Your points dispproving hydrogen as a viable energy solution for the future are a bit silly. It's like saying the future isn't possible because what is available now. I would actually say you're being anti-intellectual because you're not being open minded and solution oriented, which are intellectual traits.
If by identify as communist they agree that they live in China and participate in society under a communist government, and are not actively trying to change their system of governance, then yes.
If by identify you mean they're ideologically aligned with the values of communism, I don't know, but I suspect most live their lives in the market economy that is China and hope that they're contributing to a better society.
You're definitely from reddit if your being pedantic about what a military Commander is saying to rally his cause. "Actshually there are other occupations going on".
Also are you really trying to make this about Ukraine??
Al Jazeera is run by a bunch Brits that have full editorial control unless it conflicts with Qatar's foreign interests. It's a giant dogsh*t media outlet pretending to be progressive. It's like The Guardian of the middle east, not worth wiping your butt with.
Oh the motive is probably because NATO is an organisation that overthrows governments like Libya. They probably wanted to see what NATO was planning on doing in Niger or another country they want to exploit.
NodeBB and other forum software have added activityPub integration on their
dev roadmaps, so you might see it become a thing again. Personally I don't want to create a new forum account for every thing I'm interested in.
Interesting fact, it costs tens of thousands of dollars to get a permit to own a car in Singapore.