FRIDAY NOTES (25/09/2026) FROM THE QURAN - DO NOT CREATE YOUR OWN HALALS AND HARAMS

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Surah 5:87   يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لَا تُحَرِّمُوا طَيِّبَاتِ مَا أَحَلَّ اللَّهُ لَكُمْ وَلَا تَعْتَدُوا ۚ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يُحِبُّ الْمُعْتَدِينَ

O you who have believed, do not make haram the good things which Allah has made halal to you and do not transgress. Indeed, Allah does not like transgressors.

Surah  16:114    فَكُلُوا مِمَّا رَزَقَكُمُ اللَّهُ حَلَالًا طَيِّبًا وَاشْكُرُوا نِعْمَتَ اللَّهِ إِن كُنتُمْ إِيَّاهُ تَعْبُدُونَ

So eat of what Allah has provided for you halal and good. And be grateful for the favor of Allah, if it is [indeed] Him that you worship.

Surah 16:116     وَلَا تَقُولُوا لِمَا تَصِفُ أَلْسِنَتُكُمُ الْكَذِبَ هَٰذَا حَلَالٌ وَهَٰذَا حَرَامٌ لِّتَفْتَرُوا عَلَى اللَّهِ الْكَذِبَ ۚ إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يَفْتَرُونَ عَلَى اللَّهِ الْكَذِبَ لَا يُفْلِحُونَ  

And do not say about any false thing that your own tongues may put forth, “This is halal and this is haram,” to invent falsehood about Allah. Indeed, those who invent falsehood about Allah will not succeed.

FRONTLINES IN UKRAINE SEPT 2026

Since the beginning of 2026 (NINE months) Russian forces have taken over 5,000 sq km of territory in the Donbas region of Ukraine. In the first three weeks of September alone they have advanced another 600 sq km. 

Above here is a map of the frontlines in Ukraine. The red line is very approximate ok. Follow the red line from Kupyansk in the north down to Vasylivka in the south.

• Kupyansk — Russian forces control the city, now moving above northern flank.
• Lyman (Krasny Liman) — Russian forces control the city, clearing up operations.
• Slovyansk — Russian forces advanced into Slovyansk. 
• Kramatorsk — Russian forces taken east of city.
• Pokrovsk (Krasnoarmeysk) — Russian forces entered the city.
• Hulyaipole — Over 50% of city under Russian control with steady advances.
• Orikhiv — Russian forces entered central quarters of the city. Advancing.  
• Vasylivka (Zaporizhzhia) — Fully under Russian control.

On 5 August 2026, President Putin appointed a very capable and aggressive  General Andrey Sergeyevich Ivanayev as commander of the Central Military District and the Group of Forces “Center” (in Ukraine).  Prior to that, under his command, Russian forces made major advances including around Huliaipole. 

Russian forces are expected to advance further west (oops) towards Kharkiv (in the north).  Operations against Odessa in the south are also becoming much more aggressive. The Russians have imposed a complete blockade against the entire Black Sea coast in Odessa. Ukraine is cut off from the sea lanes.  

SHARBAT GULA - THE ESCAPE TO SMILE

 

This is the famous Afghan child Sharbat Gula. This picture appeared on National Geographic's cover in 1984. I first read the story about her then. She was 12 years old. I believe the picture was taken in Peshawar (Pak - Afghan border). 

Here is a short video about her plight.  

You cannot smile

It is forbidden to

It is not forbidden to not

It is forbidden  to

You cannot laugh

It is forbidden to

It is not forbidden to not

It is forbidden  to

You cannot be happy
It is forbidden to
It is not forbidden to not
It is forbidden  to

You cannot say yes

It is forbidden to

It is not forbidden to not

It is forbidden  to

You cannot not say no

It is forbidden to not

It is not forbidden to 

It is forbidden  to not

You cannot not suffer 

It is forbidden to not

It is not forbidden to 

It is forbidden to not

You cannot not grief

It is forbidden to not

It is not forbidden to not

It is forbidden to not

In 2021 when the Taliban took over Kabul, Sharbat Gula faced the threat of being deported from Pakistan back to Afghanistan. She applied for refugee status in Italy and was granted her application. The Italian government flew Sharbat and her four children to Rome, where she has been living since.  At last this is Sharbat Gula smiling - in Rome. 

