I knew those QR codes would come in handy.
Potential Food and Energy Shortage Across the World
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I knew those QR codes would come in handy.
Yeah, we all got used to using them to order our food during COVID. Why not gas as well? It's all very normal, right?
I have no doubt that these scripts would be based on Orwell's book, 1984. We had been always at war with Oceania and the like 
Aww! the government always looking for our own good!
BBC prepares secret scripts for possible use in winter blackouts
Aww! the government always looking for our own good!
BBC prepares secret scripts for possible use in winter blackouts
If Russia.... Right, should had been said "if we mess up enough for Russia to cut off the rest of the gas supplies to Europe"
What else could go wrong that he is not saying it?
People usually call emergency services because is necessary... Best advice is to get out of the cities, emergency services won't be there for violence between citizens, I suppose.
Buy now its become a Global condition ready to burst under the control of the hands of the previous cycles of economic chaos.
Fashion Industry Gets Torn by Europe’s Soaring Energy Bills
The surge in natural-gas and electricity prices has imperiled thousands of small factories and workshops that supply brands such as Gucci and H&M. The cost of gas, said one Italian fabric dyer, has become ‘a monster that’s devouring us.’
www.wsj.com
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There is an old saying... If US caught the flu, México will get pneumonia.
So then, not if only US... Due to globalization, it will reach every cornear of the world.
"contraction" is a nice word...reminds me of that podcast from years ago SOTT Podcast: Signs of the Economic Apocalypse - Update, certain words that are used in the economic news so as not to scare people, but the crude reality will hit us. Still applies the recomiendations given. Worth hearing it.
The prices of products and food are rising almost every day.
The Persian lemon, a seedless lemon widely consumed by all mexicans, in 2019 costs around $11 pesos per kilo (. 55 dollar)... A few months ago it was around $90 pesos per kilo (4.5 dollars)... The price has gone down, saw it at the store few days ago for $45 pesos (2.2 dollars). Still high, though.
Thousands of mexicans earn $170 pesos (no more than 9 dollars per day)
The price of tortillas has increased from October 2020 to October 2022, taking into account the price in Mexico City, by 45%.
Source: Monthly Information on Daily Tortilla Prices in Tortilla Stores and Self-Service Stores in Mexico
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I have noticed another detail. At Jalisco State - at the less warm climate zones - berries - cherries, raspberries, blackberries - began to be cultivated at least a decade ago (before they were only imported) and very expensive, a luxury.
In recent years, until a couple of months ago, one could buy berries in small food stores or at stop traffic lights - - yes, fruit is sold here at stop traffic lights - - These berries, it is known that they were the ones that did not pass the quality test as an export product and were at a good price, and we - people - do not mind much.... A container of 1L used to cost $35-40 pesos (2 dollars)... The export ones are still sold in the supermarket, no more than 20 pcs of raspberries for $79 pesos (4 dollars)
and, I haven't seen them anymore at the stop traffic lights or at the small stores... I think all of them, the pretty ones and the not so pretty ones, are being exported.
Too bad, I really like raspberries, I still buy them but not that often due the high price.
Those eyes to this as well:
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The joke is funny, my first reaction is to laugh.... Then it hits me the crude situation...
Better keep laughing
the C's told us to enjoy the show, this will pass as well. Better to pass it in good mood.
Two more stories to add to the fire:
A nuclear reactor in Finland won't be coming online after they found damage 'in pumps located in the so-called turbine island at the heart of the nuclear reactor's power production'.
The reactor was supposed to come online in 2009 but has been suffering delays ever since.
And, over in Alaska, following the alleged loss of '7 billion snow crabs', shortages and price hikes are thought to be inevitable. One researcher blames a combination of sea ice loss coupled with overfishing.
Obviously a lack of snow crabs isn't going to cause people to go hungry, but the knock on effect that this loss of income and business will have, might.
Articles can be found here:
www.sott.net
www.sott.net
A nuclear reactor in Finland won't be coming online after they found damage 'in pumps located in the so-called turbine island at the heart of the nuclear reactor's power production'.
