Archive for the 'Collapse' Category
BASF CEO: Banning Russian Energy Imports Could Throw Germany Into Historic Crisis
April 9th, 2022Via: Reuters: Germany could face its biggest economic crisis in nearly 80 years should imports of Russian gas and oil be stopped or disrupted in the long-term, the chief executive of BASF, one of the country’s biggest electricity consumers, said. “This could throw the German economy into its biggest crisis since the end of World […]
The Global Fertilizer Shortage Means That Far Less Food Will Be Grown All Over The Planet In 2022
April 9th, 2022Via: Economic Collapse Blog: A fertilizer shortage has added to growing concerns about the Ukraine war’s impact on the price and scarcity of certain basic foods. Combined, Russia and Belarus had provided about 40% of the world’s exports of potash, according to Morgan Stanley. Russia’s exports were hit by sanctions. Further, in February, a major […]
“Will Famine Emerge by Year End? Yes.”
April 8th, 2022Via: Peak Prosperity:
Manure Supplies Run Short as Fertilizer Prices Soar
April 6th, 2022Just pull up to a Biden press conference and haul off as much as you need. Via: Reuters: For nearly two decades, Abe Sandquist has used every marketing tool he can think of to sell the back end of a cow. Poop, after all, needs to go somewhere. The Midwestern entrepreneur has worked hard to […]
U.S. Stops Russian Bond Payments, Raising Risk of Default
April 5th, 2022Via: Reuters: The United States stopped the Russian government on Monday from paying holders of its sovereign debt more than $600 million from reserves held at U.S. banks, in a move meant to ratchet up pressure on Moscow and eat into its holdings of dollars. Under sanctions put in place after Russia invaded Ukraine on […]
UK Sleepwalking Into Food Crisis As Fresh Produce Set To Vanish From Supermarkets
April 1st, 2022Via: ZeroHedge: The National Farmers’ Union has warned the UK is sleepwalking into a food security crisis. Soaring energy and fertilizer costs have led to an unprecedented situation where growers’ margins have collapsed, forcing many to halt growing operations. Reuters says because of the inclement weather in the UK. Farmers grow cumbers, plant peppers, aubergines, […]
GERMANY: GAS RATIONING
March 30th, 2022Via: Reuters: Germany triggered an emergency plan to manage gas supplies on Wednesday under which Europe’s largest economy could ration power if a standoff over a Russian demand to pay for fuel with roubles disrupts or halts supplies. Moscow’s insistence on rouble payments for the Russian gas that meets a third of Europe’s annual energy […]
Hunter Biden Laptop Disaster in Congress
March 30th, 2022BREAKING: FBI Cyber Chief can't find Hunter Biden's laptop… pic.twitter.com/sZrJcc9IWR — Rep. Matt Gaetz (@RepMattGaetz) March 29, 2022 Via: New York Post: It’s now an official matter of record. Material from Hunter Biden’s infamous laptop was entered into the Congressional Record on Tuesday at the request of Rep. Matt Gaetz. The Florida Republican made the […]
Disney Theme Parks No Longer Address Visitors as ‘Ladies and Gentleman, Boys and Girls’ but Instead as ‘Dreamers’ and ‘Friends’
March 30th, 2022Via: Daily Mail: A Disney executive in charge of content vowed to up the ante on gender politics during an all-hands meeting, promising that at least half of the characters in its productions will be LGBTQIA or from racial minorities by the end of the year. General entertainment president Karey Burke said during a company-wide […]
Scientists Find Microplastics in Blood for First Time
March 26th, 2022Via: PhysOrg: Scientists have discovered microplastics in human blood for the first time, warning that the ubiquitous particles could also be making their way into organs. The tiny pieces of mostly invisible plastic have already been found almost everywhere else on Earth, from the deepest oceans to the highest mountains as well as in the […]
