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Matt Simmons on Peak Oil
Matt Simmons on Peak Oil
“The System Is Broken”: Boots-on-the-Ground View by a US Manufacturer on the Supply Chain Chaos
“The System Is Broken”: Boots-on-the-Ground View by a US Manufacturer on the Supply Chain Chaos “We are simply limited to what our suppliers tell us we can have. It really isn’t supposed to work this way!” For what seems like a long time now, Wolf Street has been discussing the apparently never-ending shortages that US […]
Experts Are Warning That Empty Shelves And Food Shortages Are Going To Continue For Many Weeks To Come
Experts Are Warning That Empty Shelves And Food Shortages Are Going To Continue For Many Weeks To Come The term “return to normal” is being thrown around a lot these days, but will things ever truly return to the way that they were before the pandemic came along? I don’t think so. From an economic standpoint, an […]
Supermarkets Alter Layouts, Use Decoys to Fill Gaps Left by Shortages
Supermarkets Alter Layouts, Use Decoys to Fill Gaps Left by Shortages While chaos reigns in supply chains, grocery stores are trying to present an appealing and seemingly organized front for customers. To do so, some are turning to age-old tricks of the trade, and developing new ones, to cover up gaps on the shelves. That […]
Relief from High Prices Unlikely, Analysts Say Ahead of Consumer Inflation Data Release
A customer shops for meat at a Safeway store in San Francisco, Calif., on Oct. 4, 2021. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) Relief from High Prices Unlikely, Analysts Say Ahead of Consumer Inflation Data Release With investors closely eyeing two major data releases this week on inflation—one on producer input costs and the other on consumer prices—Wells Fargo […]
Farmers Wait Weeks For John Deere Parts As Strikes Paralyze Midwest Factories
Farmers Wait Weeks For John Deere Parts As Strikes Paralyze Midwest Factories Multiple John Deere dealerships report part delays for tractors and heavy equipment amid an ongoing strike of more than 10,000 members of the United Auto Workers union at 12 of Deere’s Midwest factories and facilities, according to Bloomberg. Dealerships note that customers face weeks-long […]
Intermission: The Machine Stops?
Intermission: The Machine Stops? ‘I have seen the hills of Wessex.’ “The Machine,” they exclaimed, “feeds us and clothes us and houses us; through it we speak to one another, through it we see one another, in it we have our being. The Machine is the friend of ideas and the enemy of superstition: the […]
Truckers Wanted
Truckers Wanted It seems that the state of Florida is doing more to address the supply chain crisis than the entire Biden Administration. The American Trucking Association reported that their industry now has a record shortage of 80,000 drivers. Truck drivers are essential to maintaining a steady supply chain, and despite the climate change narrative, […]
Why Supply Chain Disruptions Will Persist
Why Supply Chain Disruptions Will Persist Just-in-time (JIT) is a production model used by companies to create items for immediate demand. The point of JIT is to avoid the waste associated with overproduction. But when supply chain snarls appear, JIT has become a significant headache for US companies such as Ford who has had to […]
“Transitory” Shortages & Inflation Are Actually Your Quality Of Life Being Stolen Right Before Your Eyes
“Transitory” Shortages & Inflation Are Actually Your Quality Of Life Being Stolen Right Before Your Eyes The Washington Post published an op-ed urging Americans dealing with product shortages to lower their expectations. My response? Don’t settle. Failed policies have our country devolving. There’s no doubt our country has all of a sudden slipped into the […]
Shortages & Hyperinflation Lead to Total Misery
SHORTAGES & HYPERINFLATION LEAD TO TOTAL MISERY At the end of major economic cycles, shortages develop in all areas of the economy. And this is what the world is experiencing today on a global basis. There is a general lack of labour, whether it is restaurant staff, truck drivers or medical personnel. There are also […]
China Export Curbs On Fertilizer Could Worsen Global Food Price Shock
China Export Curbs On Fertilizer Could Worsen Global Food Price Shock China’s move to impose export restrictions on fertilizers will be felt worldwide. Beijing’s increased scrutiny comes as global fertilizer markets have been battered by plant shutdowns and skyrocketing prices that may continue to boost food inflation well into 2022. Chinese Communist Party officials have called for […]
Here’s Why Energy Prices & Shortages Are Going Berserk | Art Berman
Here’s Why Energy Prices & Shortages Are Going Berserk | Art Berman Energy is suddenly headline news. Oil, which traded at negative prices for a brief moment last year due to the global economic slowdown caused by the pandemic, is now expected by a number of analysts to hit $100/barrel soon. Europe is worried about […]
Blackout Warning For Delhi If Coal Supply Not Restored In 2 Days
Blackout Warning For Delhi If Coal Supply Not Restored In 2 Days Over half of India’s 135 coal-fired power plants, which in total supply around 70 per cent of the country’s electricity, have fuel stocks of less than three days Power Crisis: Coal-fired power plants are facing shortage of coal There could be a blackout […]
The Current Supply Chain Crisis Could Throw The Global Economy Off Course!
The Current Supply Chain Crisis Could Throw The Global Economy Off Course! Be ready! The current supply chain crisis is becoming noticeable to most at this point and it could toss the entire global economy off course. With just the right problem, we could all be facing shortages that would make the toilet paper incident […]