The reactor was supposed to come online in 2009 but has been suffering delays ever since.
And, over in Alaska, following the alleged loss of '7 billion snow crabs', shortages and price hikes are thought to be inevitable. One researcher blames a combination of sea ice loss coupled with overfishing.
Obviously a lack of snow crabs isn't going to cause people to go hungry, but the knock on effect that this loss of income and business will have, might.
Articles can be found here:
Damage at nuclear reactor in Finland expected to delay unfinished plants startup -- Sott.net
Damage has been detected in the feedwater pumps of Finland's Olkiluoto 3 (OL3) nuclear reactor during maintenance work, which will likely delay the commissioning of the plant and the startup of regular production, operator TVO said on Tuesday....
www.sott.net
7 BILLION crabs 'disappear' from Bering Straits in last 4 years, industry faces ruin with shortages & price increases already occuring -- Sott.net
The future of one of the Discovery Channel's most successful franchises is under severe threat following the news that Alaska's lucrative snow crab fishing season has been canceled. Deadliest Catch has aired on the network since April 2005 and...
www.sott.net
XPan
The Living Force
Latest Inflation Graphics • Europe
September 2022
That the Netherlands (17.1%) and Hungary (20.7%) have such high inflation numbers, surprised me.
24.1% - Estonia
22.5% - Lithuania
22.0% - Latvia
20.7% - Hungary
17.8% - Czech Republic
17.1% - Netherlands
15.7% - Poland
15.6% - Bulgaria
13.6% - Slovakia
13.4% - Romania
12.6% - Croatia
12.1% - Greece
12.1% - Belgium
11.1% - Denmark
10.9% - Germany
10.9% - Austria
10.6% - Slovenia
10.3% - Sweden
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September 2022
That the Netherlands (17.1%) and Hungary (20.7%) have such high inflation numbers, surprised me.
24.1% - Estonia 22.5% - Lithuania 22.0% - Latvia 20.7% - Hungary 17.8% - Czech Republic 17.1% - Netherlands 15.7% - Poland 15.6% - Bulgaria 13.6% - Slovakia 13.4% - Romania 12.6% - Croatia 12.1% - Greece 12.1% - Belgium 11.1% - Denmark 10.9% - Germany 10.9% - Austria 10.6% - Slovenia 10.3% - Sweden...
Of those coincidences that coincide.
What data if any would be happening while that failed? I wonder.
Another issue with submarine cables, the other Subsea cable CUT in Shetland, major incident declared
France: An Internet cable in the south of the country went down yesterday at 20:30 UTC, impacting the connectivity of submarine cables to Europe, Asia & the US and causing data packet loss & increased website response latency.
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At 23:00 UTC, it was confirmed that the incident impacted 3 links: Marseille-Lyon, Marseille-Milan & Marseille-Barcelona.
1 of the links has been restored, but Zscaler technicians continued to observe packet loss & latency for some destinations.
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What data if any would be happening while that failed? I wonder.
Another issue with submarine cables, the other Subsea cable CUT in Shetland, major incident declared
France: An Internet cable in the south of the country went down yesterday at 20:30 UTC, impacting the connectivity of submarine cables to Europe, Asia & the US and causing data packet loss & increased website response latency.
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At 23:00 UTC, it was confirmed that the incident impacted 3 links: Marseille-Lyon, Marseille-Milan & Marseille-Barcelona.
1 of the links has been restored, but Zscaler technicians continued to observe packet loss & latency for some destinations.
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Magnolia
Jedi
October 12, 2022 14:15 Moscow, Putin stated:
"The attack on the Nord Streams has set an extremely dangerous precedent, which shows that any critical piece of transport, energy or communications infrastructure is under threat, regardless of its location, management or whether it lies on the seabed or on land."
October 14, 2022 In conclusion of his working visit to Kazakhstan, answering journalist questions, Putin stated:
"After the terrorist attack on the Crimean Bridge, what can you say about the security measures at strategic infrastructure facilities like railway stations, airports, gas pipelines, or power plants? Are we able to protect them?"
