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Maxojir @maxojir.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Depiction of a scene from my original series Dreamwar, drawn by @birb-o-fluff.bsky.social Cross-faded version, Mepria's pov version, and Mepria's expression standalone. Scene info in alt text. Other characters & info in previous posts & other socials. #indieseries #IndieAnimation

This would be the second-to-last scene of episode 2, where we see what Mepria sees when she happens to look south-southwest during dusk while at the Sleetfjord harbor. Amidst the withdrawn, disconnected state she has been in since leaving her homeland behind and coming to Denali, she experiences a rare moment of actual surprise and wonder. Here she sees aeroplanes in the sky in-person for the first time.

Since the world Dreamwar is set in is roughly equivalent to the early-mid 1920s, similar to how it was at the time in our reality, the fact that “flying machines” were a legitimate thing that existed had become common knowledge, but things were not yet at a point where everyone had seen them or was used to having them around.

Actually seeing them in-flight herself leads her to inquire to go with Elemme to the airfield where Andim, Ash and Ban are training, and eventually to become a biplane pilot herself as the war begins.

General series info : Taking place in a different world from our own, one where both humans and anthro animals, called "uprights", exist. Set in a timeframe technologically equivalent to the early 1920s, and with a global war looming on the immediate horizon.
Humans are more dominant globally simply owing to fact, in the end, that different human groups can all interbreed while differing species Uprights cannot, so humans almost always had a numbers advantage in most scenarios.
Some nations are equal for all, many are “humans first”, some are “humans only”, and others are either “Uprights first” or “Uprights only.” However, despite the human vs upright angle being the one many governments and their people lean on the most, looking past the supposed “us vs them” solidarity will reveal discrimination between individual races of humans against each other, and likewise between differing upright species.

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Maxojir @maxojir.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Ash and Ban, secondary characters in my would-be 2D original series Dreamwar. Artwork done by the project's concept artist, the immeasurably talented @birb-o-fluff.bsky.social Info on these 2 in the alt text, other characters and more info in previous posts.

Ash, on the left, is a 22-year-old human, and Ban, on the right, is a 19-year-old cat upright (upright is this world's term for furries/anthros, shorthand for "upright animals").

Both are from the nation of Denali, same as Andim, and are both biplane pilots in their country’s only air squadron alongside him.

Ash is an encouraging and protective person, always wanting to make sure those around him don't feel inadequate or as if they've failed. He is the only family his remaining little brother Moon has left, and while away in the aeroplane squadron, he treats Ban like a little brother as well, much to Ban’s annoyance. He (partly) first became a pilot because his little brother Moon thought it would be the coolest thing.

Ban, meanwhile, is far more “prickly” or non-personable, frequently written off as antisocial, prone to more snide remarks and consistently critical with no filter. He's even against Mepria being allowed into the squadron since she’s a lady. Although the more easily dislikable, Ban is actually on the same “moral page”, and actually the most morally impulsive of the group, having the least amount of hesitancy and near zero aversion to risking himself.

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Maxojir @maxojir.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Mepria, another character from my series Dreamwar. For broader series lore/info, see longer posts on Tumblr or DeviantArt (or feel free to ask on any platform) Scroll down for prior characters Character info in alt text Art done by @birb-o-fluff.bsky.social #originalseries #indieanimation #furry

Mepria is a 21-year-old female cat upright from the nation of Ingastalli (a rough fictional equivalent of Italy) , a “humans first” nation.

A quieter, more stoic girl, the threshold for her to smile is set high, though it grows more easier after leaving her prior environment and as the series goes on. Naturally gifted at stonewalling any effort to get her to concede.

Up until episode 1, she had lived with her parents in the Upright segregated housing district of the port city Pecha. She grew up without electricity, as it had not entirely become common in Ingastalli yet to begin with, and even if it had been, most Uprights could not afford it.

Speaks Ingastalliano (Italian), can speak Wallaesh (English) pretty well, and can understand a fair bit of Fleuragnais (French).

