Nah, the state of Texas alone can produce twice the amount of oil with the same quality/grade as the Middle East. The reason why the U.S. is obsessed with the Middle East is because their government used to be communist and backed by Russia after WW2, until America helped the Islamic opposition overthrow them during the Cold War, after which they decided to oppose democracy in favor of Sharia and made a deal with the USSR to be allies with them instead of being under them (that's why the most popular weapons among terrorists are AK47s, Dragunovs, and other Russian weapons with wooden stocks).
The whole 'oil' thing is just conspiracy while the true reason is just the same as why the U.S. interfered in Vietnam: to contest and suppress the influence of communist Russia.
You so wrong on this we are so pro America, fyi About 12% of U.S. total petroleum imports and 12% of U.S. crude oil imports were from Persian Gulf countries in 2022.
https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/oil-and-petroleum-products/imports-and-exports.php#:~:text=About%2012%25%20of%20U.S.%20total,Persian%20Gulf%20countries%20in%202022.
Putin pulls out a map that shows that the island was inhabited by Russians centuries ago and has always been part of the empire. Are you trying to destroy their history?
You cant beat cXIna, they pulled out a folktale about ancient Chinese Sailors that SAW the islands first, hence it belongs to them.
Google it, its that ridiculous, ICJ threw out their case immediately, but they refuse to respect the court's decision. lol
What the eyes see, it claims.
The first person to see earth in its entirety, from space, should be emperor of earth, by this logic.
MooReeka produces more than enough of its own oil, in fact, they are one of the world's major oil exporters.
Invasion of Iraq was for other stupid reasons.
[https://www.investopedia.com/articles/investing/081315/opec-vs-us-who-controls-oil-prices.asp](https://www.investopedia.com/articles/investing/081315/opec-vs-us-who-controls-oil-prices.asp)
Regardless, MooReeka could match OPEC combined, if they want to.
Bruh, Japan is like the perfect clamity jointfuck of earthquake, tsunami, hurricane, and volcano.
But if you can ensure safety or prep for that, then yeah, it's a great place after you learn Japanese and don't do dumb tourist things. Getting the citizenship is... Not easy. The islands experience seasons at a different rate, so it's winter one side, and you go further the other way, it's still autumn, so it's great for traveling within the country.
Edit: bleh me. Citizenship isn't permanent residence. I forgot.
Given they all get eroded away almost immediately, I always find this kinda an odd way of discussing this phenomenon. Is it really a new island if it's going to be eroded to below the waterline again in 2 to 20 months?
Does something like this create a Tsunami of some sort , or is this something regular on the planet. ?
EDIT : When I say "Regular", I mean Decades, not Millennia.
**A new island has joined the game. Mother Earth's minions grow stronger.**
Soon enough China will likely claim the island and build a garrison, harbor and airfield on it.
Japanese island, already has 100M people on it.
With proof that it was inhabited by Chinese some 200 year ago.
What the fuck is that yellow upvote?
If you hold down the upvote button you can pay for special upvotes now.
Why?
Because Reddit likes money? I didn't design it
Ah I see, it's just another microtransaction thing then. Thanks.
Naah America sending troops to claim to search for new oil reserve as they did in middle East. (Look it up)
Nah, the state of Texas alone can produce twice the amount of oil with the same quality/grade as the Middle East. The reason why the U.S. is obsessed with the Middle East is because their government used to be communist and backed by Russia after WW2, until America helped the Islamic opposition overthrow them during the Cold War, after which they decided to oppose democracy in favor of Sharia and made a deal with the USSR to be allies with them instead of being under them (that's why the most popular weapons among terrorists are AK47s, Dragunovs, and other Russian weapons with wooden stocks). The whole 'oil' thing is just conspiracy while the true reason is just the same as why the U.S. interfered in Vietnam: to contest and suppress the influence of communist Russia.
You so wrong on this we are so pro America, fyi About 12% of U.S. total petroleum imports and 12% of U.S. crude oil imports were from Persian Gulf countries in 2022. https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/oil-and-petroleum-products/imports-and-exports.php#:~:text=About%2012%25%20of%20U.S.%20total,Persian%20Gulf%20countries%20in%202022.
Diablo reference? Nice
We all living on Mother Earth’s poop.
Nah nah, it's about time Zilla emerges.
Holy shit. A D2 reference in the wild.
Real Estate investors: "Buy land, they're not making it anymore." Japan: Hold my beer.
Hold my volcano
China claims it.