Breitbart had an article on Oct 10, More Infrastructure Sabotage: Germany Hunts Culprits of Cut Cables That Brought Rail Network to Knees, where the author reviews the German incident and a few other recent infrastructure incidents.
- Communications cables concerned with the Germany Railway radio system, safety-critical equipment......were “willfully and intentionally severed” on Oct 9, 2022 by people with “very precise knowledge of the railway’s radio system.” The two cables damaged were 340 miles apart from each other and cut simultaneously. “To pull this off, you have to have very precise knowledge of the railway’s radio system." German general Carsten Breuer warns [that] ..... networks that transmit power and data and underpin modern life ..... are extremely vulnerable to attack. He told the German press: “Every substation, every power plant, every pipeline can be attacked, can be a possible target."
- In 2019, a radio station and radio transmitter were burnt down in France. In 2020, 50,000 people lost internet access in the greater Paris region after telephone and data cables were cut.
- In 2021, a series of apparently connected attacks were directed at telephone and internet services in France, with sabotage on several nights seeing data company work vans burnt out, fibre optic cables destroyed, and a communications tower destroyed.
- In early April, [2022] .... major sabotage of a power station and nine power lines on two consecutive nights left thousands of homes and a semiconductor factory without power. Just days later, several French cities were left totally without internet after major data cables in several different locations were cut in the same night. It was said that the coordinated strike was by “people who know the network”.
SOTT references additional incidents:
- the Norwegian undersea fiber optic cable cut that serves more than 100 satellite antennas (Jan 2022),
- surveillance cables 'disappearing' off the coast of northern Norway (reported Nov 2021, possibly occurring 7-8 months earlier),
- and an article Undersea Internet Cables Cut AGAIN! pointing out numerous 'coincidences' (three separate undersea communications cables severed at three points in the Red Sea then a cable severed off the coast of Kenya (2021), 3 cable cuts off Egypt and Dubai (Feb 2008), then 3 more cuts shutting down 60-70% of internet and mobile communications cut in Egypt and India (Dec 2008), and more.
Following the first spate of damaged cables in January and February 2008, the issue was brought up in a session with the Cs on 21 March 2008 (Q&A is at the end of the session):
The article is worth reading.
Olivierlejardinier
Jedi Council Member
What surprises me is the relatively low figure for France, 6.2%, which will not last forever...That the Netherlands (17.1%) and Hungary (20.7%) have such high inflation numbers, surprised me.
Note also that the European average is equivalent to that of Germany, what a symbol!!
You may have noticed that "inflation" started with the "energy crisis". Energy production/access is directly linked to "inflation". Despite half of its nuke reactors being "down" for "maintenance", France is perceived to be better positioned than all other EU nations because of its large number of reactors. Hence low "inflation".
Olivierlejardinier
Jedi Council Member
Macron calls on EU states to prepare for difficult 2023-2024 winter without Russian gas
PARIS, October 21. /TASS/. French President Emmanuel Macron has called on EU countries to prepare spending the winter of 2023-2024 without Russian gas and work to lower energy prices. He was speaking at a press conference following the EU summit in Brussels, which was broadcast by the press service of the Elysee Palace."We have a double challenge: to lower prices compared to today and empower ourselves to provide a mechanism to prepare for next winter. It [the next winter] will not be easier than this one, on the contrary - we take into consideration that we will have to do without Russian gas at all. So, we must bring down the price as soon as possible and at the same time be able to get through the winter of 2023-2024," he said.
In this regard, according to Macron, the summit participants agreed on the need to establish a new European price index for gas.
Macron said he is convinced that the current index on Europe's largest gas exchange (Title Transfer Facility, TTF virtual hub) "does not correspond to the reality of the current gas market" and is too susceptible to the actions of traders.
"We supported the proposal of the European Commission to create a new price index, which will allow us to have a real-time indicator that is more honest than the TTF index," he said.
"This is the first point. The second point is the creation of a series of price corridors to avoid market volatility," he added.