Before immigrating in episode 1, she had taken over as the primary income earner for herself and her parents after her dad was barred from working as punishment for defending himself.

She immigrates to Denali after her parents plead with her to upon seeing the opportunity, and she very reluctantly leaves them behind when they choose not to come along.

Feels great internalized uncertainty and distress over wanting to be back where everything is familiar and everyone speaks her own language, but just as much wanting to remain in Denali where she is completely free. Struggles constantly with yearning for a place where her language is spoken and where uprights are also free and equal, but knowing that no such place at the time exists. She becomes driven by the desire for no one else to ever again be forced to feel like she has, or into a similar situation, leading to her joining the war.

Having loved the physicality, turn-leaning and wind-in-face of riding bicycles, she becomes drawn to aeroplanes upon seeing them in person for the first time, eventually becoming a biplane pilot as the war begins. She becomes part of Denali’s small, only air squadron, alongside Andim, Ash, and Ban.

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Maxojir @maxojir.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

Elemme, from my series Dreamwar. Posted her husband Andim a few days ago. For broader series lore/info, see longer posts on Tumblr or DeviantArt (or feel free to ask on any platform) Character info in alt text Art by @birb-o-fluff.bsky.social #originalseries #indiecartoon #anthrofox #furry

Elemme is a female fox upright from Fleuragne (fictional France)

26 at the start of the series, she is married to Andim. She was and still is the primary initiative taker between the two of them, frequently convincing him to go to things he otherwise wouldn’t.

Sociable but not overly extroverted, she enjoys chatting with others and going to smaller social events, but she doesn’t feel the intense need to like a traditional extrovert would. Her demeanor is generally bright and often playful

Becomes close friends with Mepria after the latter’s arrival in episode 2, bonding over both missing home and being culturally and linguistically displaced, even though Elemme chose to do so willingly.

Worked as a translator at various embassies in Fleuragne, where she and Andim met when he was diplomatically visiting. Now she works as part-time translator for Fleuragne’s small embassy in Denali when needed, while also beginning to work as a fill-in teacher for school children. She can speak Fleuragnais (French), Wallaesh (English), and Krentsch (German).

Shares her husband’s moral alignment and strength of conviction about ending all preferentialism, oppression and lingering colonialism, regardless of whether it’s humans or uprights committing it. Though she is not as socially abrasive about it.

Loves the snow and cold of Denali, though she admits she does wish it had more fleursoir or “french things” available, and insists the french bread in Denali’s shops is not up to the true standard of home.

Spends both her own and her husband’s money buying sweets and pastries, or the ingredients to bake them, and bringing them to orphan care schools that otherwise wouldn’t have any. Wants to adopt a couple after the war, as she and Andim can’t physically have any.

Is reflexively fearful of Andim flying aeroplanes. Also harbors a quiet but inescapable fear that Andim might actually want to die in the global conflict that is coming.

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Maxojir @maxojir.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

Andim, focal character of Dreamwar. My would-be 2D animated series, follows characters in a time of tense change and war, enduring and eventually refusing to idly witness the cruelty of the world around them. Charater info in alt text Art by @birb-o-fluff.bsky.social #indieanimation #indieseries #

From left to right, top to bottom: Andim gripping the railing of the bridge wing of the N.S. Ursa, Andim combating nausea while training to be a biplane pilot in secret, and Andim seeing his wife Elemme again after being away for weeks.

Andim is a young man from the nation of Denali, 26 at the beginning of the show.

He is the son of his nation’s governor, and has had a mostly privileged life, as well as even having an unofficial position of government and diplomatic authority from both nepotism and their country's small population.

Introverted but not shy.

He is perpetually ill / nauseous to varying degrees as a result of incurable illness, and visibly appears so, along with appearing tired from lack any proper sleep due to a mix of his illness and more so his stress over upcoming events.

Married to Elemme, a female fox Upright from Fleuragne (fictional France)

As he’s become an adult, he’s grown zealous about bringing an end to oppression of Uprights (anthros/furries) by humans in nations where it occurs, and vice-versa, that of humans by Uprights in the rarer case of nations where such occurs. Just as much so wants to see the end of occupations and colonies that lingering empires are still clinging onto.