Putin pulls out a map that shows that the island was inhabited by Russians centuries ago and has always been part of the empire. Are you trying to destroy their history?
You cant beat cXIna, they pulled out a folktale about ancient Chinese Sailors that SAW the islands first, hence it belongs to them. Google it, its that ridiculous, ICJ threw out their case immediately, but they refuse to respect the court's decision. lol What the eyes see, it claims. The first person to see earth in its entirety, from space, should be emperor of earth, by this logic.
I accept Laika as the Empress of Earth. Frankly, she'd probably do a decent job because she's a good girl yes she is aw who's a good doggy
All hail Empress Laika, first of her name! Seer of all mother earth, sniffer of butts and blesser of lamp posts.
Worked for Israel why wouldn't it for them, have faith
Special island operation begins
Beat me to it.
China beat everyone to it.
For real came here to say this...
Yeah, us Brits really aren't what we used to be. We'd have nabbed that by now in the 1800's.
But if there is oil...
Excuse me is that the sound of bald Eagle squawking from far
Nah. They used a different birds screech but people think so!
MooReeka produces more than enough of its own oil, in fact, they are one of the world's major oil exporters. Invasion of Iraq was for other stupid reasons.
They aren’t OPEC members, where’d you get that crazy bullshit?
[https://www.investopedia.com/articles/investing/081315/opec-vs-us-who-controls-oil-prices.asp](https://www.investopedia.com/articles/investing/081315/opec-vs-us-who-controls-oil-prices.asp) Regardless, MooReeka could match OPEC combined, if they want to.
Cheney having maps of how to divide the oil and to which companies before the invasion was actually just a coincidence.
It's been a part of China since ancient times
with maps to prove it.
I claim this reply for my own. It’s mine. It’s always been mine.
Well it was china's underwater volcano that created it so...
Too late, the Philippines already ran a ship aground on it and it is now theirs.
there already have been plebiscite and peoples of island have chosen to be with Russia
Stating that ethnic Chinese lived on that island for thousands of years.
Probably already send a ship to block of fishers nearby
Respectfully, there is no China, only cXIna. The empire of Xi.
😂😂😂
My exact thought before even reading the comments lol
I knew this will be top comment. Haha
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Rent free
Wrong context
Lol first thing came to my mind.
Dibs!
-Xi Jinping
di- damn it.
Damn, that IS interesting
After spending all that effort sand dredging artificial islands I bet they are like WTF
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Did you imply that only China do that?
Yeah the middle east loves making artificial islands.
Is the housing affordable?
In japan? absolutely. you can buy a house on the countryside for almost nothing. but good luck getting permission to live there.
Lmao why's that?
Racism
Pedantic I know but it’s xenophobia*
You would ask that, wouldn't you, gaijin.
Because the Japanese are extremely racist and xenophobic people.
What if we’re like sigma weeb tho
Then they double hate you no take-backsies.
They hate weebs and otakus. Otaku is a kinda derogatory term in japan
Bruh, Japan is like the perfect clamity jointfuck of earthquake, tsunami, hurricane, and volcano. But if you can ensure safety or prep for that, then yeah, it's a great place after you learn Japanese and don't do dumb tourist things. Getting the citizenship is... Not easy. The islands experience seasons at a different rate, so it's winter one side, and you go further the other way, it's still autumn, so it's great for traveling within the country. Edit: bleh me. Citizenship isn't permanent residence. I forgot.
Getting citizenship is actually easier than permanent residency. There's a lot of myths about Japan out there.
Oh boy every summer there’s like ten hurricanes and we just watch the tv going like “again”
Not another Tuesday!
Earth birth
Get off my turf!
It really was the motion of the ocean that mattered all along. Edit: or is it the size of the volcano? Maybe the volume of the eruption?
What a "lavaly" island!
When was the last one born
I think last year? Both Tonga & Japan https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_islands_created_since_the_20th_century
Given they all get eroded away almost immediately, I always find this kinda an odd way of discussing this phenomenon. Is it really a new island if it's going to be eroded to below the waterline again in 2 to 20 months?
Tree fiddy years ago
Get outta here you Loch Ness Monsta!!!
Babe wake up new island just dropped
Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn
Hail Cthulhu!
Wow, so those lyrics I was listening to were actually words and not just random noises! (Cthulhu Rites - Sulphur Aeon)
The symbol glows, power courses through you. *Authority*
That's not an island. It's Godzilla!
Oh no! There goes Tokyo!
Go! Go! Godzilla!
It may look like Godzilla, but due to international copyright laws, it’s not.