PAKISTAN LOCKDOWN: CONTAINERISTAN

Pakistani authorities have placed thousands of shipping containers across Islamabad to block major roads and entry points ahead of a planned protest march on September 27, 2026.  In a new move sharp steel spikes have also been welded to the containers to prevent protesters from trying to move them.  

Why the Barriers Are Up?

Planned Protests: Supporters of the jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan's party, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), called for a major long march to demand his release. 

Heavy Fortification: Authorities have deployed over 2,000 to several thousand shipping containers, with some welded together and fitted with outward-facing metal spikes or nails to prevent people from moving or climbing them.

Security Lockdown: More than 20,000 police and paramilitary personnel are being brought in from other regions to secure the capital and seal off the high-security Red Zone.

Public Impact: The blockades have disrupted local traffic, halted commercial goods transport, and led to the closure of some schools and heightened emergency readiness in area hospitals.

"Containerisation": The recurring use of freight containers for crowd control has become such a frequent political tactic in Pakistan that locals and commentators commonly refer to the capital during these periods as "Containeristan".

XI JINPING AND TRUMP HAVE THREE MINUTE SUMMIT MEETING AT THE BOTTOM OF THE STAIRS

The Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, on Wednesday, September 23, 2026, for a three-day U.S. state visit.  Trump personally met Xi on the tarmac — an unusual protocol gesture for a visiting foreign leader.

There is a short video. You will see that as soon as they shook hands Trump and Xi immediately began talking and they spent THREE MINUTES engaged in conversation at the bottom of the stairs. This is a very good sign.

There was a military arrival ceremony, honor guard, national anthems and a military flyover.

The visit is Xi's first Washington visit in more than a decade and their third face-to-face meeting since Trump's return to office.

Major subjects include trade, rare-earth supplies, artificial intelligence, Taiwan/security and Iran.

The U.S.–China trade truce has reportedly been extended to January 10, according to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.

Thursday: formal White House ceremonies and a state dinner. 

Friday: Xi and Peng are scheduled to visit the National Archives with Trump and Melania.

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S ADDRESS TO THE UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

 

Donald Trump's speech at the UN general Assembly. This video is 49 minutes but worth listening to. You can set the playback speed to 1.5 times - it is still legible and you save some time.

Today the Chinese President Xixinping lands in the US for his first official visit in about SIX years. So Mr Trump did not say anything about China.

It is a wide ranging speech which touches on many topics that will affect the fortunes of many other countries around the world. There is a very clear message for South America. They are going to get  cleaned out. The days of the drug lords and drug cartels like Pablo Escobar, “El Chapo” Guzmán, Sinaloa Cartel,  Medellín Cartel, Juárez Cartel, Guadalajara Cartel are already history. And there should be no recurrence. There is a new Sheriff in town.

Mr Trump has advised any country in the world that is a member of the International Criminal Court or ICC to cut ties with the ICC or face the consequences. 

He also said that over 4,000 jobs have been cut at the United Nations itself - obviously by the US because the US does pay the UN's bills. 

He dwells on Iran. Also on Ukraine and Russia where Mr Trump (for the first time) acknowledged that 25,000 Ukrainian troops are killed every month. That is 300,000 killed a year. For the past four years. He says the Ukraine war will come to a conclusion soon - we have heard this before but things do seem to be approaching a conclusion.

Oil is flowing through Hormuz again. Mr Trump says up to 32 oil tankers are moving through the Straits every day. Oil prices have dropped again. WTI hit US$90 per barrel today - down from US$104 per barrel just last week. Here is the speech.

WHAT THE HELL? MEDIAN WAGE FOR MALAYSIANS IN 2025 WAS RM2,940 ONLY?

Here is some news from The Edge:

• median monthly wage for M'sians rose 5.3% to RM2,940 in 2025
• the mean increased 4.1% to RM3,803 
• KL Sept 21: 2025 nearly 2/3 Msia’s wage earners semi- and low-skilled 
• median monthly wages RM2,223 or less
• according to Dept of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM)
• 55.6% of wage earners semi-skilled, median monthly wage RM2,223
• 7.8% of wage earners low-skilled, earned RM1,758
• Skilled workers earned median RM5,057
• 36.6% of total wage recipients skilled workers  

• Low-skilled workers recorded weakest wage growth among the three groups
• their median pay rise 6.3% in 2025, 8.4% for semi-skilled, 8.1% for skilled 
• wide wage gap across skill levels
• skilled workers earn three times as much as low-skilled 
• Skilled occupations include managers, professionals, technicians, associate professionals. 
• Semi-skilled cover clerical, service and sales, trades, agricultural and machine operator roles
• Low-skilled work mainly comprises elementary occupations

• managers highest paid, median monthly wage RM6,186 in 2025 
• Professionals close behind at RM6,124.
• Overall, median monthly wage for Msians RM2,940 in 2025
• the mean increased 4.1% to RM3,803.