Resigned to existing in the shadow of his father’s permanent disapproval, which he interprets from their consistent conflict, usually a result of Andim failing or refusing to act or see as pragmatically as his dad would desire.

Andim is torn inside and pre-emptively self-condemning, knowing a global war is inevitable but finding himself in some part actually wanting there to be one instead of not, because of his dreams it could result in liberation for at least some regions, or even imperial collapses. While he dreams as much, he knows that dream is delusional, or at least he’s been led to believe so.

His country, Denali, is an amalgamation of Alaska, Yukon & British Columbia. Their world is technologically equivalent to the early 1920s.

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Maxojir @maxojir.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

Global Steel production total since 1975, showing production broken down into in China and "The rest of the world" #steel #metals #industry #data #China

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Maxojir @maxojir.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

Updated some birth rate (TFR) graphs for a few countries with the latest data indicators. Available among hundreds of other graphs of all kinds in the Drive folder linked in my pinned post. #demographics #BirthRate #population #TFR #FertilityRate #Argentina #Italy #Itallia #Mexico #Egypt #Masr

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Maxojir @maxojir.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

Screenshots from the EIA power grid monitor. USA broke its electricity demand record today, hitting a grid load of 752 gigawatts an hour ago, and a height of 756 just before that. Prior record was 743 set two years ago in August of 2023. #Electricity #Energy #USA #HeatWave #RecordHigh

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Maxojir @maxojir.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

Mexico hit a new record for average electricity demand load across its grid. Seeing a 53 Gigawatt average earlier this month, AND setting a new 1-hour/single-point demand record of 81 at one point on a specific day, beating the prior single-point record of 76. #Mexico #Energy #Electricity

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Maxojir @maxojir.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

I'll upload different types of graphs again soon. For now, a population projection comparison chart for India, with prior assumptions based on data from a few years ago, vs their new trajectory updated with their 2025 data. #India #Demographics #Population #PopulationPeak #BirthRate

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Maxojir @maxojir.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

2 Updated Population curves for comparison on a stacked graph. China's current trajectory (with TFR of 1.0) vs their adjusted curve if their birth rate falls further to 0.8 like Korea & Taiwan. #China #Population #PopulationDecline #Demographics #PopulationCollapse #DemographicCollapse

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Maxojir @maxojir.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

Stacked graph of 3 USA demographic curves. 1st - prior assumptions of a plateau around 373 million, 2nd most updated one, peaking near 367 then slow decline, & a "reduced immigration" scenario (25% reduced intake due to changing policies & attitudes) #USA #demographics #population #PopulationDecline

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Maxojir @maxojir.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Re-working data after some time, even the US is now on course to eventually undergo population decline (although a gradual one) instead of a plateau like formerly believed. Here's both the prior & updated projections for comparison. #USA #demographics #population #BirthRate #populationdecline

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Maxojir @maxojir.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

Made graphs for some of the smaller oil producing states, however big they may have been in the past; ones whose production has been & is conventional, no shale ( Louisiana has shale gas, but not oil). #oilandgas #energy #oilproduction #Louisiana #Kansas #California #Illinois

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Maxojir @maxojir.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Some more states' oil production graphs showing conventional vs shale. Offshore is the only avenue in the US were conventional output is still rising, elsewhere it's conventional depletion underlying balloons of shale. #oilandgas #energy #shale #NorthDakota #NewMexico #Oklahoma #GulfOfMexico

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Maxojir @maxojir.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

While shale comprises the majority of Texas's output now, there is still between 700 and 800 thousand barrels per day of conventional oil production underlying it, declining in the background by a few percent per year. #oilandgas #Texas #shale #shaleoil

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Maxojir @maxojir.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

Algeria's potential/likely oil & gas baring regions (beige & red) were never fully explored, all production has come from fields in the already-explored area (red). New oil & gas surveys and exploratory drilling have just now begun expanding further. #oilandgas #energy #Algeria #Africa #NorthAfrica

