Pluralistic: Demand destruction vs fuel-superseding infrastructure (04 May 2026)

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://pluralistic.net/2026/05/04/hope-in-the-dark/

“But to really max out on #demanddestruction, you need both rationing and a cheap, easily installed substitute, and that's what the #StraitofEpstein #crisis, along with #solar and #batteries, offers the world today.” pluralistic.net/2026/05/04/h...

Pluralistic: Demand destructio...

Cory keeps writing!
"Particularly this week, as the #StraitofEpstein emergency gets progressively worse, and there's this January 2020 sense of the crisis on the horizon, hitting one country after another.
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As #DerekThompson says, the word "#flow" implies an effortlessness, but really, it's the #effort – just enough, not too much – that defines #flowstates. We aren't happiest in a frictionless world, but rather, in a world of "achievable challenges".
Thank you @pluralistic !!
https://pluralistic.net/2026/04/14/compartment/#flow

Cracking up still after reading about Iran renaming their Hormuz Strait to #StraitofEPSTEIN.