Forwarded from Ice Age Farmer
China is ALSO shutting down food processing due to energy shortages/blackouts — this is not about energy. This is about engineering a worldwide famine.
#EnergyCrisis
#EnergyCrisis
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"Could a food shortage be coming?" Record diesel prices are crushing farmers
“I’ve got a tractor hooked up to my corn planter out here, no diesel fuel, and I can’t afford to get any.”
The crushing reality of record diesel fuel prices is pushing farmers to the brink and may affect food availability. <- [READ IT AGAIN]
“We have reached that point to where it is very close to being a sinking ship,” Kotzmoyer, a legislative affairs specialist for the Pennsylvania Farm Bureau, testified to state lawmakers Tuesday. “We are teetering on the edge right now. Food may not be as available because of the fuel price surge."
#EnergyCrisis #FoodShortage #FoodPrices #usa
https://www.mcall.com/news/pennsylvania/capitol-ideas/mc-nws-pa-hearing-inflation-farmers-20220614-d664grvihnfilakimt4wvcy6e4-story.html
“I’ve got a tractor hooked up to my corn planter out here, no diesel fuel, and I can’t afford to get any.”
The crushing reality of record diesel fuel prices is pushing farmers to the brink and may affect food availability. <- [READ IT AGAIN]
“We have reached that point to where it is very close to being a sinking ship,” Kotzmoyer, a legislative affairs specialist for the Pennsylvania Farm Bureau, testified to state lawmakers Tuesday. “We are teetering on the edge right now. Food may not be as available because of the fuel price surge."
#EnergyCrisis #FoodShortage #FoodPrices #usa
https://www.mcall.com/news/pennsylvania/capitol-ideas/mc-nws-pa-hearing-inflation-farmers-20220614-d664grvihnfilakimt4wvcy6e4-story.html
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Louisiana shrimpers face record high diesel prices — (affects not just farmers!)
"Record high diesel prices and competition from cheap, imported shrimp are hitting Louisiana shrimpers in the wallet and driving some of them out of business."
#EnergyCrisis #usa
https://www.djournal.com/news/national/double-whammy-louisiana-shrimpers-face-high-diesel-prices-cheap-imports/article_da8e2746-2469-555a-9ecc-7eac09b9015c.html
"Record high diesel prices and competition from cheap, imported shrimp are hitting Louisiana shrimpers in the wallet and driving some of them out of business."
#EnergyCrisis #usa
https://www.djournal.com/news/national/double-whammy-louisiana-shrimpers-face-high-diesel-prices-cheap-imports/article_da8e2746-2469-555a-9ecc-7eac09b9015c.html
Forwarded from Ice Age Farmer
Forwarded from Ice Age Farmer
Unscheduled power outages result in high chicken mortalities - some farmers give up as Incubators run cold, freezers full of product thaw out, and losses mount.
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Power grid “Load shedding” drops certain zones deemed non-critical — but this is causing farmers to lose their animals!
Deidre Carter, CEO of Agri Limpopo, said one of the organisation’s members had reported losing about 2 000 broiler chickens in a single day due to Eskom’s unilateral load-reduction strategy, while another had decided to leave the poultry industry altogether.
“Load reduction is a lot worse than [rolling blackouts], because one never knows when or how long the power will be out,” she told Farmer’s Weekly.
#EnergyCrisis #SouthAfrica
https://www.farmersweekly.co.za/agri-news/south-africa/unscheduled-power-outages-result-in-high-chicken-mortalities/
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Power grid “Load shedding” drops certain zones deemed non-critical — but this is causing farmers to lose their animals!
Deidre Carter, CEO of Agri Limpopo, said one of the organisation’s members had reported losing about 2 000 broiler chickens in a single day due to Eskom’s unilateral load-reduction strategy, while another had decided to leave the poultry industry altogether.
“Load reduction is a lot worse than [rolling blackouts], because one never knows when or how long the power will be out,” she told Farmer’s Weekly.
#EnergyCrisis #SouthAfrica
https://www.farmersweekly.co.za/agri-news/south-africa/unscheduled-power-outages-result-in-high-chicken-mortalities/
Farmer's Weekly
Unscheduled power outages result in high chicken mortalities
In addition to Eskom’s schedule of rolling blackouts across South Africa, which reached Stage 6 in early July, farmers in Limpopo, North West and Mpumalanga have also been hit by severe and unscheduled power outages referred to as ‘load reduction’.
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European energy crisis has boiled over — things on the continent are about to change, rapidly and more absolutely than most can imagine:
- Germany: is restricting when and how energy companies can declare force majeure;
- France: has just nationalized the nation’s largest energy company, EDF;
- UK: announced they, too, would simply cut off natgas to the EU when supply is short (as the entire cabinet resigns);
- The EU has decided that nuclear and natural gas energy are “green” after all, a semantic change which only marginally lengthens the runway for their ‘decarbonization transition’
These are major moves that signal the hard landing ahead — brace for impact, my friends.