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Maxojir @maxojir.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

Although slowing down, global oil demand still is increasing, now just over 104 million barrels per day as of this summer. #oilandgas #oil #energy #petroleum #commodities

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Maxojir @maxojir.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Some countries have very visible historical markers on their CO2 emissions charts. With France, you can see the swift drop that started in the 1970s carrying through the 80s, as they massively switched from coal to Nuclear power for electricity. #CO2 #Nuclear #France #nuclearpower #energy #climate

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Maxojir @maxojir.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

Venezuela is one of the countries whose oil production goes back the longest, beginning back in the early half of the 1920s. Various higher periods allude to it's true capability levels, but repeating national collapses have kept it withheld. #oilandgas #energy #Venezuela #petroleum #history

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Maxojir @maxojir.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

The Philippines remains the nation with the largest contribution from geothermal. Rapid electricity demand growth has shrunk its percentage, but geothermal still accounts for 8% of the country's power supply #Philippines #energy #geothermal #renewables #renewableenergy

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Maxojir @maxojir.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

China's annual CO2 emissions have reached gigantic proportions, now comprising over 30% of the entire world's total, with the global total over 41 gigatons / year, and China's alone being between 12 & 13. #energy #co2 #climate #China #emissions #carbon

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Maxojir @maxojir.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Brasil is continuing to restore oil production formerly shut down for long maintenance, as well activating new expansions, now up to 3.81 million barrels per day and likely going over 4 soon. #oilandgas #energy #Brazil #petroleum #commodities

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Maxojir @maxojir.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Kazakhstan's oil production continues to grow, as capacity expansions at the Tengiz field come online, along with other smaller projects, with the country's total output now at 2.21 million barrels per day. #oilandgas #energy #Kazakhstan #Oil #petroleum #CentralAsia

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Maxojir @maxojir.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

A lesser-known indicator of the upcoming Chinese invasion of Taiwan, is Taiwan quietly shutting down their nuclear powerplants (just in case they get struck). Now dialed down below 5% grid contribution #Taiwan #China #energy #electricity #ChinaTaiwan #TaiwanInvasion

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Maxojir @maxojir.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

While stereotyped otherwise, Latin American countries' birth rates have also crashed. Chile in particular now is looking at a steep population decline starting around 2035, and likely to lose half its population in a span of 40 years. #Chile #LatinAmerica #SouthAmerica #demographics #birthrate

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Maxojir @maxojir.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

While most mentally associate the metal with ammunition, the overwhelming majority of the metal Lead is actually used to make Lead-Acid batteries for ground vehicle engines (cars, trucks, lorries, construction vehicles). #Lead #commodities #Pb #metals #FactOfTheDay

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Maxojir @maxojir.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

While Vietnam likely still has a moderate amount of offshore oil remaining, it's unable to explore in most areas because of China building artificial island throughout the South China Sea and then forcibly claiming all the waters around them. #oilandgas #energy #petroleum #Vietnam #southeastasia

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Maxojir @maxojir.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

A large part of the remaining power generation component of oil demand is mainly due to Saudi Arabia, which is still generating roughly 1/3 of its electricity from oil-fired power plants. #oilandgas #SaudiArabia #energy #electricity #powerplants #middleeast

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Maxojir @maxojir.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

Thailand's fertility rate continues to drop, now falling to 0.86 children per woman as of this year. #demographics #population #birthrate #birthrates #Thailand #southeastasia

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Maxojir @maxojir.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

Malaysia continues to raise its Natural Gas output, with production levels reaching 8 billion cubic feet per day soon. Given fields in-development and remaining offshore area, they should eventually be able to reach and hold 10+ for some time. #oilandgas #naturalgas #energy #Malaysia #southeastasia

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Maxojir @maxojir.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Oman has one of the highest economic dependency ratios with regards to reliance on its oil and gas sales, with somewhere near, and sometimes over 2/3 of their GDP coming solely from oil & gas revenue. #oilandgas #energy #Oman #petroleum #middleeast

