Great information perspective. I picked up a number of obscure but important background details which never appear in Peter's public performances.

Thank you all so much for sharing

I'm originally from the Mid-Ohio Valley. I'd have loved to have watched this in person. Read his books. Change your mind.

That comment about Tucker was pretty wild… I’m dying to look more into that.

I love Peter and have read all of his books. That said, he is very loose with his facts.

Thanks for hosting Peter, good talk

too bad the A/V was so poor on this. If you're going to spend $$$ on PZ, you should do a good job that.

Thanks for sharing... any chance you could dramatically improve the audio quality enough for EVERY word to be heard and decipherable?

36:09 WOW. The Replicator Initiative sounds insane, like awesomely insane.

That was excellent thank you.

I’ve always said my favorite international media outlets were France 24, Al Jazeera (you just have to be able to weed out the anti-Israel/Islamist propaganda but outside that they are excellent) and one he didn’t mention is DW which is a German English language outlet similar to France 24 as far as I can see.

"Geopolitical strategist Peter Zeihan will present Mid-Ohio Valley at the End of the World at Marietta College's Alma McDonough Auditorium on Wednesday, March 27" 2024 !!

34:45 We will just have to display our devastating technical abilities. Drone swarms incoming.

An aircraft carrier sailing at 90 knots...I'd like to see that.

The title has the wrong year. The correct year is displayed at the start of the video. Given all of the old snippets out there from people trying to make a buck off of Peter's work, you might want to fix that sooner than later. ;)

Not a very good recording but excellent content

Is this really a year old? That’s just now getting posted?

sound quality is bad.

The Princes of Numenor are behind the Ukraine War? I have never heard that one! I've heard that some Tolkien fans are mad at the Rings of Power show-runners, but blaming the Ukraine War on them is a bit extreme! 😆

So, where Europe gets its oil from is its own problem?

2024

47:15 that would be Matt Gaetz Florida congressman and international forehead model (but not really great hair)

Where the hell did Peter pull the “tucker taking money from Russia for 8 years “ thing. I looked it up and cant find anything about that, even on leftist news websites

