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Supply Chain Disruptions: The Risks and Consequences
Supply Chain Disruptions: The Risks and Consequences By now the impacts of supply chain disruption are becoming all too familiar: shortages, inflation, factory closures, goods waiting at ports to be unloaded. All these impacts are serious enough, but another more-hidden concern lurks just beneath the surface: the impact of supply chain failure on national security, […]
With A Third Of French Gas Stations Experiencing “Supply Shortages”, Energy Giant Seeks Urgent Wage Talks
With A Third Of French Gas Stations Experiencing “Supply Shortages”, Energy Giant Seeks Urgent Wage Talks Just days after we reported that France had tapped its strategic fuel reserves to resupply a growing number of gas stations that had run dry due to a nearly two-week long strike of refinery workers, with Government spokesman Olivier Veran urging […]
The Most Valuable Form of Money Nobody’s Seen–Yet
The Most Valuable Form of Money Nobody’s Seen–Yet What is “money”? “Money” is a claim on the essentials of life. Ration cards are claims on essentials. Many people expect “money” will soon be tied to commodities. Agreed. It’s called a ration card that grants the holder the right to buy a specific quantity of essential goods at […]
Rationing Has Already Started In Europe As The Entire Globe Plunges Into A Horrific Economic Nightmare
Rationing Has Already Started In Europe As The Entire Globe Plunges Into A Horrific Economic Nightmare If countries in Europe are already beginning to ration certain things due to “supply problems”, how long will it be before it starts happening in the United States? Up until the past couple of years, many of us in […]
3 Sustainable Ways To Reduce Your Dependence on the Supply Chain
3 Sustainable Ways To Reduce Your Dependence on the Supply Chain It’s no secret that the supply chain disruptions have created global impacts on us. Many of us are feeling the burn of soaring food prices and are ready to do what is necessary to continue to feed our families. It’s not about choice, it’s about survival, […]
World Has Just ’10 Weeks’ of Wheat Supplies Left in Storage, Analyst Warns
A combine drives over stalks of soft red winter wheat during the harvest on a farm in Dixon, Illinois, on July 16, 2013. (REUTERS/Jim Young) World Has Just ’10 Weeks’ of Wheat Supplies Left in Storage, Analyst Warns The world has only about 10 weeks of wheat supplies left in storage amid the conflict in Ukraine and […]
Now We Are Being Told To Expect Food And Diesel Shortages For The Foreseeable Future
Now We Are Being Told To Expect Food And Diesel Shortages For The Foreseeable Future If you think that the food and diesel shortages are bad now, then you will be absolutely horrified by what the globe is experiencing by the end of the year. All over the planet, food production is being crippled by […]
Widespread US Diesel Shortages Send Crack Spreads To Mindblowing Highs
Widespread US Diesel Shortages Send Crack Spreads To Mindblowing Highs Global stocks of refined petroleum products have fallen to critically low levels as refineries prove unable to keep up with surging demand especially for the diesel-like fuels used in manufacturing and freight transportation. The result has been a surge in prices refiners receive for selling […]
Will You Starve to Death This Year?
Will You Starve to Death This Year?
World’s Largest Fertilizer Company Warns Crop Nutrient Disruptions Through 2023
World’s Largest Fertilizer Company Warns Crop Nutrient Disruptions Through 2023 The world’s largest fertilizer company warned supply disruptions could extend into 2023. A bulk of the world’s supply has been taken offline due to the invasion of Ukraine by Russia. This has sparked soaring prices and shortages of crop nutrients in top growing areas worldwide; […]
U.S. East Coast Diesel Supply Is Running on Fumes
U.S. East Coast Diesel Supply Is Running on Fumes The horizon south of the Statue of Liberty is interrupted by the silhouettes of several oil-tank farms. New York harbor is the home of Wall Street and financial wizardry, but it’s also the place where old-school oil traders still buy and sell refined petroleum products the […]
Shortages of a Few Items Now Will Evolve Into Shortages of Hundreds of Products Later in 2022
Shortages of a Few Items Now Will Evolve Into Shortages of Hundreds of Products Later in 2022
“Stock-Outs” Begin: Austrian Energy Giant Limits Diesel Spot Sales Until Further Notice
“Stock-Outs” Begin: Austrian Energy Giant Limits Diesel Spot Sales Until Further Notice Earlier this week, we quoted the heads of some of the world’s biggest independent energy trades, who spoke at the FT Commodities Global Summit in Lausanne, Switzerland and unveiled a dire forecast for the diesel market: “The thing that everybody’s concerned about will be diesel […]
This War Marks the End of Cheap Resources
This War Marks the End of Cheap Resources Image credit: Miguel Bruna via Unsplash It’s time to bust some myths. Ones, like “we have all the natural resources we want” and “we live in an a world of abundance”. Or if something does become unavailable, then surely a replacement will come online and magically scale up […]
Loss of Russian Oil Leaves a Void Not Easily Filled, Straining Market
Loss of Russian Oil Leaves a Void Not Easily Filled, Straining Market Global production will take time to ramp up, so the U.S. and other buyers will chase limited supplies, creating upheaval unseen in decades. A Rosneft refinery. Russia is the world’s No. 3 oil producer, after the United States and Saudi Arabia.Credit…Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg HOUSTON […]
