Food shortages coming

[UberBastid]

"In May 2022, a number of experts started speaking out about the inevitability of coming food shortages. The United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres warned of "the specter of a global food shortage in coming in months" unless international action is taken." ~ The Economist

It's been said that there is a very thin veneer on civilization. A large city like NY, SF, Seattle, LA -- they miss a couple of meals and shit will hit the fan.
My neighbors and community is ready.
Is yours?

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[Melensdad]

Couple other posts here about this. Good follow up.

Panama is having civil unrest now.
Sri Lanka just had a government overthrow.

Both due to food and fuel shortages/costs.

Natural gas makes the inexpensive nitrogen fertilizer possible but we have skyrocketing NG prices. Literally all NG in Europe is now reserved for electricity generation and home heating and they don't have enough to get through the winter. All the Western European nations have shut down there fertilizer production, so no fertilizer = food shortages, but mostly shortages will be felt the hardest NEXT year.

Here in the America's we have higher NG prices but plenty of supply, so we will have food, albeit at higher prices. Central and South American countries, with high poverty rates, will be hit the hardest with shortages. We will see loaves of bread go up a $1 or more, but we will still be able to get bread, beans, noodles, etc.

Add in the whole DIESEL fiasco and transporting the food is no longer going to be economical. Diesel powers ships, trucks and tractors... literally the entire supply chain. So yeah, the world is going to hell, largely because of the "green energy" transition that our governments are imposing on us little people.

 

[UberBastid]

Couple other posts here about this. Good follow up.

Panama is having civil unrest now.
Sri Lanka just had a government overthrow.

Both due to food and fuel shortages/costs.

Natural gas makes the inexpensive nitrogen fertilizer possible but we have skyrocketing NG prices. Literally all NG in Europe is now reserved for electricity generation and home heating and they don't have enough to get through the winter. All the Western European nations have shut down there fertilizer production, so no fertilizer = food shortages, but mostly shortages will be felt the hardest NEXT year.

Here in the America's we have higher NG prices but plenty of supply, so we will have food, albeit at higher prices. Central and South American countries, with high poverty rates, will be hit the hardest with shortages. We will see loaves of bread go up a $1 or more, but we will still be able to get bread, beans, noodles, etc.

Add in the whole DIESEL fiasco and transporting the food is no longer going to be economical. Diesel powers ships, trucks and tractors... literally the entire supply chain. So yeah, the world is going to hell, largely because of the "green energy" transition that our governments are imposing on us little people.

Everybody should read this again.
NAILED IT.
Great working understanding of macro-economics.

 

[Melensdad]

Everybody should read this again.
NAILED IT.
Great working understanding of macro-economics.

If only the gubmint workers and politicians had the same understanding

 

[UberBastid]

If only the gubmint workers and politicians had the same understanding

Your analysis was actually pretty basic stuff, but well presented.
Logical.
It will escape most.

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