The Absent Superpower

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• AntiImperialist · Dec 16, 2020 · Recommends

  …because it hurts Chinese energy business. Get a grip. Get a job in the industry. They need technologists in energy industry too. Read a book or two and widen your view of the subject. How about "The Absent Superpower: The Shale Revolution and a World Without America" by Peter Zeihan? Or just to see another side of it, how about "The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels" by Alex Epstein? Anything but repeating this PR nonsense…

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• ComradePhil · Mar 9, 2022 · Recommends

  Not really what you asked for but I think they are more important to gain perspective: The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels by Alex Epstein The Absent Superpower: The Shale Revolution and a World Without America by Peter Zeihan

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• kk6mrp · Apr 11, 2023 · Recommends

  The Absent Superpower et all by Peter Zeihan. Not sure how much I agree with, but he seems to have a good handle on the topic.

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• mooreds · Dec 3, 2020 · Recommends

  Good point, "The Accidental Superpower" is wondrous in scope and ideas. The "Absent Superpower", the sequel, is OK; had some interesting insights about shale and the coming removal of the USA from the world. But the first book is timeless. His Twitter feed is high signal as well: https://twitter.com/PeterZeihan/

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• DennisP · May 5, 2022 · Recommends

  …changed. This book includes a prediction that Russia would invade the rest of Ukraine right about now. If you read just one, make it this one. The next two books are entirely focused on present day. Absent Superpower from 2016 has two parts. The first is probably more information than you want about the shale revolution in the US, but he keeps it interesting. Then he writes about individual countries, with more of…

  on “Dude, where's my fuel?” ↗
• Roritharr · Jul 9, 2018 · Mentions

  Interesting Move. If you base your assumptions on Peter Zeihan and his Book the Absent Superpower, this would basically be China trying to get as much manufacturing out of the US as possible to force it to be a customer of Chinese goods indefinitely and secure access to the US consumers. In this case…

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• coldtea · Jul 9, 2018 · Mentions

  >If you base your assumptions on Peter Zeihan and his Book the Absent Superpower, this would basically be China trying to get as much manufacturing out of the US as possible to force it to be a customer of Chinese goods indefinitely and secure access to the US consumers. Why wouldn't…

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• DennisP · Jul 3, 2022 · Mentions

  …overall PoV, applying it to most of the great civilizations in history starting with ancient Egypt. This book predicted in 2014 that Russia would invade the rest of Ukraine by end of 2021. His next book, Absent Superpower, has the most on fossil fuels.)

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• sixstringninja · Apr 30, 2022 · Mentions

  …kept him and his predictions in the back of my mind. Fast forward to now, covid and the Ukraine-Russia war. Now I can’t get enough of his words and thoughts On my reading list, is his books. - The Absent Superpower: The Shale Revolution and a World Without America - Disunited Nations: The Scramble for Power in an Ungoverned World So far, his predictions have been accurate. And that scares me about the next few…

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