timothy verhoest

China - the world's industrial powerhouse - now controls 70-90% of global capacity in solar and battery supply chains. The country produces 80% of the world’s solar panels, 70% of all EV batteries, 70% of wind turbine components and 55% of all global crude steel. This is the biggest transfer of wealth and industrial power in human history. It happened without a single shot being fired. China's industrial output is now larger than that of the US, Japan, Germany, and South Korea combined. This economic shift is staggering. Its share of global manufacturing GDP has surged from 6% in 2000 to over 30% today. Meanwhile, the US share has halved to around 12% and Europe’s manufacturing base has effectively collapsed to 14%. While the West focused on net-zero targets and PR agendas, China was commissioning state-of-the-art coal plants at roughly six per month. In 2025 alone, they added nearly 95 GW of the world's new coal power capacity. This is more than the entire combined net additions of most developed nations over a decade. The strategy seems embarrassingly simple: Abundant, reliable coal energy, a rejection of energy cults and a government that treats steel mills and giga-factories as vital national security assets.

Are you old enough to remember this

En ik blijf erbij, hier had *Brussels IPO* moeten staan met de diepe wortels van D'Ieteren in Brussel, al sinds 1805 Het had gekund, mocht ons land zijn beurs genegen zijn

信じられないかもしれないけど 日本では 自分の金で買った家に 死ぬまで税金を払い続けます 買う時も、住んでる時も、売る時も 全部取られます しかも死んだあと 子供にまで相続税がかかります 自分の家なのに。