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Everyone in energy Twitter argues about “peak oil demand.”
OPEC’s new 326-page World Oil Outlook just answered it differently: 124 mb/d by 2050. No peak.
But the real story isn’t the number — it’s who the IEA and Western banks keep underweighting in their models 🧵
OPEC’s new 326-page World Oil Outlook just answered it differently: 124 mb/d by 2050. No peak.
But the real story isn’t the number — it’s who the IEA and Western banks keep underweighting in their models 🧵
The trajectory:
• 2025: 105.1 mb/d
• 2030: 113.3 mb/d
• 2040: 121.7 mb/d
• 2050: 124.1 mb/d
That’s +19 mb/d of growth over 25 years — almost entirely from non-OECD economies (+26.9 mb/d), while OECD demand shrinks by ~8 mb/d.
• 2025: 105.1 mb/d
• 2030: 113.3 mb/d
• 2040: 121.7 mb/d
• 2050: 124.1 mb/d
That’s +19 mb/d of growth over 25 years — almost entirely from non-OECD economies (+26.9 mb/d), while OECD demand shrinks by ~8 mb/d.
Who’s driving it?
India alone adds 8.1 mb/d by 2050 (5.6 → 13.8 mb/d) — the single largest contributor globally.
Other Asia: +5.3 mb/d
Middle East: +4.7 mb/d
Africa: +4.3 mb/d
Latin America: +2.8 mb/d
China adds just +1.1 mb/d — its demand plateaus mid-2030s.
India alone adds 8.1 mb/d by 2050 (5.6 → 13.8 mb/d) — the single largest contributor globally.
Other Asia: +5.3 mb/d
Middle East: +4.7 mb/d
Africa: +4.3 mb/d
Latin America: +2.8 mb/d
China adds just +1.1 mb/d — its demand plateaus mid-2030s.
Our species survived hundreds of thousands of years without a daily warning about the next existential pathogen. Now every outbreak is a potential global catastrophe, and the language of emergency has become permanent.
David Bell asks a simple question: why?
David Bell asks a simple question: why?
His answer is uncomfortable. What happens when fear itself becomes an economic asset?
As real infectious disease mortality declines, a pandemic-preparedness industry has grown up around the endless search for new threats, and new markets.
As real infectious disease mortality declines, a pandemic-preparedness industry has grown up around the endless search for new threats, and new markets.
The Infectious disease industry faces a built-in market failure. An aging, heavier population guarantees a growing cardiac market. But infectious disease mortality has fallen for a century, driven by sanitation, nutrition, antibiotics, and better living conditions.
It’s Not in Vain 🧵
Sometimes we all wonder, “Is what I’m doing — trusting in the Lord, and attempting to walk in obedience to His Word and tell others about Him in vain?”
Sometimes we all wonder, “Is what I’m doing — trusting in the Lord, and attempting to walk in obedience to His Word and tell others about Him in vain?”
Beloved child of God — we mustn’t go by our feelings to find the answer to our question. We mustn’t go by what our eyes see. Our only true answer comes from His Word.
We are told to set our hearts on His Word — teach His Words to our children (which includes our grandchildren) and walk in obedience to all of His commands, and teach them to do so as well.
AIRLINES DON'T WANT YOU TO KNOW THIS.
GROK FOUND ME A $1,200 FLIGHT FOR $340.
HERE ARE THE 6 PROMPTS THAT REVEAL THE AIRLINES' HIDDEN PRICING TRICKS:
GROK FOUND ME A $1,200 FLIGHT FOR $340.
HERE ARE THE 6 PROMPTS THAT REVEAL THE AIRLINES' HIDDEN PRICING TRICKS:
1. Flight Price Analysis
Prompt: “I need to fly from [departure city] to [destination city] between [date range]. Analyze the typical price patterns for this route. What are the cheapest days to fly, the best times to book, and what seasonal price variations should I be aware of?”
Prompt: “I need to fly from [departure city] to [destination city] between [date range]. Analyze the typical price patterns for this route. What are the cheapest days to fly, the best times to book, and what seasonal price variations should I be aware of?”
2. Alternative Airports Strategy
Prompt: “For my trip from [city A] to [city B], what are ALL the alternative airports nearby within 100 miles of each location? Calculate the possible savings if I use these alternatives, including ground transportation costs. Show me the total cost comparison.”
Prompt: “For my trip from [city A] to [city B], what are ALL the alternative airports nearby within 100 miles of each location? Calculate the possible savings if I use these alternatives, including ground transportation costs. Show me the total cost comparison.”
Six Things I See in My ‘Strongest’ 80-Year-Old Patients
I am 63 now, and after three decades as an orthopedic surgeon, I have examined thousands of people in their eighties. Some arrive frail and afraid, others walk in straighter and more confident than patients half their age.
