Strait of Hormuz disruptions: Implications for global trade and development |

The Strait of Hormuz is one of the world’s most critical maritime chokepoints, carrying around a quarter of global seaborne oil trade and significant volumes of liquefied natural gas and fertilizers.

UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
Strait of Hormuz disruptions: Implications for global trade and development |

The Strait of Hormuz is one of the world’s most critical maritime chokepoints, carrying around a quarter of global seaborne oil trade and significant volumes of liquefied natural gas and fertilizers.

UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

Faced with the reduced supply of urea, the capitalist market has a solution.
The pun Oro - Orina Is lost in translation: Gold - Urine.
The cartoon is of a pawnbroker's that previously bought gold items, with a queue of people waiting to sell their piss.
Not so far fetched!
From @revista

#Hormuz #urea

Beef Prices Hit New Highs!

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These days watching the news, I'm constantly reminded that an adult produces 1.5 L of urine daily, requesting 11 kg of urea and 0.77 kg of hydrogen gas per year.

Straights of Hormuz needn't be involved for agricultural urea production.

#urea #fertilizer #wastewater

#Urea and #ammonia are critical components of
#nitrogen fertilizers and #sulfuric acid is an essential input for producing phosphate fertilizers. chart @JPMorganAM
Moir's View ...

The vulture awaits ....

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Why The U.S.-Iran War Is A Threat To The World’s Farmers

https://vid.freedif.org/w/tb596Bju1TPPYrQ9Aef6WU

Why The U.S.-Iran War Is A Threat To The World’s Farmers

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Deep strike #drones successfully hit large #Russian chemicals plant supplying country’s explosives production

Attack on #Metafrax #Chemicals in Perm Krai carried out overnight Feb 16-17 by deep strike specialists from #SBU’s Alpha unit , which regularly strikes deep in #Russian territory

Facility makes #methanol, #urotropine, #urea, #pentaerythritol production (precursors for weapons-grade explosives) is under international #sanctions

https://kyivindependent.com/sbu-strikes-chemical-factory-used-for-explosives-production-deep-inside-russia/

#RussianInvasion #Ukraine #war

SBU strikes chemical factory used for explosives production deep inside Russia

The attack on the Metafrax Chemicals plant in Perm Krai was carried out overnight between Feb. 16-17 by deep strike specialists from the SBU's Alpha unit.

The Kyiv Independent