الأرض ستبقى عربية

Yes, they are roughly equal but one is growing and the other is on track for a two-year recession.

I think the Russian GDP is roughly half of Germany’s GDP alone

not when measured in PPP

Yes, I am not overly concerned. As I see it with enough cheap energy and technology, it is a livable problem, if only the entire region had peace and stable governments. Some cities in the more prosperous countries have outdoor air conditioning, and what luck cooling is a more efficient process than heating. I personally hope we develop nuclear energy and use outdoor air conditioning in all cities.

Don’t complain about heat if you haven’t lived around the Persian Gulf. I know what true heat is like and you can watch this and see https://youtu.be/adcfm-fBhSw

GCC states get demonized for the treatment of migrant workers and a lot of it is justified. But at least all of them are moving to have heat protection laws in place!

https://www.newarab.com/news/qatar-takes-action-protect-workers-extreme-heat

To think this is the country that robbed half the planet.

Of course when looked at with class analysis the owner-class benefited from the empire while everyone else paid the price one way or another. It just never occurred to me that the British could be so downtrodden.

Good. The least that Muslim majority states should be doing. I’m ashamed of how useless Arab governments have been, except Yemen 🇾🇪❤️

Oil stealing thieves