Ejner Borgbjerg1d ago
William Lindsey 

"On one side of the world the US and Israel are pursuing an ill-conceived attack on Iran that has hugely impacted the flow of fossil fuel in the region. This is already having a grim impact on daily life in many nations, jacking up the price of oil and gasoline, and threatening the availability of fossil-fuel-based fertilizer for spring planting."

~ Rebecca Solnit

#Trump #Iran #war #oil #gas #FossilFuels #environment #ClimateChange #ecology
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https://www.meditationsinanemergency.com/if-fossil-fuels-are-war-renewables-can-bring-peace/

If Fossil Fuels Are War, Renewables Can Bring Peace

On one side of the world the US and Israel are pursuing an ill-conceived attack on Iran that has hugely impacted the flow of fossil fuel in the region. This is already having a grim impact on daily life in many nations, jacking up the price of oil and gasoline,

Meditations in an Emergency
Mar 21 at 6:20pmWeb
Show threadWilliam Lindsey 2d ago

"On the other side of the world, beginning in California and the Southwest and now spreading across the continent, an unprecedented heat wave has produced shocking temperatures for mid-March, with dire implications for agriculture, wildfire, snowpack and water flow. These two things are related. The climate is a crisis because for far too long we've burned too much fossil fuel."

#Trump #Iran #war #oil #gas #FossilFuels #environment #ClimateChange #ecology
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Show threadWilliam Lindsey 2d ago

The Guardian offers a valuable rundown of the various ways in which Trump's illegal war of choice against Iran is now affecting the economies of national globally, as well as the lives of the citizens of the nations mentioned here.

#Trump #Iran #war #oil #gas
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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/20/iran-war-shocks-across-globe-effects-key-takeaways

How the Iran war has sent shocks rippling across the globe

From restaurant closures in the Philippines and petrol rationing in Sri Lanka, to Asian food production crises due to fertiliser shortages, the effects of the US-Israeli war on Iran reverberate around the world

The Guardian
Show threadChris L2d ago
@wdlindsy not only is Sri Lanka having queuing for petrol but they have declared every Wednesday a national holiday to reduce commuting and energy use. People have gradually started getting solar and they get about half their energy from a large hydropower dam, but still very dependent on USD denominated oil imports.
Show threadMJ Muse1d ago
@wdlindsy now Trump's Middle East "excursion" is burning oil into the atmosphere