the petrostate, the electrostatic, and... the betrostate
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How Everything Became Gambling
It’s not just DraftKings and Polymarket — the logic of gambling undergirds everything coming out of Silicon Valley.
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October 6, 2026 at 3:26 PM
the petrostate, the electrostatic, and... the betrostate
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re: INCUMBENCY/PENETRATION, all of this means that this bill *does not solve* battles fights over fossil fuels but, rather, inflames & pushes those fights down to state and local venues and place-based fights over, e.g., public lands O&G development.
🚨It is a boost to petrostate politics.🚨
🚨It is a boost to petrostate politics.🚨
October 6, 2026 at 2:52 PM
re: INCUMBENCY/PENETRATION, all of this means that this bill *does not solve* battles fights over fossil fuels but, rather, inflames & pushes those fights down to state and local venues and place-based fights over, e.g., public lands O&G development.
🚨It is a boost to petrostate politics.🚨
🚨It is a boost to petrostate politics.🚨
re: INCUMBENCY/PENETRATION, fossil fuels need a relentless series of federal approvals to sustain incumbency. E.g., in the Permian, ever more drilling permits every faster to sustain produx, pipelines to connect w/AI data centers, etc. Also ignores political economy risk (petrostate politics).
October 6, 2026 at 2:52 PM
re: INCUMBENCY/PENETRATION, fossil fuels need a relentless series of federal approvals to sustain incumbency. E.g., in the Permian, ever more drilling permits every faster to sustain produx, pipelines to connect w/AI data centers, etc. Also ignores political economy risk (petrostate politics).
Norway's new car sales market is absolutely tiny. For most people in 🇳🇴 an EV has been a cheaper 2nd car. Very little to do with environmental concerns. Note too, with among the world's highest total (including exported) CO2 emissions per capita, EV sales in petrostate 🇳🇴 are a drop in the ocean.
October 6, 2026 at 2:04 PM
Norway's new car sales market is absolutely tiny. For most people in 🇳🇴 an EV has been a cheaper 2nd car. Very little to do with environmental concerns. Note too, with among the world's highest total (including exported) CO2 emissions per capita, EV sales in petrostate 🇳🇴 are a drop in the ocean.
The Alberta separation referendum in Canada is losing overwhelmingly.
Turns out even the most right wing part of Canada doesn't want to become a petrostate puppet of the USA.
Turns out even the most right wing part of Canada doesn't want to become a petrostate puppet of the USA.
October 6, 2026 at 1:48 PM
The Alberta separation referendum in Canada is losing overwhelmingly.
Turns out even the most right wing part of Canada doesn't want to become a petrostate puppet of the USA.
Turns out even the most right wing part of Canada doesn't want to become a petrostate puppet of the USA.
there is a parallel story here with the first generation of cryptocurrency idealists
the very first enthusiasts were trying to do things like overturn oligarchs and disrupt petrostate currency and bring financial inclusion to the billion people that can't trust their bank
the very first enthusiasts were trying to do things like overturn oligarchs and disrupt petrostate currency and bring financial inclusion to the billion people that can't trust their bank
October 6, 2026 at 9:36 AM
there is a parallel story here with the first generation of cryptocurrency idealists
the very first enthusiasts were trying to do things like overturn oligarchs and disrupt petrostate currency and bring financial inclusion to the billion people that can't trust their bank
the very first enthusiasts were trying to do things like overturn oligarchs and disrupt petrostate currency and bring financial inclusion to the billion people that can't trust their bank
#Alberta is a failing #petrostate, where polluters debts are just being transferred to the public.
@mark-carney.bsky.social has given  Smith more power to pollute. It’s the plan & it’s about to get a whole lot worse when they begin to build their gas plants to power US big tech #NoGasForAI #CdnPoli
@mark-carney.bsky.social has given  Smith more power to pollute. It’s the plan & it’s about to get a whole lot worse when they begin to build their gas plants to power US big tech #NoGasForAI #CdnPoli
Analysis shows Alberta companies owe millions in unpaid land rent
Taxpayers covered lease payments for hundreds of oil and gas companies in 2025
theijf.org
October 5, 2026 at 5:24 PM
#Alberta is a failing #petrostate, where polluters debts are just being transferred to the public.