Wage growth was particularly strong in rural areas, where the median monthly wage jumped nearly 20% to RM2,035 in 2025 from RM1,698 a year earlier, marking the strongest annual increase since at least 2020. By comparison, the urban median rose 6% to RM3,022.

(OSTB:   Wage growth was not strong in the rural areas. This is misleading. There was a more simple reason for the wage increase. 

• Malaysia’s most recent Minimum-Wage increase was in 2025.  
• Previous Minimum Wage: RM1,500/month.  
• New Minimum Wage: RM1,700/month.  Increase: RM200 or 13.3%
• Effective: 1 Feb 2025 with 5 or more workers and professional activities.  
• Effective for all employers: 1 Aug 2025, including with fewer than 5 workers).

• Growth varied by qualification. 
• Diploma holders median wages rise 10.7% to RM3,779
• faster than degree holders

OSTB: Again misleading. Too many diploma holders were operating at Minimum Wages level. When MIN WAGE went up in Feb 2025, their wages also went up.  In comparison, degree holders and urban workers who already were earning above MIN WAGES did not see much increment in wages.  

There is also another vital piece of data that is missing. What is the racial breakdown? Chinese, Indian, Malay, Iban etc workers earn different wages across all categories. There are also differences across regions - Klang Valley versus outside Klang Valley, urban versus rural, west coast versis east coast, Semenanjung versus Sabah, Sarawak. 

You absolutely MUST report these wage information according to racial and regional breakdown. O'wise it is really quite meaningless. 

The economists have come up with other totally useless things like household income. What the hell is a household income? 

Lets say you are husband and wife, single income family. Then your 27 year old son cannot earn enough to go and live on his own. So he is forced to live with his parents. But he earns say RM3,000 a month. You earn say RM5,000 a month. But now your 'household income' suddenly becomes RM3,000 + RM5,000 = RM8,000. Very good.

But the reality is your son cannot earn enough to start living on his own. These are quite meaningless and useless data.

The dunggus will say 'Increase the Minimum Wages to RM3,000 or RM5,000'. Why not just increase the Minimum Wages to RM10,000 per month? Problem solved isnt it, stupid politicians? 

AT LAST 'CRAZY' DONALD TRUMP GETS GREENLAND.

So President Trump was not just shooting off about acquiring Greenland at all. It has really happened.  

Yesterday September 22, 2026, at the UN headquarters in New York, President Donald Trump, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, and Greenlandic Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen signed an agreement. It amends and supplements the existing 1951 U.S.–Denmark Greenland defense agreement.  Here is a quick video:

The new agreement has significant  'enlargements'  over previous US-Greenland defense agreements. Here are some main points:

• Much greater U.S. military access: The U.S. can expand its military presence and operations in Greenland.

• New U.S. defense areas: The agreement specifically provides for U.S. facilities at Narsarsuaq and Mestersvig, alongside expansion of the existing Pituffik Space Base. 

• “Golden Dome” missile defense: The agreement explicitly allows the U.S. to establish a missile-defense system in Greenland.

• Broad military access: U.S. aircraft, ships and forces receive extensive rights to move through Greenland and its territorial waters in support of defense operations.

• Excludes non-NATO military presence: Non-NATO states cannot establish military installations or a persistent military presence in Greenland without agreement.

• Limits sensitive foreign investment: Investors from non-NATO/non-EU states can be restricted from controlling or significantly influencing strategically sensitive Greenlandic sectors.

• Greenland remains Danish: The agreement explicitly reaffirms the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Kingdom of Denmark and Greenlanders' right to self-determination. It does not make Greenland U.S. territory. 

• Even if Greenland becomes independent: The agreement is designed to continue if Greenland later becomes independent, including provisions for continued NATO membership and U.S. defense arrangements 

The deal gives the U.S. a much larger and long-term military/security role in Greenland.

Comparison with Puerto Rico.

