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A convenient excuse for the severe fuel and fertilizer shortage caused by the US / Israeli war ?
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However, rationing and reserves crisis management had started weeks ago, and some shops now openly allow for a limited number of certain items (usually 3 or 5) per household.
Many people (... like those who believe everything, fear the virus, and got the shot) have a mind like a dog, and they start panicking uncontrollably when they see empty shelves.
Perception management ...
Ah well, my nation has a long tradition of producing our own manure, fertilizers and have stable imports of phosphor from Finland so this little crisis made in the US should not be that hard for us to get through.
M anufacturers and grocery store chains have some (limited) storage capacity, including the goods currently on the move. Most states have storage facilities for staple foods that can cushion temporary issues. But this will not last long, until the shortage hits the shelves.
But Western food supplies basically rests on constant supplies from producers all over the world (most have harvest and winter seasons, as you know ...). If you check, you find reports about crop failures from China to South America. Add to that the fertilizer "shortage", the very probably loss of the whole Ukrainian harvest season, and Russian food export bans. And on top of that the diesel fuel shortage - industrial agriculture does not run on lithium batteries yet ...
In short, this might take weeks or months to become really visible for the last simpleton, but much longer to rectify.