@mark-carney.bsky.social has given  Smith more power to pollute. It’s the plan & it’s about to get a whole lot worse when they begin to build their gas plants to power US big tech #NoGasForAI #CdnPoli
@mark-carney.bsky.social has given  Smith more power to pollute. It’s the plan & it’s about to get a whole lot worse when they begin to build their gas plants to power US big tech #NoGasForAI #CdnPoli
‘my Petrostate money can’t be corrupt because skyscrapers are great?? also I’m personally richer now (sorry was that unclear??’ Do me a flavour
October 5, 2026 at 12:08 PM
‘my Petrostate money can’t be corrupt because skyscrapers are great?? also I’m personally richer now (sorry was that unclear??’ Do me a flavour
Similar to how they ignore the way that Russia is a right-wing theocratic Christian imperial petrostate, but going a step further beyond just ignoring the sexism & racism & homophobia & environmental destruction & denying the imperialism, to *praising* their colonialism
October 5, 2026 at 8:40 AM
Similar to how they ignore the way that Russia is a right-wing theocratic Christian imperial petrostate, but going a step further beyond just ignoring the sexism & racism & homophobia & environmental destruction & denying the imperialism, to *praising* their colonialism
"For many of the nations represented by leaders here it is literally a threat to their very existence. Which is why the world must act" - Anthony Albanese, head of petrostate govt that issued their 37th fossil fuel new/extension project approval on 3 Sep 2026
The cognitive dissonance and hypocrisy are staggering. This feels like cigarette producers touring oncology wards www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10...
Live: Albanese heads to pre-COP in Fiji, Tuvalu
Anthony Albanese will attend a pre-COP meeting in Fiji and Tuvalu today with Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen. Follow live.
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October 5, 2026 at 5:22 AM
"For many of the nations represented by leaders here it is literally a threat to their very existence. Which is why the world must act" - Anthony Albanese, head of petrostate govt that issued their 37th fossil fuel new/extension project approval on 3 Sep 2026
Australians and/or energy experts: is this accurate? I'm not used to seeing Australia as a petrostate (at least no more so than Canada)
This country is pretty much built on fossil fuel extraction. I believe by 2060 enough of the world will have decarbonised for e.g. thermal coal export to no longer be a viable economic backbone. When that happens, it’s Showtime (tm)
October 5, 2026 at 1:39 AM
Australians and/or energy experts: is this accurate? I'm not used to seeing Australia as a petrostate (at least no more so than Canada)
I’m sad that there will be the destruction of two very old longstanding American (and international) brands, in order for petrostate governments and billionaire weirdos to control more media on behalf of a senile president.
To say nothing of the assault on wages and working conditions that follows
To say nothing of the assault on wages and working conditions that follows
October 4, 2026 at 11:57 PM
I’m sad that there will be the destruction of two very old longstanding American (and international) brands, in order for petrostate governments and billionaire weirdos to control more media on behalf of a senile president.
To say nothing of the assault on wages and working conditions that follows
To say nothing of the assault on wages and working conditions that follows
Don't you think it's funny that an ostensibly «green» politician is in service of the biggest petrostate on the planet?
October 4, 2026 at 9:44 PM
Don't you think it's funny that an ostensibly «green» politician is in service of the biggest petrostate on the planet?
Australia is just another corrupted petrostate misusing its power as ‘president of negotiations’ www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Australia and Turkey criticised for hosting UN climate conference while embracing coal
Global campaign group 350.org urges Cop31 hosts to announce a coal phase-out date and national roadmaps to get off fossil fuels
www.theguardian.com
October 4, 2026 at 7:39 PM
Australia is just another corrupted petrostate misusing its power as ‘president of negotiations’ www.theguardian.com/environment/...
#Canada teetered close to becoming an electrostate under Justin Trudeau.
Under Carney, Canada is being pushed into being a #petrostate.
#economics #climatechange #netzero
Under Carney, Canada is being pushed into being a #petrostate.
#economics #climatechange #netzero
What is an electrostate?
It is not a club you are in or out of. It is a direction of travel.
janrosenow.substack.com
October 4, 2026 at 5:02 PM
#Canada teetered close to becoming an electrostate under Justin Trudeau.
Under Carney, Canada is being pushed into being a #petrostate.
#economics #climatechange #netzero
Under Carney, Canada is being pushed into being a #petrostate.
#economics #climatechange #netzero
Noop. Like what if one consciously decided to become a whole ass petrostate but the petroleum was all pixels?
October 4, 2026 at 3:39 PM
Noop. Like what if one consciously decided to become a whole ass petrostate but the petroleum was all pixels?
Managing Oil’s Decline: The Coming Petrostate Reckoning - CounterPunch.org www.counterpunch.org/2026/10/02/m...
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October 4, 2026 at 1:43 PM
Managing Oil’s Decline: The Coming Petrostate Reckoning - CounterPunch.org www.counterpunch.org/2026/10/02/m...