37:30 Well that is just an outright urban myth. The max speed of a carrier is no 90 knots. Here; One of the prevailing myths of the modern fleet is that the US Navy's nuclear-powered aircraft carriers are capable of extraordinary maximum speeds. As is quite common with Urban Myths, these keep growing with each retelling of the basic story. It started with speeds of "over 40 knots" being alleged. This has risen by stages to 45 knots then to its current level of 50 knots. The story invariably ends with an officer turning off the speed readout for "security reasons." Sadly the truth is much more prosaic. The official listing of the carrier speeds is "in excess of 30 knots". The actual speed of the CVNs is classified; much as the maximum speed of the SSNs in the 1960s through 1980s was restricted information. However, the design speed of the Forrestal, Kitty Hawk and JFK class carriers is public domain. The JFK was designed for 33.5 knots, the Kitty Hawks 33.6, the Forrestal 32.0 and the other CVs of that class were designed for 33.0. All had powertrain installations designed to provide 280,000 shp except Forrestal which had 260,000 shp. In all cases, the power was delivered via four shafts. So, the question is, how does the performance of the CVNs compare with that of the CVs? To determine this we have to look at the power train itself. The nuclear powerplant does not drive the ship directly; it generates steam which powers turbines which drive the screws. The power rating of the ship is the output of her turbines, not the steam generating capacity of the reactor. The turbines installed on the CVNs are identical to those on the CVs; they generate 280,000 shp over four shafts. Even if the nuclear reactor component did generate huge amounts of additional steam, there would be nowhere to put it. On these grounds alone, it seems extremely unlikely that a CVN would be any faster than a CV. Unofficial figures for the Enterprise confirm this; they suggest the ship was designed for 33.0 knots and it has been unofficially suggested that she reached 33.6 knots while running machinery trials after her latest refit. It has been suggested that this figure was "leaked" in order to counter suggestions that she was worn out. In passing, although Enterprise has an eight-reactor power train, only six of the reactors are on line at any one time (the reactors being rotated so that all are used regularly). The reason is quite simple; after recoring, only six reactors are needed to provide all the steam the turbines can handle. [Editor's note: This is not correct. All eight reactors are continually on-line. The Navy originally published a note saying that only six were on line at any one time, but later corrected it.] The Nimitz class carriers were originally designed to have 260,000 shp, the reduction being due to a steam deficiency caused by a shift to the use of a pair of large reactors. In fact, they have now all been recored and are rated at the same 280,000 shp as the other carriers. It might be expected that they would, therefore, have speeds in the same 33 knot range as the other carriers. In fact, this is not correct. The dimensions of the Nimitz class were set by building dock and other industrial and infrastructure considerations. Their hull is the largest practical design without massive investment in base and construction infrastructure. This placed grave pressure on internal volume and forced the adoption of some unusual designs solutions and the use of a significantly fuller hull form. This translated directly into loss of speed. Although the official figures are classified, it is unofficially reported that the design speed of the Nimitz was 31.5 knots on 260,000 shp. This would fit the reduced power and less advantageous hull form. Quite independently, the US Navy has suggested that the "Nimitz Class" have achieved trials speeds of 31.5 knots - this seems to be intended as an average for all the ships in this class rather than specific to any representative ship of that class. Later ships of the Nimitz class are substantially larger than the earlier members but do have the uprated, 280,000 shp plants. Its unlikely that the extra power fully compensates for the extra size and it has been rumored that the latest ship, CVN-75 USS Harry S Truman, was hard put to reach 31.0 knots on trials. There is a caveat here. The CVNs effectively have no concerns about running out of fuel. They can be optimized for running at high speed continuously (that is, their hull form can be selected for maximum efficiency at maximum speed). In contrast, a conventionally-powered carrier has to be optimized for optimum performance at cruising speed - 20 knots. Their hulls become progressively less efficient as the ship speed increases. This means that the sustained speed of a CVN over long duration is close to the ships maximum speed (say 30 knots) while the sustained speed of a CV over long duration is the ship's cruising speed (20 knots). So, while there is no significant difference in maximum speed of the two ships, the CVN will have a much higher transit speed. It is quite possible that it is that difference in transit speed that gets misapplied to maximum speed and is the core of the "40 Knot Myth."

Peter, I understand your logical take on the need for the US to distance itself from the Levant but I think you’re overlooking the cultural/religious ties (both between American and Israeli Jews but, more importantly, the evangelical vote). That distancing won’t happen. So, what is the way forward for Washington? Can DC coax Israeli politics in another direction?

big mistake letting the structures fall people, big mistake.

Why does an independently wealthy Tucker Carlson care about keeping “job”, OR taking money from Russia?

Tucker should sue for defamation. I follow Zeihan religiously, but he does have fixed views

That is a strong statement of fact about Tucker Carlson @ around 6:10 Disagreements are fine, but assigning motive and making allegations of being in league with a foreign powers require a bit more evidence

Really disappointed on the Tucker comment. He doesn't make things up mate.

Peter has a girlfriends in northwest jungles of Thailand. thai hairstyle.

Peter is very entertaining to listen to. And does spit out some facts. But, commenting on military issues like he is descibing a cartoon for children?? If the Russians ever wanted to sink a carrier and it's whole battle group they wouldn't use Shahed drones, what rubbish is this??? Somebody should seriously educate this lune about at least the basics. Look up Circon 9 mach rockets that were build for percisely this. And an impact of a single of these rockets onto the surfice of the sea. There is nothing that can stop a rocket like this destroying a carrier or ship. Or a group of ships by detonating it on the surface of water causing a tsunami wave. And also I doubt that they would fire just one at a single carrier. And if that's not enough for you try the avanguard system. That is 27 times the speed of sound. Shahed drones go the same speed as the carriers?? What century is he in the 18th? 🤣🤣🤣 Jesus Christ

Won't listen to bad audio. Try harder on YouthTube.