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Developed countries don't have exceptionally export dependent economies. They essentially increase economic consumption to boost quality of life by running trade deficits. Developing countries tend to prioritize investment and capital formation (savings) over consumption. It's the only way...

And Balance of Payments. There isn't an oil importing country that doesn't try to conserve energy. This is particularly true for developing countries. Like I already explained. Having to buy oil eats up precious foreign currency and basically uses up resources those governments want to...

Fundamentally the problem is that every importer is motivated to reduce their imports. And they will try to do that as the technology develops. Right now it's oil that's the target, because half of all global oil consumption is personal road transport so that's a juicy target. Eventually, if...

Some exceptions. SOF. And the emerging Space and Cyber domains right now. Everywhere else is jammed up. This is also in part a funding thing. Experimentation requires resources. From funding to personnel to staff officer time. Outside the designated doctrine and OT&E centres this is...

It's always about jobs. Even in the US.

No there isn't. But 14 MPAs isn't enough for the AOR we have. On SAR alone our AOR goes to 30° W. So less than 1:1 replacement of the Aurora isn't ideal when that fleet was probably already too small.

Nobody ever said they would. They buy the same fuel that we do. In fact, natural gas there is more expensive than here. So is oil. In case you haven't noticed, that part of the world is very sunny and has a lot of coastlines. There's a reason solar and offshore wind are growing by leaps...

This was mentioned by Prof Justin Bronk during his keynote at the RCAF Centennial symposium in May. He suggested that building up an air force what can free up Americans in Alaska to focus on the Pacific and offering genuine air policing for Iceland, freeing up British and Italian Typhoons for...

They've come out and said this was not true. https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/ukraine-presses-for-swedish-gripen-fighters-amidst-ongoing-talks/ar-BB1q2azY And they'll need to develop an alternative to the F-16 given where the US is heading.

It's not. But it's a lot cheaper than gasoline. And that's why electrification of transport is catching on faster over there than here. Using India as an example, gas there costs something like $1.6/L in a country where average monthly salary is less than $500. By contrast electricity is...

Not sure you know what a developing country is. The IMF, World Bank and virtually every other global and financial institution considers them a developing country based on GDP per capita and HDI. But I'm sure you know more than them.

I should ask you how much experience you have in the developing world beyond simply deploying to some failed state. Cause your post reads like ignorant Westerner. Nobody in India is thinking about about a $70 000 EV. Yet, electrification is growing. How? Because for them this is an EV...

Exactly. There's no magic solution here. Low taxes, decent social services, decent military. You can only get two of those at best. Moreover, some of the Scandinavians use conscription to overcome their manpower problem while building large inventories of kit. Conscription avoids the need...

And that's exactly why having to import fuel is a substantial burden on a developing economy. They don't have a lot of dollars coming in. Export led development requires a surplus of dollars. It's harder to do that if you have to regularly buy fuel at volatile prices in USD. Look at it from...

Australia is a bit of an outlier. But the Scandinavians keep debt low and defence spending high with very high taxes: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states_by_tax_revenue_to_GDP_ratio In other words, their politicians actually convince the public to pay for the services...

Not opposed to them. I just think the ship has sailed on the tech. People forget that before Tesla, EVs were there too. EV charging was ridiculously slow and not widespread and nobody would buy EVs because there was no charging. Tesla built a charging network to help sell EVs and that kicked...

Some of you haven't kept up on the state of the tech. Any review of the Mirai is scathing. That's why Toyota practically gives them away. Not to mention current owners are suing: https://www.carscoops.com/2024/07/toyota-sued-by-mirai-owners-for-hydrogen-refueling-issues/

By global standards? Unicorn. We have several Canadian cities with over 10k EVs and we're hardly leading the pack on adoption. On the other hand, outside of Korea and Japan, any city with triple digit FCEVs are exceptionally rare demonstration fleets. The difference is that EVs actually...

Balance of payments. Every dollar spent on imported oil and gas for them is one less dollar to spend on infrastructure, education, etc all the things they need to develop their country. And worse, they get rupees and yuans for their exports and have to pay for oil and gas in USD. That's even...

I mean, isn't the complain that O&G are being held to unreasonable standards? It's not like there are different rules for different projects. They all follow the same legislation. Indeed, it's increasingly pro-EV advocates complaining about environmental legislation that stops new mines. My...