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Hugh Butler @hughbutler35.bsky.social · 10h

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What's the evidence for older people to take them?
Evidence is a bit scarce. If you have had a stroke, continue to take them.
If you have not, and live a healthy life, maybe not.
Very nuanced. Complicated!
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Statin Effectiveness in Older People - A Review

Statin Effectiveness in Older People is less certain than for younger people. Statins reduce heart attacks and strokes in young, but not old.

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Hugh Butler @hughbutler35.bsky.social · 10h

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Statins, or HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors, are widely prescribed for cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention due to their proven efficacy in lowering low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) levels, stabilising atherosclerotic plaques, and reducing inflammation.

Statin Effectiveness in Older People - A Review

Statin Effectiveness in Older People is less certain than for younger people. Statins reduce heart attacks and strokes in young, but not old.

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Hugh Butler @hughbutler35.bsky.social · 10h

Are you older? Should you take statins and other similar drugs?
Stroke remains a significant cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, with older adults, particularly those over age 60, at the highest risk of first-time ischemic stroke.

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Hugh Butler @hughbutler35.bsky.social · 23h

Cleaning Up podcast with , Professor Tristan Smith, a leading expert on shipping decarbonisation from UCL Energy Institute.
Fundamental is LNG use is going to drop.
The USA WH is repayment of the $90 million in election donation by gas industry.

www.cleaningup.live/the-us-just-...

Hugh Butler @hughbutler35.bsky.social · 2d

/5 Each infection. Have 5 infections over a decade or two? At this stage it appears cumulative. It won’t happen overnight, and unlike a death, it won’t be easy to measure.
We will see it with the number of people with chronic illnesses.

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Hugh Butler @hughbutler35.bsky.social · 2d

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or the economic cost ($14 trillion, $35 trillion, etc). Or the inconvenience, or it was just the flu.
The true cost? As the years roll on, young and middle-aged people are infected with COVID again and again. It is probably their health will slowly decline. 3% fitness, 4 IQ points.

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Hugh Butler @hughbutler35.bsky.social · 2d

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* if you have lingering issues from your prior COVID infections, you’re at least susceptible to getting them ME or CFS.
* If you recovered from them, they may come back
* When people talk about the devastation from COVID, they usually talk about deaths. (7 million, 20 million, 30 million)

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Hugh Butler @hughbutler35.bsky.social · 2d

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The most controversial take on COVID, and what everyone is getting wrong about this, is that it’s a disease whose burden falls primarily on the young. Not the old.
Long Covid has all the hallmarks of ME (myalgic encephalomyelitis) or chronic fatigue syndrome. They are complex diseases.

Long Covid Impacts Updated - A disease of the young, not the old?

Long Covid impacts the young and old. Loss of IQ, loss of fitness and damage to organs. Mask. Vaccinate. Young are most at risk.

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Hugh Butler @hughbutler35.bsky.social · 2d

Whatever you think of COVID, of its origins, or whether serious or not, one in eight people have long COVID impacts. Long COVID is described as post-infection symptoms persisting for at least a month. Long COVID has been part of the infection right from the beginning.

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Hugh Butler @hughbutler35.bsky.social · 7d

If you thought the world built a lot of renewables in the past few years, just wait for the next half of this decade.
Solar is expected to double the past 5 years' growth.
Incumbent analysts often get projections wrong.

www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...

https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/clean-energy/renewables-boom-global-solar-installations

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Hugh Butler @hughbutler35.bsky.social · 9d

/2 It took the Human Genome Project over $75m, 9 months for 1 person from one end to the other. That's now $200 and 4 hours.
Why? Better health. AI is now part of this project. There are over 2000 cell types. More material in optimisticstorm.com Part 2, Better Health.

Commercialising Innovative Technologies - Optimistic Storm

Commercialising Innovative Technologies is an area of work by Dr Hugh Butler for the past 40 years. IT, Renewable Energy, Health.

