itself in case of a blockade by China?

    . . .

    Seems the entire place runs almost entirely on
    imported LNG. Nuke was never much and PV panels,
    well ... ain't gonna cut it mostly. It's a
    heavily urbanized pop, and cities suck mass
    quantities of energy.

    As seen a week back in Spain and Portugal, no
    power means NO NOTHIN' in this modern world.
    The food quickly goes bad, no electronic
    services, all the stuff at the hospitals
    won't work. Water stops, sewers back up ...
    get the picture ?

    As an island with no real native energy sources
    Taiwan is VERY vulnerable to a Chinese blockade.
    Estimates that reserves would last under a month
    even with conservation measures. Then, it's all
    over. The USA might force some warships past a
    Chinese blockade, but not that constant stream
    of LNG tankers. Probably not many FOOD shipments
    either.

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  • From Siri Cruz@21:1/5 to All on Mon May 5 14:54:39 2025
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    On 5/5/25 14:25, c186282 wrote:
    cross-strait tensions boil over. How long can Taiwan keep
    powering itself in case of a blockade by China?

    And if USN runs the blockade?

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  • From Mitchell Holman@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Tue May 6 01:46:33 2025
    XPost: alt.defense, alt.politics, alt.politics.usa
    XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh

    c186282 <[email protected]> wrote in news:[email protected]:

    https://www.dw.com/en/can-taiwans-energy-grid-withstand-a-chinese-attac k/a-72438572

    Beijing’s latest military drills near Taiwan have sparked
    discussions on the island's energy security if simmering
    cross-strait tensions boil over. How long can Taiwan keep
    powering itself in case of a blockade by China?

    . . .

    Seems the entire place runs almost entirely on
    imported LNG. Nuke was never much and PV panels,
    well ... ain't gonna cut it mostly. It's a
    heavily urbanized pop, and cities suck mass
    quantities of energy.

    As seen a week back in Spain and Portugal, no
    power means NO NOTHIN' in this modern world.
    The food quickly goes bad, no electronic
    services, all the stuff at the hospitals
    won't work. Water stops, sewers back up ...
    get the picture ?

    As an island with no real native energy sources
    Taiwan is VERY vulnerable to a Chinese blockade.
    Estimates that reserves would last under a month
    even with conservation measures. Then, it's all
    over. The USA might force some warships past a
    Chinese blockade, but not that constant stream
    of LNG tankers.


    Why would the US do that? Trump has no
    interest in aiding US allies or honoring any
    defense treaty.





    Trump considered complete withdrawal
    of US troops from South Korea, former
    defense chief says
    May 10, 2022

    https://tinyurl.com/2rcderhh

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  • From c186282@21:1/5 to Siri Cruz on Mon May 5 23:26:07 2025
    XPost: alt.defense, alt.politics, alt.politics.usa
    XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh

    On 5/5/25 5:54 PM, Siri Cruz wrote:
    On 5/5/25 14:25, c186282 wrote:
    cross-strait tensions boil over. How long can Taiwan keep
    powering itself in case of a blockade by China?

    And if USN runs the blockade?

    MAY be some big booms.

    Depends on how confident Xi feels.

    Gas/food transports - those are almost all
    privately owned / insured.

    Even IF the USN can punch some holes in Xi's
    blockade those carriers won't DARE cross the
    Line Of Death even WITH a USN escort - at
    least not nearly enough of them.

    It's become clear over the past couple years
    that Xi's plan for Taiwan IS a naval/air
    blockade.

    It's a problem - with no good solutions.

    So, basically, China can kinda genocide
    Taiwan in maybe about 60 days and nobody
    can do a damned thing about it. THIS is
    how bad it's become.

    Thank your fellow travelers Siri ....

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  • From c186282@21:1/5 to Siri Cruz on Mon May 5 23:38:57 2025
    XPost: alt.politics, alt.politics.usa, alt.fan.rush-limbaugh

    On 5/5/25 5:54 PM, Siri Cruz wrote:
    On 5/5/25 14:25, c186282 wrote:
    cross-strait tensions boil over. How long can Taiwan keep
    powering itself in case of a blockade by China?

    And if USN runs the blockade?

    MAY be some big booms.

    Depends on how confident Xi feels.

    Gas/food transports - those are almost all
    privately owned / insured.

    Even IF the USN can punch some holes in Xi's
    blockade those carriers won't DARE cross the
    Line Of Death even WITH a USN escort - at
    least not nearly enough of them.

    It's become clear over the past couple years
    that Xi's plan for Taiwan IS a naval/air
    blockade.

    It's a problem - with no good solutions.

    So, basically, China can kinda genocide
    Taiwan in maybe about 60 days and nobody
    can do a damned thing about it. THIS is
    how bad it's become.

    Thank your fellow travelers Siri ....

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