Peter Zeihan

Uh,

The rulers of Saudi Arabia are literally the house of Saud.

It's a family.

And MBS is a member of that family.

And King Abdullah of old was part of that family.

And it is this family that created the global jihadist movement that the world has had so much heartburn with.

It is this family who their support created things like Al Qaeda and ISIS and

And is indirectly, at worst, responsible for things like the 9-11 attacks.

So the idea that Saudi Arabia is an ally in any way requires an immense stretch.

Unless...

You go back to the Cold War when we needed Saudi crude to fuel the tanks of Germany and Italy and Britain and Japan and Korea and China in order to fuel the alliance.

So if you want to rebuild that world, Arab oil to fuel an alliance to fight whoever, there's a conversation to be had there on strategy.

But anything else, this is not a country that has been our friend for a very long time.

wow what do you make of the future of energy ev demand slowing a little bit shale production and stuff's going on nuclear renaissance what's the future of energy look like in your opinion any country where evs are not subsidized there are no evs so uh that hopefully would tell you everything you need to know about that supply chain um

That doesn't mean that all green tech is stupid, just that one piece.

As for green tech writ large, if you're in a sunny place, put up solar.

If you're in a windy place, put up wind.

I would like to think that that's not a particularly complicated conversation.

If you're not in a sunny place,

Maybe you shouldn't put up solar.