Puerto Rico is a US protectorate territory. But it is not formally recognised as a State in the USA. But Puerto Rico's 3.2 million people are automatically American citizens. But they cannot vote in the US presidential elections. If a Puerto Rican moves to any other part of the US, only then he can vote in the US presidential elections.  The U.S. federal government retains ultimate authority over Puerto Rico under the Constitution and federal law.

In comparison Greenland has a population of 57,000 people, 7.4 million Harp seals (someone counted them) and thousands of polar bears and walruses. 

Just like in Puerto Rico, there is nothing to prevent the United States (say 50 years from now) from granting US citizenship to all the 57,000 Greenlanders. (That is the student population at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbour).  Or approve applications by Greenlanders to become citizens of the USA.  So imagine if all the 57,000 Greenlanders or a large number of them become US citizens,  then by default wont that make Greenland  a part of the USA?

Plus there is a long-standing and active movement for Greenlandic independence from Denmark.   Greenland already has extensive self-government. Since 2009, Greenland has its own parliament and government and controls many domestic matters. 

The art of the deal.

The Islami-cessation of the Islamic Countries.

Those of you who read my blog will realise that I keep track of what is going on around the world. (Yesterday Die Linke - The Left - the former communist party of (east) Germany won the state elections in BERLIN !! They secured 27% of the vote. Friedrich Merz's CDU won less than the threshold 5% of the vote in West Pomerania. This means they are disqualified from holding any seats in the legislature. Merz will likely resign - maybe in a few months time. Or he should). 

If Germany's AfD party comes to power they will make peace with Russia, cheap Russian gas (at one quarter the price) will flow into Germany. Germany shall rise again. Germany will pull out of both NATO and the European Union (another really stupid organisation)  and the stock markets around the world will explode through the roofs.

Alamak delirious! But I do keep an eye on the Islamic countries. In 2006 I wrote my book Malaysia and the Club of Doom - The Collapse of the Islamic Countries. In 2016 the cebuk-dalam-sungai village monkeys banned my book.  FIVE years later in 2011 the Arab countries collapsed. They called it the Arab Spring. Maybe it was sarcasm. Because it was actually the Arab Hellfire.  Since 2011 the Arab countries have become worse.  

Things are getting much worse. Now 15 years later the Arab and other Islamic countries are at the brink of total destruction and disaster - mostly from religious hatreds and the consequent wars. But there are other factors that will ensure that they will never recover (almost ZERO chance) because of corruption, cronyism, elites hogging the wealth, denying equal opportunities for all their people, lack of a modern or sophisticated societies (still tribal, racist, clannish, backward, poorly educated) no free and fair elections, no democracy AT ALL (they are either dictatorships or monarchies), the collapse of the oil industry, no industrialisation, no technology. And they dress like 11th century villagers. The situation is getting quite bad in most Islamic countries. 

In Africa there are 19 Muslim majority countries. They are ALL in deep shit. And 11 (or 58%) out  of these 19 Muslim majority countries in Africa face major wars, insurgencies, and conflicts. 

Conflicted Muslim-Majority Countries in Africa

The following list retains countries with ongoing wars, insurgencies, or significant armed conflicts.

	Country	Muslim population	Conflicts, wars or insurgencies
1	Burkina Faso	66%	JNIM and Islamic State Sahel Province insurgencies
2	Chad	56%	Boko Haram and ISWAP insurgency in the Lake Chad Basin
3	Egypt	94.9%	Residual militant threat in Sinai
4	Libya	96.6%	Armed militia competition and political-military division
5	Mali	94%	JNIM, Islamic State Sahel Province and Tuareg armed groups
6	Morocco	98%	Western Sahara conflict involving the Polisario Front
7	Niger	98%	JNIM and Islamic State Sahel Province insurgencies
8	Senegal	96%	Casamance insurgency
9	Somalia	98%	Al-Shabaab and Islamic State militants in Puntland
10	Sudan	97%	Civil war between SAF and RSF
11	Nigeria	50–55%	Boko Haram and ISWAP insurgency; armed banditry and communal violence

Total: 11 countries.

This table above does not show the death toll. In Sudan alone over 600,000 people (usually women, children and older people) have been killed.  Mauritania is not in this list of 11 countries but it suffers spillover conflicts from neighbouring Mali, including incursions by JNIM (al-Qaeda-linked militants), organised crime, and instability along the Mali border.

Ok those are the countries in Africa. Then there are the Arab countries - there are 22 of them (including in Africa). Eight of them suffer armed conflicts and wars.

1. Arab Countries With Significant Armed Conflicts

Arab countries with significant conflict.

