Even buying oil and gas from Alaska is not to be rejected out of hand. China is not inclined to share control of those reserves. China is not inclined to share control of those reserves That's the key. China's working on it. Russia in spite of it's weakness with Arab money could be a very serious factor still.
All indications are they are returning back toward communist rule.
The recent disaster in the Barett Sea and their reactions pretty well spell it out. Might be time to buy a Horse. Of special note, the supertanker routes to Japan Korea and Taiwan. In light of your other posts I thought you might want to snag that. Thanks for the bump Cov, bookmarked.