U.S. grid decay and China's power boom

Marty and John compare U.S. grid shortcomings to China's rapid power generation expansion and implications.

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The Trump administration is invoking the Defense Production Act to fast-track energy and grid infrastructure, the UAE just left OPEC after six decades, and the Treasury is opening dollar swap lines to fund a massive industrial push. Meanwhile US farmers are getting squeezed by fertilizer shortages, and Bitcoin is looking harder and harder to bet against as the monetary base expands and Washington starts waking up to what it can do.

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In this episode:

Defense Production Act invoked for grid, LNG, and critical infrastructure

Why the US trade rep says cost efficiency is dead and national security is in

UAE leaves OPEC after six decades and what that means for global supply

Dollar swap lines as the new playbook for funding US industrial policy

Fertilizer and helium shortages threatening American farmland

Bitcoin's case amid a structurally expanding monetary base

Energy and compute convergence playing out in the portfolio

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00:01:38 - Defense Production Act enacted for energy and grid infrastructure