No.	Country	Muslim population	Conflicts, wars or insurgencies
1	Iraq	Approximately 95–98%	Islamic State remnants; armed militia tensions and regional spillover.
2	Lebanon	Approximately 68%	Israel–Hezbollah conflict; internal and cross-border security tensions.
3	Libya	Approximately 97%	Political division, armed militia competition and sporadic fighting.
4	Palestine	Approximately 99%	Israel–Palestine conflict; Gaza war and West Bank armed violence.
5	Saudi Arabia	Approximately 93%	Regional spillover from Yemen conflict; Houthi attacks and border security threats.
6	Sudan	Approximately 91–97%	Civil war between SAF and RSF.
7	Syria	Approximately 87%	Continuing armed conflict involving government forces, Kurdish-led forces, extremist groups and other armed factions.
8	Yemen	Approximately 99%	Civil war involving the Houthis and rival factions; regional military involvement.

Sources: Current conflict monitoring and reporting from Crisis Group, CFR and other reporting sources.

Then there are other Muslim majority countries that face serious conflicts from within and without.  

2. Other Muslim-Majority Countries 

No.	Country	Muslim population	Conflicts, wars or insurgencies
9	Afghanistan	Approximately 99%	Taliban–Islamic State Khorasan conflict; Afghanistan–Pakistan war and border fighting.
10	Iran	Approximately 99%	2026 Iran war; Kurdish and Baloch insurgencies; regional military conflict.
11	Pakistan	Approximately 96%	TTP insurgency; Baloch separatist insurgency; Afghanistan–Pakistan war.
12	Turkey	Approximately 99%	Kurdish insurgency and cross-border military operations involving Kurdish armed groups.

Sources: Current conflict reporting and monitoring, including CFR and 2026 reporting on Afghanistan–Pakistan fighting

So 24 (including Mauretania) of the 57 Muslim majority countries in the world face wars and conflict. That is 42%. Now do not forget, this is besides the generally deep shit economic, political and social conditions that all 57 of them are in already.

I believe there is much hope for Iran minus the mullah regime and if Iran transforms into a democracy. Likewise there is much hope for Turkey minus the foolish caliph Erdogan and his really foolish Muslim Brotherhood ideas. Of course there is Malaysia which must KICK OUT the dunggus and elect people with at least one quarter of a brain to become leaders. One quarter of a brain is enough.  Lets not be too ambitious. These are the only three Islamic countries that actually can have a brighter future.  All the rest have no future at all.

Then there are the super-mega disasters that are already happening or can happen in the blink of an eye. Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Qatar, the UAE are just one bomb blast or one bullet away from total chaos. In Saudi Arabia if something unforeseen happens to MBS it is curtains for that country. If nothing unforeseen happens to him it is still curtains for that country.  Likewise in Jordan if the King falls off a horse or something and goes kaput, that will be the end of Jordan. They will be fighting for the next 10 years. 

Egypt and Pakistan are already disasters. Egypt will implode again - just like it did in 2011. They now have 105 million people with not enough jobs, not enough opportunities, not enough drinking water, not enough toilets and sewerage.  And the Egyptian dictatorship closes both eyes when people build illegal squatter homes on government land.  You know why? Because then the government does not have to provide electricity, water, sewerage, garbage collection and phone services to illegal squatters. So they solve the problem of housing for the poor and at the same time the government does not have to spend money to provide basic services. So crever one.

Pakistan has ZERO chance of turning around. By the way the death toll in Khohat (last Friday's turkey shoot) was not 15 or 27. It is now 31 dead. And yesterday the Pak Air Force promptly bombed Kabul in Afghanistan to retaliate for Khohat. Three dead. The Afghans said, "We did not have anything to do with that attack".  Oops. Too late. Bombs away! The Afghans have threatened war but wars are expensive and the Afghan Taliban do like their Indian style beriyani too much.

What does this mean for us? It means there will be clever bastards, real anak haram, who will take advantage of the 'refugees' who will be constantly escaping from these disastrous Islamic countries to extort money from them. Exactly like what they have done with the Rohingyas. Satu kepala RM15,000 - for the Rohingyas.  The Arabs, the Pakistanis (they are already here, I saw them cutting grass by the roadside outside my house this morning), the Iranians, the Africans will all try to escape from their shithole countries. 

Europe is closing its doors to Muslim immigration. France will likely elect Marine Le Pen as president next year. Germany will likely see the AfD coming to power. Both of them will stop immigration. 

