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An alliance with Iran, and islamic terrorists fighting on the Ukraine front. What could best raise international support for Russia, in particular from Trump and Sunni States! Oh wait!

More baseless assertions. As if you had any idea about the organisation making the forecast....😆 The IEA works directly with producers, including OPEC. "Each year, the IEA, the International Energy Forum (IEF) and OPEC organize a Symposium on Energy Outlooks as part of a joint work programme. The symposium gathers senior analysts and delegates from oil companies and banks to discuss the IEA World Energy Outlook and OPEC’s World Oil Outlook. This dialogue is leading to greater convergence in the baseline data that underpins IEA and OPEC analyses." https://www.iea.org/about/international-collaborations/opec Of course, no forecast is expected to be 100% accurate. So this forecast is just the most likely scenario.

That's right However it's a relevant comparison.

Well, unlike you and the other MAGAs in 2020, no one is evoking ridiculous conspiracy theories in order to claim that elections have been rigged!

Both Presidents performed in the same way as world inflation. Let's give you a clue: the economy is largely globalised! 🙂 https://www.macrotrends.net/global-metrics/countries/WLD/world/inflation-rate-cpi

And what are your credentials for forecasting oil markets? As mentioned by another poster, it seems that you also don't believe the drill baby drill fairy tale!

Like you did when Biden was elected? 😆

That's rich from someone who supported the assault on the Capitol and never accepted the result of the 2020 election! 🤣

Unrelated blah blah. Just the usual maga rant.

Reply 2. I asked Copilot. Here's the reply: Yes, the U.S. federal administration does generate revenue by renting out office space in its properties to other organizations[43dcd9a7-70db-4a1f-b0ae-981daa162054](https://www.gsa.gov/policy-regulations/policy/real-property-policy-division-overview/federal-meeting-facilities?citationMarker=43dcd9a7-70db-4a1f-b0ae-981daa162054 "1"). The General Services Administration (GSA) manages federal real estate and often leases out unused or underutilized office space to other federal agencies, private businesses, and non-profit organizations[43dcd9a7-70db-4a1f-b0ae-981daa162054](https://www.gsa.gov/policy-regulations/policy/real-property-policy-division-overview/federal-meeting-facilities?citationMarker=43dcd9a7-70db-4a1f-b0ae-981daa162054 "1")[43dcd9a7-70db-4a1f-b0ae-981daa162054](https://transportation.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=408027&citationMarker=43dcd9a7-70db-4a1f-b0ae-981daa162054 "2"). This helps optimize the use of federal properties and can generate significant rental income. Would you like to know more about how the GSA manages these properties or any specific details about the rental process? The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) report on federal telework does mention that agencies have been able to optimize the use of their real estate portfolios by reducing the need for physical office space[](https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-25-106316 "1").

Talking about nonsense! I wrote that it "allows" to reduce office space expenses. I did not make any claim on how much would be spared. At worse, it would at least reduce costs such as heating, electricity, cleaning, etc.. You, one the other hand made the precise claim that this spared space would just be left empty, for which you did not provide any evidence. Anyway, that's not the main point. The main point is that teleworking has been maintained in the profit-oriented private sector at even a higher rate than in the federal administration, in particular in computing-related functions. There is nothing abusive or inefficient for the public sector to use this mode of organisation.

More unsubstantiated assertion. How do you know that all federal offices are owned by the Federal administration, or that unused federal properties cannot be rented to other organisations? Why don't you come up with some facts to back up your claims, for a change?

No rhetoric, unlike your current factless post. Just undisputed facts. Fact 1: there isn't anything abnormal with teleworking in the federal administration as its share is not higher than in the private sector. If it weren't efficient, the private sector wouldn't use it. As to "the pandemic ended", it also did not stop the private sector to go on massively using telework, in particular for white collars. Fact 2: it is concentrated in the computing and mathematical functions , which employ a larger portion of federal workers than private-sector workers. Telework is quite adapted to this kind of jobs that don't require contacts with the public. For people who spend their workday in front of a computer screen, it absolutely doesn't matter whether they are at home or in their office. Moreover, it allows to reduce office space expenses.

Indeed. It's abject.

On top of it, Iran is currently at the top level of its power and influence! Oh wait!

Ooops!

The typical "solution in search of a problem" GOP B.S. for the MAGA gullible. 🤣 There is a lower share of teleworkers in the federal administration than in the private sector. As in the private sector, it's concentrated in computer and mathematical professions. Good luck to the federal administration if these employees, whose skills are highly demanded on the job market, quit for another job. Quotes from the CBO report. In 2022, CBO estimates, 22 percent of federal employees usually teleworked, as did 25 percent of their private-sector counterparts. The ability to telework is highly dependent on occupation. In 2022, federal employees were more likely than workers in the private sector to serve in occupations in which telework was common. In the computer and mathematical occupations, which employed a larger portion of federal workers than private-sector workers in 2022, for example, teleworking was most common. The rates of telework for people in those occupations differed by sector, though—37 percent for federal workers, compared with 56 percent for their private-sector counterparts in 2022. One reason for the much higher telework rate for private-sector workers might be that federal workers are more likely to be required to go to the office to access sensitive data. https://www.cbo.gov/publication/60235#_idTextAnchor044

Drill baby drill is just a slogan for the gullible. Big oil companies don't want to invest, in particular as prices are expected to decrease.

They have already announced a production increase and started it. Keep up to date.

This worrying and the subject certainly deserves further investigations. However, I am always suspicious when something else is quoted, instead of the actual content of the article. As usual, I am right to be suspicious. The article tests a new imaging method which is indeed quite promising. However, a look at the article also reveals that: - it was an experiment on mouses, - the doses used were higher than the usual vaccine dose, - what has been tested were not the actual vaccines used against Covid-19 Quote: However, further research is needed to determine if similar effects occur in human subjects and to establish whether these molecular changes observed in mice are causally linked to reported clinical symptoms. We also used laboratory-produced LNP and mRNA spike formulations, which differ from approved Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) facility-produced LNP-mRNA vaccines (Supplementary Fig. 22 and Supplementary Data 3 and 5)

"Everyone knew what that BS report was going to state." The truth! 😆

Indeed, Twitter has decended! 😆 https://www.businessofapps.com/data/twitter-statistics/

One of the key issues for Russia's economy: Oil price "Global oil prices. We expect downward oil price pressures over much of the next two years, as we expect that global oil production will grow more than global oil demand. We forecast that the Brent crude oil price will average $74 per barrel (b) in 2025, 8% less than in 2024, and then continue fall another 11% to $66/b in 2026." https://www.eia.gov/outlooks/steo/

I look forward for Trump to bring down food prices immediately on day one! 😆 It is advised to wait 3 days before filling your cart at the supermarketĺ

Interpretations diverge on who has been influenced by Trump. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/01/14/trump-envoy-witkoff-netanyahu-hamas-israel-hostage-deal/ https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2025-01-13/ty-article/.premium/trumps-mideast-envoy-forced-netanyahu-to-accept-a-gaza-plan-he-repeatedly-rejected/00000194-615c-d4d0-a1f4-fbfdce850000