→ Learn about solar/energy systems for your family: @iaf_diy
#EnergyCrisis #EU #Germany #France #UK
- Germany: is restricting when and how energy companies can declare force majeure;
- France: has just nationalized the nation’s largest energy company, EDF;
- UK: announced they, too, would simply cut off natgas to the EU when supply is short (as the entire cabinet resigns);
- The EU has decided that nuclear and natural gas energy are “green” after all, a semantic change which only marginally lengthens the runway for their ‘decarbonization transition’
These are major moves that signal the hard landing ahead — brace for impact, my friends.
→ Learn about solar/energy systems for your family: @iaf_diy
#EnergyCrisis #EU #Germany #France #UK
EURACTIV
Berlin plans to limit claims of ‘force majeure’ in bid to stabilise energy markets
Following reduced gas flows from Russia, German energy companies are struggling under the strain of record energy prices, prompting the German government to tighten its hold on the market.
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Forwarded from Ice Age Farmer
Russia gives notice to EU: thanks for that turbine, but we're still not turning the gas back on!
This is the #EnergyCrisis & #FoodCrisis scenario German ministers have described as "doomsday."
#eu #Germany
This is the #EnergyCrisis & #FoodCrisis scenario German ministers have described as "doomsday."
#eu #Germany
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Europe is in free fall. In the last 12 hours:
- Russia hints NordStream 2 is NOT coming back online.
- German banks adjust models to say "We might survive if houses heat using firewood and we STOP all industry and economic activity (really strong plan guys!)
- Hungary announces ban on export of firewood:
https://musicnewsfirst.com/hungary-bans-the-export-of-energy-and-firewood-from-the-country/
#Eu #EnergyCrisis
- Russia hints NordStream 2 is NOT coming back online.
- German banks adjust models to say "We might survive if houses heat using firewood and we STOP all industry and economic activity (really strong plan guys!)
- Hungary announces ban on export of firewood:
https://musicnewsfirst.com/hungary-bans-the-export-of-energy-and-firewood-from-the-country/
#Eu #EnergyCrisis
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Europe's industry comes screeching to a halt - zinc and aluminum production cut in half — aligns completely with the Absolute Zero agenda, but I'm sure it's just a nasty putin side effect:
#EnergyCrisis #AbsoluteZero
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-07-20/europe-s-power-crunch-cuts-zinc-and-aluminum-capacity-in-half
#EnergyCrisis #AbsoluteZero
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-07-20/europe-s-power-crunch-cuts-zinc-and-aluminum-capacity-in-half
Bloomberg.com
Europe’s Power Crunch Cuts Zinc and Aluminum Capacity in Half
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Europe is accelerating on its path to blackouts.
The Rhine is causing French nuclear plants to shut down, German power plants to reduce output, and petroleum refineries to stop operating — and EU was already at its tipping point with Russian gas.
#EnergyCrisis #Europe
The Rhine is causing French nuclear plants to shut down, German power plants to reduce output, and petroleum refineries to stop operating — and EU was already at its tipping point with Russian gas.
#EnergyCrisis #Europe
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60% of British factories/industry shutting down.
That would be the majority of their productive output. It’s pretty staggering when you think about it. This is a crash, not a soft landing.
Also what do you think this means for agriculture?!
#uk #EnergyCrisis
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-09-02/six-in-10-british-factories-at-risk-of-going-under-as-bills-soar
That would be the majority of their productive output. It’s pretty staggering when you think about it. This is a crash, not a soft landing.
Also what do you think this means for agriculture?!
#uk #EnergyCrisis
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-09-02/six-in-10-british-factories-at-risk-of-going-under-as-bills-soar
Bloomberg.com
Six in 10 British Factories at Risk of Going Under as Bills Soar
Soaring energy bills are threatening to put six in 10 British manufacturers out of business, according to a survey that lays bare the extent of the crisis facing the next prime minister.
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Danes’ backup plan for #EnergyCrisis: blankets.
Someone please explain that UBI is not “Universal Blanket Income.” 🤡❄️
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-09-22/blankets-for-bankers-as-danish-firms-turn-down-office-heating
Someone please explain that UBI is not “Universal Blanket Income.” 🤡❄️
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-09-22/blankets-for-bankers-as-danish-firms-turn-down-office-heating
Bloomberg.com
Danish Banks Hand Out Blankets as Offices Turn Down Heating
Danish banks are handing out blankets to help staff cope with lower office temperatures introduced as part of a push to cut energy usage.