Wonderful piece Olivia, and thanks for mentioning the importance of fertilizer. My whole career was based on the agricultural industry, and most people have no idea how any reduction in nitrogen will negatively affect food production here at home and abroad. It could be devastating, especially in developing countries.
This is the clearest explanation yet why all past presidents have been “weak” when it comes to Iran. Nope. They foresaw the consequences; the dim bulbs in the admin and Congress seemed to have missed them.
Olivia is correct. I have not heard a single word about the global loss of fertilizer due to closing the SOH. We all will be casualties of this obnoxious "war."
So a humanitarian crisis, plus archeology controlling people, plus inhumanity, plus lonliness and isolation. This is how the eorld ends. 10, 9, 8, ....
To save lives and to bring the cost of living down to humanitarian values, get all of the MAGA regime out of USA government... Instead of talking about it tell us what are you going to do about ot and how we can stop the idiots in Washington DC?
The IEA has coordinated the largest release of oil reserves ever, where 32 member countries are releasing 400 million barrels to dampen the rising prices as a result of the conflict in Iran.
Will there be rationing like in India, where you fill up every other day, or will it be replaced with Russian oil? Does Norway have oil left over? How would rationing affect the stock market?
I was a teen during the 1970s oil crisis. We had even/odd days and even limits on how much gas you could buy. It shook the stock market and inflation spiked.
Yes, food and everything will increase because of the gas prices being higher! In my town gas went up a dollar a gallon from week before this started and the next week. I'm glad I have a hybrid but I still need gas too!
If one didn't know better, one might think all these consequences were omissions by our own regime. For the most part, I imagine that's the case.
However, in the realm of dictators needing to sow chaos and division, there's a part of me that wonders if it's actually be design. It's a long line of dominoes ready to fall, as you point out here. Coincidence, or intentional, for the trump crime family?? Hmmm, hard to say for sure.
“This chain reaction is exactly what security planners have warned about for decades. Military planners have long recognized the danger posed by a threat to the Strait of Hormuz. It is one of the most dangerous strategic chokepoints in the world, not just because of its geography, but because so many global systems depend on it at once.”
Have all the military planners left the government?
There is plenty of fertilizer, just not the kind that helps in growing food crops. The B.S. from this ignorant, incompetent, criminal, and fascist regime is very abundant, enough to endanger the US economically, politically and internationally.
This latest tRump war of choice, emboldened by the illegal attack on Venezuela, could very well initiate WWlll. Already there are 20 Gulf State countries involved in one way or another. The NATO countries are keeping a watchful eye out and defending their stake in it. The US will find no easy way out and we will be looking over our shoulder for some time to come for jihad revenge from Iran or it proxies. Do not count out terrorism domestically for Iran sympathizers. Russia is laughing all the way to the bank since Putin's useful idiot just lowered the sanctions on Russian oil. They now can sell it to better finance their war in Ukraine. The loser: the US, thanks to idiot felon, fascist, liar, malignant narcissist tRump.
Thank you Olivia. We need this information in this context.
Wonderful piece Olivia, and thanks for mentioning the importance of fertilizer. My whole career was based on the agricultural industry, and most people have no idea how any reduction in nitrogen will negatively affect food production here at home and abroad. It could be devastating, especially in developing countries.
Thanks Olivia for sharing your wealth of experience and expertise and for reminding us of the story everyone else is not reporting on fertilizer.
Wow, fertilizer. Who woulda thunk that? Lots of knock on effects to play out from this self-imposed hubris-driven Iran debacle. Thanks Olivia.
Another terrific piece. Thanks again, Olivia.
This is the clearest explanation yet why all past presidents have been “weak” when it comes to Iran. Nope. They foresaw the consequences; the dim bulbs in the admin and Congress seemed to have missed them.
Congress was not consulted (not that it would have made a difference)
If they had been consulted, the consequences would have been brought up, for sure.
"The Story Most People Are Missing: Fertilizer."
Olivia is correct. I have not heard a single word about the global loss of fertilizer due to closing the SOH. We all will be casualties of this obnoxious "war."
So a humanitarian crisis, plus archeology controlling people, plus inhumanity, plus lonliness and isolation. This is how the eorld ends. 10, 9, 8, ....
To save lives and to bring the cost of living down to humanitarian values, get all of the MAGA regime out of USA government... Instead of talking about it tell us what are you going to do about ot and how we can stop the idiots in Washington DC?
Hiding under covers
Nobody's missing fertilizer story.. covers white house.
And fewer yet are believing the BS being thrown our/their way by this lunatic president.
The IEA has coordinated the largest release of oil reserves ever, where 32 member countries are releasing 400 million barrels to dampen the rising prices as a result of the conflict in Iran.
Will there be rationing like in India, where you fill up every other day, or will it be replaced with Russian oil? Does Norway have oil left over? How would rationing affect the stock market?
I was a teen during the 1970s oil crisis. We had even/odd days and even limits on how much gas you could buy. It shook the stock market and inflation spiked.
I was also there, and recall the same.
Yes, food and everything will increase because of the gas prices being higher! In my town gas went up a dollar a gallon from week before this started and the next week. I'm glad I have a hybrid but I still need gas too!
Thanks for connecting the dots, Olivia.
If one didn't know better, one might think all these consequences were omissions by our own regime. For the most part, I imagine that's the case.
However, in the realm of dictators needing to sow chaos and division, there's a part of me that wonders if it's actually be design. It's a long line of dominoes ready to fall, as you point out here. Coincidence, or intentional, for the trump crime family?? Hmmm, hard to say for sure.
“This chain reaction is exactly what security planners have warned about for decades. Military planners have long recognized the danger posed by a threat to the Strait of Hormuz. It is one of the most dangerous strategic chokepoints in the world, not just because of its geography, but because so many global systems depend on it at once.”
Have all the military planners left the government?
There is plenty of fertilizer, just not the kind that helps in growing food crops. The B.S. from this ignorant, incompetent, criminal, and fascist regime is very abundant, enough to endanger the US economically, politically and internationally.
This latest tRump war of choice, emboldened by the illegal attack on Venezuela, could very well initiate WWlll. Already there are 20 Gulf State countries involved in one way or another. The NATO countries are keeping a watchful eye out and defending their stake in it. The US will find no easy way out and we will be looking over our shoulder for some time to come for jihad revenge from Iran or it proxies. Do not count out terrorism domestically for Iran sympathizers. Russia is laughing all the way to the bank since Putin's useful idiot just lowered the sanctions on Russian oil. They now can sell it to better finance their war in Ukraine. The loser: the US, thanks to idiot felon, fascist, liar, malignant narcissist tRump.