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Maxojir @maxojir.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Iron is one of the most (nearly) single-use metals and elements. Almost all iron we mine or recycle from steel is used to produce steel, with a small 2% being used for other critical things like chemical catalysts in water purification / decontamination systems. #science #metal #commodities

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Maxojir @maxojir.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

That's a nope on their claim. They fell this far for a reason, despite urals being over $50 until just recently. The abrupt drop in 2022 was from EU ceasing purchases, but the gradual decline slope since has been because RU oil industry just can't hold it together (without outside help)

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Maxojir @maxojir.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

As Vietnam continues its rapid economic rise, its average electricity demand load continues climbing in pace, nearing an average grid demand load of 40 gigawatts. #Vietnam #energy #electricity #powergrid #southeastasia

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Maxojir @maxojir.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

It continues to become clear Singapore's oil demand peaked in the 2010s around 1.4 million barrels per day, and has since declined to under 1.2 #oilandgas #energy #Singapore

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Maxojir @maxojir.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

They're looking at something like this (not including the possibility of fragmentation into multiple states).

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Maxojir @maxojir.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

South Korea is on the beginning slope of what will be one of the most insane natural population collapses, set to likely fall from over 50 million today, down to as low as or below 10 million by 2075 / in just 50 years. #SouthKorea #demographics #population

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Maxojir @maxojir.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

Output from Senegal's first oilfield has exceeded initial flow expectations, and is currently pumping 127 thousand barrels per day, while initial expectation was only for an oil production level of about 100 thousand. #oilandgas #energy #Senegal #Africa #westafrica

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Maxojir @maxojir.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Turkmenistan is barely remaining an oil exporter, with their production down to 191 thousand barrels per day, and their domestic consumption now near 170, likely to flip over into net importer in a few years. #oilandgas #Turkmenistan #energy #centralasia

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Maxojir @maxojir.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

Indonesia's oil production has declined as fields deplete over the decades, now down to less than 600 thousand barrels per day, meeting less than 30% of its own demand, which has grown to averaging over 2 million bpd today. #oilandgas #energy #Indonesia #Asia

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Maxojir @maxojir.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

While China's population has already peaked and been declining, India will continue to grow for a couple decades, though slowing rapidly before likely peaking between 1.54 and 1.57 billion people, and then starting a gradual decline. #demographics #India #population #future

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Maxojir @maxojir.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Libya had just recently restored its oil production levels to 1.4 million barrels per day, after constantly being suppressed throughout the civil war. Now renewed fighting threatens to see its output plunge again. #Libya #oilandgas #energy #NorthAfrica

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Maxojir @maxojir.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Qatar's natural gas production currently stays around 21 billion cubic feet per day, most output coming from the colossal Pars gas field offshore. Field infrastructure expansions will bring their output plateau up to 30 bcf/d by the early 2030s. #Qatar #oilandgas #energy #commodities #naturalgas

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Maxojir @maxojir.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

US jet fuel demand just exceeded 2 million barrels per day for the first time since before 2020 / Covid, hitting 2.02 last week. Previously averaged close to 2 million during the later 2010s and seeing an all time record high back in 2018 reaching 2.11 mbd. #jetfuel #oilandgas #energy #USA

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Maxojir @maxojir.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

Current gold prices, between $3,300 & $3,400 per ounce, have exceeded not just prior nominal records, but even the real value of past records as well when adjusted for inflation to modern dollars, even the 1980 price spike only equates just under $3,000 today. #Gold #preciousmetals #commodities

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Maxojir @maxojir.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Pakistan's oil demand levels collapsed by nearly half several years ago due to economic turmoil, and have remained suppressed since. Economic consequences of the potential conflict may now cause consumption to remain suppressed or fall further. #oilandgas #petroleum #Pakistan

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Maxojir @maxojir.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Germany's average electricity demand levels continue to decline, mimicking the same pattern seen in the de-industrialization of the UK, but taking place 4 times as fast. #energy #electricity #Deutschland #Germany #economy

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