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Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
And NEON EXITS stage Left!
2022-03-04
[EU TIMES]
In Odessa, which Russia is preparing to attack once Mariupol falls, there's a company called Iceblick. They make 65% of the world's supply of Neon, essential to the production of microchips.
If you're looking to upgrade a phone or PC. Do. It. now.

Posted by:3dc

#10  If we did, then we can again, M.
Posted by: trailing wife   2022-03-04 22:01  

#9  Neon - something else we used to make here before US pols decided farming all that out to Russia and China would make the world a safer place?
Posted by: M. Murcek   2022-03-04 11:05  

#8  That's right. Which is why all the western neon supplier stocks tanked (AirLiquide, Linde for ex) while other commodities soared
Posted by: Econ101forMorons   2022-03-04 11:03  

#7  What's even worse about the neon from Iceblick, is that it's refined from gas produced from Russian steelmaking. As long as there's no incoming gas from Russia, there's no product source for Iceblick.
(Iceblick is a cryogenic refining operation.)
Posted by: ed in texas   2022-03-04 10:58  

#6  And look at all the colonies they still have there...

/sarc
Posted by: M. Murcek   2022-03-04 10:51  

#5  Africa’s largest arms dealer, Russia has ties to the continent that stretch back to the Cold War...

Yep, the Soviets spread lots of misery and murder around Africa.
Posted by: Rob Crawford   2022-03-04 10:50  

#4  I know where we can get a Dodge Neon, but you will need a tractor to pull it out of the field.
Posted by: SteveS   2022-03-04 09:29  

#3  Asia hit hardest. Anyone who has been in an Asian major city at night would understand.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2022-03-04 08:38  

#2  No problem. We'll just source it from .. Russia's best friends, China and South Africa?? - oh shit

Shunned by Others, Russia Finds Friends in Africa
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/03/world/africa/russia-ukraine-eritrea-africa.html

Africa’s largest arms dealer, Russia has ties to the continent that stretch back to the Cold War and helped Mr. Putin win rare support over the invasion of Ukraine.
Posted by: Phusock Fillmore9381   2022-03-04 00:22  

#1  Ima waiting until AMD comes out with processors that support DDR5 memory architecture, then I'm building an asshole machine (16 core CPU, 64GB of DDR5 memory, as fast as the board supports it, about 6400 MHz).
Posted by: Raj   2022-03-04 00:15  

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