✅Electrostate ❌⛽️Not Petrostate
H/T Jan Rosenow
1️⃣Consume
% final energy is electric
🇳🇴~50%
2️⃣Supply
Is electric from your own resources
🇵🇰rooftop solar
3️⃣State
govt electrifies on purpose
#electrify 🇫🇷🇨🇦🇪🇺strategy
indep, grow, compete
4️⃣ Make it
If country manufactures kit
🇰🇷🔋
@thebigbengs.bsky.social
H/T Jan Rosenow
1️⃣Consume
% final energy is electric
🇳🇴~50%
2️⃣Supply
Is electric from your own resources
🇵🇰rooftop solar
3️⃣State
govt electrifies on purpose
#electrify 🇫🇷🇨🇦🇪🇺strategy
indep, grow, compete
4️⃣ Make it
If country manufactures kit
🇰🇷🔋
@thebigbengs.bsky.social
October 4, 2026 at 1:33 PM
✅Electrostate ❌⛽️Not Petrostate
H/T Jan Rosenow
1️⃣Consume
% final energy is electric
🇳🇴~50%
2️⃣Supply
Is electric from your own resources
🇵🇰rooftop solar
3️⃣State
govt electrifies on purpose
#electrify 🇫🇷🇨🇦🇪🇺strategy
indep, grow, compete
4️⃣ Make it
If country manufactures kit
🇰🇷🔋
@thebigbengs.bsky.social
H/T Jan Rosenow
1️⃣Consume
% final energy is electric
🇳🇴~50%
2️⃣Supply
Is electric from your own resources
🇵🇰rooftop solar
3️⃣State
govt electrifies on purpose
#electrify 🇫🇷🇨🇦🇪🇺strategy
indep, grow, compete
4️⃣ Make it
If country manufactures kit
🇰🇷🔋
@thebigbengs.bsky.social
Petrostate was a category privileged by geography and geologic history. Electrostate is far more equitable and empowering, because it’s a choice.
October 4, 2026 at 8:29 AM
Petrostate was a category privileged by geography and geologic history. Electrostate is far more equitable and empowering, because it’s a choice.
Managing Oil’s Decline: The Coming Petrostate Reckoning
www.counterpunch.org/2026/10/02/m...
www.counterpunch.org/2026/10/02/m...
Managing Oil’s Decline: The Coming Petrostate Reckoning
Trump, living always in the 1980s Art of the Deal era, has long branded himself as a wannabe J.R. Ewing, still pushing an ‘energy dominance’ based on declining energy sources. The U.S. Energy Departme...
www.counterpunch.org
October 3, 2026 at 10:43 PM
Managing Oil’s Decline: The Coming Petrostate Reckoning
www.counterpunch.org/2026/10/02/m...
www.counterpunch.org/2026/10/02/m...
CW:
Managing Oil’s Decline: The Coming Petrostate Reckoning
https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/10/02/managing-oils-decline-the-coming-petrostate-reckoning/ [1/3]
Managing Oil’s Decline: The Coming Petrostate Reckoning
https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/10/02/managing-oils-decline-the-coming-petrostate-reckoning/ [1/3]
Managing Oil’s Decline: The Coming Petrostate Reckoning
Trump, living always in the 1980s Art of the Deal era, has long branded himself as a wannabe J.R. Ewing, still pushing an ‘energy dominance’ based on declining energy sources. The U.S. Energy Department is putting more effort into saving retiring coal plants than building out growing sources. Last year, the department cancelled nearly $8 billion in clean energy grants (in court filings from July, the administration conceded that the cancellations are targeted in states represented by Democrats). Coal's share of the U.S. electricity mix has fallen from 52% in 1990 to 17% in 2025, with production down 56% since 2008. Employment in the industry roughly halved over the same period.
www.counterpunch.org
October 3, 2026 at 10:38 PM
CW:
Managing Oil’s Decline: The Coming Petrostate Reckoning
https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/10/02/managing-oils-decline-the-coming-petrostate-reckoning/ [1/3]
Managing Oil’s Decline: The Coming Petrostate Reckoning
https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/10/02/managing-oils-decline-the-coming-petrostate-reckoning/ [1/3]
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October 3, 2026 at 8:46 PM
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I'm sure we'll get some awesome messaging on the environment once a petrostate runs a huge portion of our media
October 3, 2026 at 3:37 PM
I'm sure we'll get some awesome messaging on the environment once a petrostate runs a huge portion of our media