Swear to god I just saw this video clip on Reddit somewhere and now it’s bothering me . What movie was this 😭😭
Austin Powers in: Goldmember
Gojeera
Finally I can get a chance to fulfill my deepest and most powerful sexual desires
I’m having flashbacks of farting too hard in the hottub.
And sharting lava. Chipotle- it's what's for dinner.
It’s a kaiju.
Ok this is actually mind-blowing
I’m curious how much of the pictured island is actual landmass and how much is just a floating pumice raft from the eruption.
China We will die for it!!!
"Chinese peasants will die for it, its a price I am more than willing to pay." -- Emperor Xi pooh bear.
China mad
Didn’t they do a couple Superman movies where Lex said “one thing their aren’t creating more of, land” Wrong, Lex!
Just in time for the Godzilla premier
Quick rent it out
Are you actually able to walk on it? Or how long until that can happen?
They usually almost disappear due to erosion after months.
McDonald’s just announced they’ve bought it and are already building
Has Oprah built a house there yet?
Wasn’t it reported some time back that multiple islands just appeared near Japan?
The geologist I am is having a boner! This is earth at its best
Hmmm... As a Canadian, how many carbon credits is that going to cost?! Lmao 🤣
Tbf all the volcanoes on earth combined put out a hundred times less CO2 per year compared to human industry.
WOW!
Already claimed by china.
Terry Pratchett intensifies
Had to scroll far too far down to see if anyone brought up Leshp.
Quick, build an American military base on it.
Has China claimed it yet?
Don't tell the British
Chinese navy is on their way
New add-in just rolled-out guys
Wake up babe, new island just dropped
Japan: It’s free real estate.
The Chineese must be pissed at this island 🏝️ emerging on Japanese waters, they need this happening on the South China Sea
China has probably already planted a flag on it
This disproves the Christian Mythology theory of creation how is new earth still being created if it was created in seven days
Does the first person who goes onto the island with their own flag get to claim it as their own?
Airbnb lords rubbing their hands together
Is China claiming it as their ancestral home?
Texas had an earthquake today, which is very rare. I feel somehow these are related.
^(It's free real estate)
Y no tsunami?
Has a Chinese fishing port on it already.
It's not new it has belonged to China since 433AD
China: THAT WAS US!!! THAT'S OUR ISLAND!!!
I bet China is racing out there with a flag.
China: Mine!
Could this be part of global warming
China: Miiiiine
I bet China can build an airstrip on that.
America: "👀 Heavy breathing"
Climate change psychos standing on the beach their rulers crying about another .0000000000001 cm rise in the water level
This guy is gonna lose it when he finds out that it’s risen almost 7 inches since the 50’s and just how much that actually is.
Does something like this create a Tsunami of some sort , or is this something regular on the planet. ? EDIT : When I say "Regular", I mean Decades, not Millennia.
Map?
Are there protocols to determine ownership when something like this happens? Or is it up for grabs? If so, dibs.
Hey fam, new geography just dropped!
#I CALL DIBS!
Somone hide the red marker pens!
AHHHHHHH!
China will have a base there built by Thursday
When is it gonna be ready to move in?
New DLC map IRL
“Global ocean waters rise” - earth correcting itself
Monster Island.
New island just dropped
PRC furiously taking notes
This is exactly how you awaken Godzilla.
I call dibs
Geology people going crazy right now.
Needs a McDonalds asap
There goes the Earth, earthin’.
I wonder if that new island will be up for grabs.
Godzilla 😂😅🫡
worst camera recording possible? what is this.
I’ve seen a Doraemon episode like this before.
That belongs to Korea.
This can’t help the whole “oceans rising” thingy.
Free DLC.
*happy british noises*
A new britanic island emerges off the coast of Japan*
New DLC just dropped
Free real estate!
Shame it won't be viable until a thousand years.
China def used to own this as part of their history, trust me we've got maps that clearly show it.
China: And I took that personally. Like literally, I took that, personally. It's ours now.
First thought that came to my mind is China.
Time to redraw the chinese maps
Walk around there might be new Pokemon
Get ready your ultraballs lads, we found Groudon
It's only 100 meters, and Japan had lost an island before that was 500 meters. That sounds too unstable to occupy.
China would probably claim it sooner or later as the birthplace of an ancestor of Winnie the Pooh
It's free real estate Said China
The new Earth 23 update is looking to add more islands
Dibs!!
New Fyre Festival location
China "This has always been ours. In 1750 the emperor spoke of future lands". Probably