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Hugh Butler @hughbutler35.bsky.social · 9d

The Human Cell Atlas (HCA) is will catalogue every cell type within a human being. Daunting project considering the human body is over 37 trillion cells. The task of decoding their roles and charting their locations involves approximately 4,000 researchers working in 190 labs across 102 nations.

https://hubmapconsortium.org/human-reference-atlas-charts-human-body-at-single-cell-level/

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Hugh Butler @hughbutler35.bsky.social · 14d

/3 Range of over 600km.
en.byd.com/news/byds-ne...
Every announcement - another 10% improvement spells the end of petrol and diesel transportation - cars, buses, trucks, and ships.
For more on this in my nook OptimisticStorm.com - spells the end of fossil fuel (gas, oil)

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Hugh Butler @hughbutler35.bsky.social · 14d

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* can be charged at rate of 1,300 kW by very fast MW charger.
www.spglobal.com/automotive-i...
Meanwhile BYD - 2nd second largest global battery manufacturer, (Sept 2025)
* Survived the "nail" test - the safest battery in the world
* twice as dense as LFP Batteries

Increasing density of cells is alredy 3 times commercial versions.

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Hugh Butler @hughbutler35.bsky.social · 14d

While "gamechanger" is a common cliche. Sometimes announcements come along worthy of the word.
In April, CATL, the worlds largest battery manufacturer announced
* A range of 520 kilometers (km) with a five-minute charge
* Can go from 5% to 80% charge in 15 minutes in cold weather.

What price likely for batteries - wright law strikes relentlessly

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Hugh Butler @hughbutler35.bsky.social · 16d

especially concerning climate change and vaccines.
- In contrast, liberals tend to trust science and follow scientific recommendations.
optimisticstorm.com/mistrust-in-...
In Optimistic Storm, we review the impact of mistrust and how it is driven by fossil fuel companies and other bad actors.

Mistrust in Science Increasing - due to Politics, Covid & social media

Mistrust in Science Increasing driven by political polarization, amplified by partisan media and social media algorithms.

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Hugh Butler @hughbutler35.bsky.social · 16d

- Mistrust varies across different groups, including age, rural vs. urban populations, and political affiliations.
- A key factor in science trust is political ideology.
- Conservatives and those with authoritarian beliefs are more likely to distrust scientific information,

Mistrust in Science Increasing - due to Politics, Covid & social media

Mistrust in Science Increasing driven by political polarization, amplified by partisan media and social media algorithms.

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Hugh Butler @hughbutler35.bsky.social · 16d

Mistrust in science has been on the rise for decades.
- This growing mistrust is primarily fueled by political polarisation.
- It's amplified by partisan media and social media algorithms.
- The spread of misinformation contributes to the lack of trust.
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Hugh Butler @hughbutler35.bsky.social · 20d

Batteries provide more tools to flatten out peaks.
From Prof Jan Rosenow,
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Hugh Butler @hughbutler35.bsky.social · 20d

Mega batteries are unlocking the energy revolution.
The electricity system is the largest commodity supply chain in the world that doesn’t feature storage. Every technology benefits from storage. The top 1% of peak hours are 8% of your bill. The top 10% of hours are 40% of your bill.

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Hugh Butler @hughbutler35.bsky.social · 21d

My book OptimisticStorm.com looks at the challenge. Happening now. Households don't want to support the gas lobby.

Commercialising Innovative Technologies - Optimistic Storm

Commercialising Innovative Technologies is an area of work by Dr Hugh Butler for the past 40 years. IT, Renewable Energy, Health.

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Hugh Butler @hughbutler35.bsky.social · 21d

Not many are talking about what happens as houses change from gas to electricity. Saving big. But what happens to all those existing pipelines? Will the companies try to get consumers to pay?

optimisticstorm.com/stranded-gas...

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Hugh Butler @hughbutler35.bsky.social · 23d

How much land is needed by solar to power the world?
Golf courses use more land than solar power.
Australia, about 0.016% of land area (About 1 hundredth of one per cent).
interactive.carbonbrief.org/factcheck/so...
In my book OptimisticStorm.com Part 1 - The End of the Fossil Fuel era.

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Hugh Butler @hughbutler35.bsky.social · 28d

RMI have these out to 2070. Little change by 2030, gone by 2070
My view in OptimisticStorm.com "Part1 End of fossil fuel" is faster than IEA. Prediction is hard.

Commercialising Innovative Technologies - Optimistic Storm

Commercialising Innovative Technologies is an area of work by Dr Hugh Butler for the past 40 years. IT, Renewable Energy, Health.

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