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Energy as War: From Oil Fields to Cobalt Mines

Since the U.S. and Israel began this war with Iran, there has been the Israeli attack on Iran’s piece of the South Pars natural gas field, Iran’s drone attack at the Ras Laffan Industrial City in Qatar- Qatar produces 20 percent of the world’s liquified natur…

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Energy as War: From Oil Fields to Cobalt Mines

Since the U.S. and Israel began this war with Iran, there has been the Israeli attack on Iran’s piece of the South Pars natural gas field, Iran’s drone attack at the Ras Laffan Industrial City in Qatar- Qatar produces 20 percent of the world’s liquified natur…

Photograph Source: US Air Force – Public Domain The energy analyst known as Doomberg recently remarked on the Decouple podcast that all wars are energy wars. From the decisive role energy access pla…

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