naturalgasbad @ naturalgasbad @lemmy.ca

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The OP has no idea what he's talking about. Classic American hubris.

Biofortification of iron content by regulating a NAC transcription factor in maize

Published in Science, which, along with Nature, are the two premier publication venues in the world.

Corn is a huge part of agricultural output, at least in the US. It also holds a huge cultural significance in many cuisines. 80 million acres in the US are dedicated to corn, which produced a third of a billion tonnes of corn. Corn production in the US nets billions in federal subsidies.

Tell me again how corn doesn't matter?

China doesn't change the name of Taiwan. Even on Chinese maps, it's Taiwan Province.

This isn't even close to comparable.

The costs in the US are completely fucked. Partially because of tariffs on imports, partially because of bullshit regulations that protect the large existing players, and partially because American workers are just, frankly, less efficient.

Solar panels are so obscenely cheap that their profitability curve works in a ton of weather conditions you wouldn't expect.

The fact that it's so expensive in the US is entirely decoupled from their manufacturing cost.

And yet, China this year deployed more solar panels than the US in it's entire history.

Who the fuck cares what English speakers use? It's like maintaining colonial names in the US and Canada because "we don't want to hurt the feeling of the colonizers!"

Xizang is closer to the Tibetan word Ü-Tsang for the region, so I'm confused why this is even a story.

At this point it's clear that neither the Russian axis nor the American axis are interested in peace.

Maybe the EU and China aligning will push things in a different direction?

250 155mm artillery shells;

One LUNA NG reconnaissance system;

10 VECTOR reconnaissance drones with spare parts;

6 border protection vehicles;

8 Zetros trucks;

100,000 first aid kits;

70 70mm grenade launchers.

The Houthis decided to take power after the Saudi-backed candidate ran unopposed in the election (which, y'know, is the sign of a functioning democracy that represents the people). Following almost a decade of hostilities with Saudi Arabia using US military assets, and after Saudi Arabia finally extricated themselves from the quagmire, I guess we're going right back into it?

Western ammo stocks at ‘bottom of the barrel’ as Ukraine war drags on, NATO official warns

Really makes you wonder...

China's BYD helps American giant with shift to alternative tech hubs

It makes no sense for the bloc to impose restrictions on high-tech exports and then complain about the trade deficit, says Beijing.

Furthermore, India would be able to purchase the fighter using its own currency, allowing Russia to participate in the Indian economy, which is developing at an average rate of 7.5% and aims to be the world’s third-largest by 2027

This is the real reason India is considering it IMO. They're basically free.

NATO is when you restrict weapons exports to NATO partners. All this does is push Turkey further into the Chinese sphere of influence.

Mexico, as the US continues to export inflation into their country:

Mexico needs more independence, not more reliance on foreign powers.

"We have agreements with two leading American companies to jointly produce, in Ukraine, 155-calibre ammunition," Oleksandr Kamyshin, minister for strategic industries, said in televised comments.

But he noted that Ukraine had never produced such shells and it would be "a minimum of two years, a maximum of three" before production could begin.

That too