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Re: Suez canal blocked by a massive ship

#11

Post by towergratis »

bellyfullofbac wrote: post #7

I guess it won't be too hard to unjam it, but imagine how the world would change if it does get stuck, everyone would now have to go around Africa, probably boosting a few African economies. A bit like how a tiny bat (citation needed?) changed the course of the world for at least a year.

> a tiny bat (citation needed?) changed the course of the world for at least a year

It wasn't a tiny bat, or a lab accident that changed the course of the world.

It was a corrupt non democratic government trying to hide it under the carpet, in similar fashion that a similar government in USSR try to hide under the carpet the biggest nuclear accident in its time.

Re: Suez canal blocked by a massive ship

#12

Post by dragontamer »

bellyfullofbac wrote: post #7

I guess it won't be too hard to unjam it, but imagine how the world would change if it does get stuck, everyone would now have to go around Africa, probably boosting a few African economies. A bit like how a tiny bat (citation needed?) changed the course of the world for at least a year.

The pangolin seems to be the bridge species. Bats have tons of coronaviruses, but none of them usually infect humans. The question is which animal bridged the gap.

Kinda like how the Mink was going to become the bridge-species in Denmark (humans infected Minks with COVID19... and then the mink was probably going to infect another species after that).

Re: Suez canal blocked by a massive ship

#14

Post by lucian1900 »

towergratis wrote: post #11
bellyfullofbac wrote: post #7

I guess it won't be too hard to unjam it, but imagine how the world would change if it does get stuck, everyone would now have to go around Africa, probably boosting a few African economies. A bit like how a tiny bat (citation needed?) changed the course of the world for at least a year.

> a tiny bat (citation needed?) changed the course of the world for at least a year It wasn't a tiny bat, or a lab accident that changed the course of the world. It was a corrupt non democratic government trying to hide it under the carpet, in similar fashion that a similar government in USSR try to hide under the carpet the biggest nuclear accident in its time.

Covid was detected in China and the world was alerted. Most other countries didn’t even react, though. That’s hardly on China.

From the data we have so far, it was already present and undetected in Europe the year before. It may have originated in Europe, but that isn’t yet clear.

Don’t fall to western chauvinism.

Re: Suez canal blocked by a massive ship

#17

Post by viraptor »

bellyfullofbac wrote: post #7

I guess it won't be too hard to unjam it, but imagine how the world would change if it does get stuck, everyone would now have to go around Africa, probably boosting a few African economies. A bit like how a tiny bat (citation needed?) changed the course of the world for at least a year.

> probably boosting a few African economies.

Do you mean some production would shift to Africa, or something else?

Re: Suez canal blocked by a massive ship

#18

Post by rhizome »

towergratis wrote: post #11
bellyfullofbac wrote: post #7

I guess it won't be too hard to unjam it, but imagine how the world would change if it does get stuck, everyone would now have to go around Africa, probably boosting a few African economies. A bit like how a tiny bat (citation needed?) changed the course of the world for at least a year.

> a tiny bat (citation needed?) changed the course of the world for at least a year It wasn't a tiny bat, or a lab accident that changed the course of the world. It was a corrupt non democratic government trying to hide it under the carpet, in similar fashion that a similar government in USSR try to hide under the carpet the biggest nuclear accident in its time.

>It was a corrupt non democratic government trying to hide it under the carpet

Assumes facts not in evidence.

Re: Suez canal blocked by a massive ship

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Post by bellyfullofbac »

viraptor wrote: post #17
bellyfullofbac wrote: post #7

I guess it won't be too hard to unjam it, but imagine how the world would change if it does get stuck, everyone would now have to go around Africa, probably boosting a few African economies. A bit like how a tiny bat (citation needed?) changed the course of the world for at least a year.

> probably boosting a few African economies. Do you mean some production would shift to Africa, or something else?

Some lucky places can open ports for the giant ships to stop and refuel/resupply, that brings a lot of income.

Though maybe I've got the scale wrong, and these ships can just buy more fuel and more food at their departure ports and go around Africa without stopping...

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