In Italy Gorgiosa Meloni made a very loud announcement on Sunday that Italy will ban the burqa and the niqab as well as restrict the number of foreigners in each school classroom. Here is a THREE MINUTE video of Meloni. 

She does sound like an Italian Mafioso gangsterina.  Note that Meloni said these words on Sunday just IMMEDIATELY AFTER Friedrich Merz got his backside kicked in Berlin and Western Pomerania. 

Sunday, 20 September 2026: Germany state elections in Berlin and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. The CDU lost - 18.8% of the vote in Berlin and only 4.9% in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.

Later on Sunday, 20 September: Giorgia Meloni announced her government's plan to ban burqas and niqabs in Italian schools. 

The European leaders are waking up to the fact that the European voters now almost totally reject all these open door, immigration friendly policies. Bottom line - the doors in Europe are closing for the Muslim migrants. 

So their Islamic countries are in deep shit. The doors to escape to the West are closing down. For two years now, the US border is almost completely closed for Muslim migration. Where will refugees from the Islamic countries go? 

I think these Islamic countries are going to have one huge, collective nervous breakdown. Everybody is going to go crazy and run amok in the streets of Cairo, Islamabad, Teheran, Istanbul and elsewhere. It looks like the Islami-cessation of the Islamic Countries

So ya akhie, you believe you are going to heaven? Do not delay your journey.   

MUST READ. ORANG MELAYU MESTI BACA. OIL INDUSTRY WILL CRASH PERMANENTLY IN 10 YEARS MAX. HERE IS WHY.

 

Here is the oil price chart (West Texas) for the past 30 days.

Despite all the ongoing Hormuz bullshit, in the past 30 days West Texas crude has gone from US$90 per barrel down to US$68 per barrel to yesterday's US$71 per barrel. These prices are relatively low.  Oil is not likely to hit US$100 - maybe never.

In 2024 Saudi Arabia cancelled capacity expansion to 13 million barrels per day.
1 million bpd of future capacity was cancelled.   Saudi's present capacity ≈ 12 million bpd.  But actual production ≈ 9 million bpd.  Shortfall ≈ 3 million bpd

• World oil supply is now about 105 million bpd. 
• World oil demand is just below 104 million bpd.  
• Despite the ayatollah monkeys, world oil supply exceeds demand. 
• China consumes 16 million bpd of oil (about 15%). This is disappearing.
• Please take note.

But here is the real threat on the horizon. It is called Thorium Molten Salt Reactor (TMSR) and it is Made in China.  It does not need cooling water, no danger of Fukushima or Chernobyl accidents, it can be built small and modular (possibly in 12-18 months by the Chinese)  and it runs on super abundant thorium - which is a waste product from many mining operations. China has enough Thorium to last them 20,000 years or more.

Here are two videos you must watch. Maximum 15 minutes. You can double the speed on YouTube.

The Chinese are planning to build ultra large container ships powered by thorium molten salt reactors.

• Thorium molten salt reactor (TMSR) powered container ships
• Producing roughly 50 MW electrical power
• Extraordinary endurance - decades without conventional refuelling
• Ship size:   about 230,000–250,000 tonnes carrying 24,000 containers  

It will be the end of bunker fuel for Chinese container ships. And 250,000 tonne giants will lower transport costs from the Port of Shanghai to Los Angeles. Pinduoduo will give 50% discounts.

The Chinese already have a prototype TMSR up and running since 2023. It is rated at 2MW thermal and is located in Gansu in the Gobi Desert. See picture.

 No ventilation chimneys, no cooling towers, no cooling ponds. No need for water.

They are already planning a 10 MW or larger TMSR plant by 2030 - only FOUR years away.  I estimate that in another six years after that (2036) the Chinese will have these TMSR plants popping up all over China.  

Now here comes the scary part.  Below here is the projection for Chinese consumption of fossil fuels over the next FIVE years. I have shown this chart not too long ago. Even without TMSR reactors, Chinese oil consumption is already slowing down. The chart shows that from 2027 - 28 onwards Chinese consumption of fossil fuels will start decreasing. China has invested heavily in solar energy, wind energy, hydro and other renewables. Plus their entire motor vehicle industry is switching to EV - which is more energy efficient.

So guess what is going to happen when the Chinese begin building TMSR reactors on a larger scale throughout China - after 2030.

This picture should give you an idea.