They’re still skiing, still gardening, still picking up grandchildren without a second thought. The gap between those two groups is not luck, and it is rarely genetics alone. The same patterns keep showing up in those who are thriving.
Here is what they have in common. The most important reasons are lower down in the list…
I am 63 now, and after three decades as an orthopedic surgeon, I have examined thousands of people in their eighties. Some arrive frail and afraid, others walk in straighter and more confident than patients half their age.
They’re still skiing, still gardening, still picking up grandchildren without a second thought. The gap between those two groups is not luck, and it is rarely genetics alone. The same patterns keep showing up in those who are thriving.
Here is what they have in common. The most important reasons are lower down in the list…
1. They never stopped moving. The strongest 80-year-olds in my office did not start exercising at 79. They simply never quit. There may have been a busy stretch, an injury, a hard year, but movement always came back, because it was part of who they were rather than a program they were on. Perhaps they were dancers, farmers, or a postal worker who enjoyed walking on his lunch break. The body honors that kind of consistency. Decades of regular, ordinary movement leave a margin of strength and capacity that a frightened sedentary body simply does not have.
2. They kept lifting something heavy. Almost none of them would call themselves weightlifters, but the ones who stayed strong kept asking their muscles to work against real resistance. Carrying, climbing, hauling, digging, or actual strength training, the form mattered less than the fact that they kept loading their muscles and bones well into later life. The people who guarded both are the ones still standing tall.
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Christian teaching: Love your enemy
Secular distortion: Open borders / no distinction between citizen, stranger, invader, refugee, criminal & neighbour
What gets lost: Christian love does not erase prudence, justice, household duty/state’s duty to protect the innocent
Christian teaching: Love your enemy
Secular distortion: Open borders / no distinction between citizen, stranger, invader, refugee, criminal & neighbour
What gets lost: Christian love does not erase prudence, justice, household duty/state’s duty to protect the innocent
2.
Christian teaching: Judge not
Secular distortion: Never make moral judgements
What gets lost: Christ forbids hypocritical condemnation. This is not the same as moral discernment. Christianity still requires distinguishing good from evil
Christian teaching: Judge not
Secular distortion: Never make moral judgements
What gets lost: Christ forbids hypocritical condemnation. This is not the same as moral discernment. Christianity still requires distinguishing good from evil
3.
Christian teaching: Forgive others
Secular distortion: Abolish accountability
What gets lost: Forgiveness doesn't mean denying guilt or removing consequences
Christian teaching: Forgive others
Secular distortion: Abolish accountability
What gets lost: Forgiveness doesn't mean denying guilt or removing consequences
5 online businesses a UK 9-5er can start this weekend with under £200 and a laptop. Real services, real customers, real money in the account inside 30 days.
Save this thread.
Save this thread.
1. Cold email lead generation for local UK businesses.
How to start: pick one niche (gyms, dentists, plumbers), get a Hunter.io subscription for £30/month, write 50 personalised cold emails on Saturday morning, follow up on Sunday.
First target: a £400-£800 monthly retainer to book qualified leads.
Business fundamental: every small business in the UK wants more customers and almost none have a system for getting them.
How to start: pick one niche (gyms, dentists, plumbers), get a Hunter.io subscription for £30/month, write 50 personalised cold emails on Saturday morning, follow up on Sunday.
First target: a £400-£800 monthly retainer to book qualified leads.
Business fundamental: every small business in the UK wants more customers and almost none have a system for getting them.
2. Short-form video editing for UK creators.
How to start: download CapCut, watch 4-5 free YouTube tutorials this weekend, edit 3 sample videos as portfolio pieces. DM 30 small UK creators offering 2 videos free, then £400 a month for 8-12 thereafter.
First target: a UK podcaster or fitness coach with 5-50K followers.
Business fundamental: the people making content don't have time to edit it.
How to start: download CapCut, watch 4-5 free YouTube tutorials this weekend, edit 3 sample videos as portfolio pieces. DM 30 small UK creators offering 2 videos free, then £400 a month for 8-12 thereafter.
First target: a UK podcaster or fitness coach with 5-50K followers.
Business fundamental: the people making content don't have time to edit it.
You can literally clean out your brain by doing this.
It accumulates waste that makes you tired and ends up giving you dementia.
Luckily, these 7 techniques enhance its clearance to help keep your mind sharp.
#1 Sleeping on your side
It accumulates waste that makes you tired and ends up giving you dementia.
Luckily, these 7 techniques enhance its clearance to help keep your mind sharp.
#1 Sleeping on your side
Side sleeping helps by:
◇ Allowing gravity to help move cerebrospinal fluid
◇ Reducing intracranial pressure
◇ Improving blood flow through the neck and head
This stimulates the clearance of the glymphatic system
◇ Allowing gravity to help move cerebrospinal fluid
◇ Reducing intracranial pressure
◇ Improving blood flow through the neck and head
This stimulates the clearance of the glymphatic system
#2 Nasal breathing
Nasal breathing encourages the retention of carbon dioxide, and lowers the sympathetic (fight or flight) stress system.
Both of these improve blood flow & oxygen delivery to the brain, which supports glymphatic clearance.
Nasal breathing encourages the retention of carbon dioxide, and lowers the sympathetic (fight or flight) stress system.
Both of these improve blood flow & oxygen delivery to the brain, which supports glymphatic clearance.
A Thread: GTA 6 Cover Art Details & Easter Eggs.
#1
The cover art is heavily inspired by the Vice City cover.
- Helicopter
- Boat
- Girl holding a drink
- Yellow sports car
- Motorcycle
- Throwback to the Lance Vance purple shirt and white suit
Rockstar never miss with these covers.
#1
The cover art is heavily inspired by the Vice City cover.
- Helicopter
- Boat
- Girl holding a drink
- Yellow sports car
- Motorcycle
- Throwback to the Lance Vance purple shirt and white suit
Rockstar never miss with these covers.
#2
The classic top left helicopter is back,
But this time it’s weaponised!
The helicopter shown is the Sea Sparrow.
The classic top left helicopter is back,
But this time it’s weaponised!
The helicopter shown is the Sea Sparrow.
#3
Jason and Lucia don’t have their own slots on the cover. They appear together.
To me, it represents how intertwined they are.
The interactions between these two are going to be legendary.
Lucia’s gun (Nipper38) also says made in Brazil.
She also has a random scratch on her arm.
Jason and Lucia don’t have their own slots on the cover. They appear together.
To me, it represents how intertwined they are.
The interactions between these two are going to be legendary.
Lucia’s gun (Nipper38) also says made in Brazil.
She also has a random scratch on her arm.
Foreign reserves are like a country's savings account in foreign currencies. The higher the reserves, the stronger the country's ability to handle economic challenges.
benefits are:
1. Supports the naira and helps reduce exchange rate pressure.
2. Pays for imports such as fuel, machinery, medicine, and food when needed.
3. Boosts investor confidence, encouraging foreign investment.
1. Supports the naira and helps reduce exchange rate pressure.
2. Pays for imports such as fuel, machinery, medicine, and food when needed.
3. Boosts investor confidence, encouraging foreign investment.
4. Helps repay foreign debts and meet international obligations.
5. Provides a buffer during economic shocks, such as oil price crashes or global crises.
5. Provides a buffer during economic shocks, such as oil price crashes or global crises.
1/ The hot debate of the moment among Russian commentators is whether and how Russia will begin "fighting for real". Russia's former president openly calls for war crimes while others advocate striking the West, destroying Kyiv, killing Zelenskyy, and nuking Starlink. ⬇️
2/ Former Russian president and current Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev says on his channel on the Russian 'state messenger app' MAX that the laws of war no longer apply after Ukraine's drone attack on the Moscow Oil Refinery.
3/ "Given the enemy's massive terrorist attacks on our cities, the intensity of which is growing and will obviously continue to grow, it is time to openly declare that there are no longer, and cannot be, any rules regarding neo-Nazi Kyiv," he writes.
10 Signs Someone Is Upper Class—but Hiding It:
The loudest person in the room is often trying to prove something. The truly upper class usually reveal themselves through habits, standards, and ease—not logos.
The loudest person in the room is often trying to prove something. The truly upper class usually reveal themselves through habits, standards, and ease—not logos.
1. They never seem impressed by expensive things:
- Luxury does not excite them because it is familiar.
- A five-star hotel, business-class flight, rare watch, or private club does not change their behaviour. They neither stare nor rush to photograph everything.
- New money notices the price.
- Old comfort notices whether the service is good.
- Luxury does not excite them because it is familiar.
- A five-star hotel, business-class flight, rare watch, or private club does not change their behaviour. They neither stare nor rush to photograph everything.
- New money notices the price.
- Old comfort notices whether the service is good.
2. Their clothes are quiet but unusually well-fitted:
- They may wear a plain shirt, simple trousers, or an old jacket—but everything sits correctly.
- No oversized logos. No desperate trend-following. No outfit designed to announce its cost.
- The fabric, fit, shoes, and maintenance reveal more than the brand.
- They dress to belong anywhere, not to dominate every room.
- They may wear a plain shirt, simple trousers, or an old jacket—but everything sits correctly.
- No oversized logos. No desperate trend-following. No outfit designed to announce its cost.
- The fabric, fit, shoes, and maintenance reveal more than the brand.
- They dress to belong anywhere, not to dominate every room.
