Diesel is trading at over $200/barrel...
People say oil is the lifeblood of the economy...
But the backbone of our economy runs on diesel:
- ~80% of US freight by weight
- ~80% of global trade moves by sea
- Most farming
- Most mining
In other words, everything is about to get more expensive.
Brace for inflation.
The diesel crisis has now reached a new level of catastrophe.
Saudi is no longer selling oil, diesel and gas to Europe.
Instead, they are now trying to buy gas and diesel from Europe and the Mediterranean.
Yemen just bombed the Yanbu Oil Terminal once again.
Ras Tanura is shut down. Jazan is shut down. The East West Pipeline has been destroyed.
Europe themselves are on the verge of a serious diesel crisis.
They will most likely turn down Saudi's request to buy diesel.
Saudi is now launching brutal airstrikes across Yemen.
47 civilians killed.
Ansar Allah has promised devastating retaliation against Saudi energy sites in the next 48 hours.
The situation is going to get even worse for them.
Streets in many countries have started to burn because of diesel shortages.
Riots are becoming more violent in Syria.
France has extended emergency fuel aid for farmers, fishermen and construction workers.
Blood banks, ICU ventilators and ambulances have stopped functioning completely in many hospitals around the world.
Number of deaths among patients is rising drastically.
In India, a hospital in Pune ran out of fuel in the middle of an operation.
The whole world is on the verge of a dangerous collapse.
JP Morgan ha escrito esto del que habla todo el mundo:
US diesel prices officially rise to a new record of $6.40/gallon, now up over +88% in 9 months.
Truck drivers are now paying $3.00 more per gallon for diesel than they were in January in the midst of peak demand season.
The average gas price in the US is now up to $4.44/gallon, ~13% away from a new record high.
Market expectations for additional rate hikes are rising.
Abrazos,
PD: Me ha encantado esto de Eva Galan:
Estoy comiendo y en la mesa de al lado hay un padre con su hijo pequeño.
El niño no para de hacerle preguntas. Y él responde a todas. Sin mirar el móvil ni una vez.
Al levantarme le digo: “Qué paciencia tiene usted”.
Me mira y responde algo que me dejó pensando…
“No es paciencia. Es que sé que algún día dejará de preguntarme.”
Me cuenta que tiene otros dos hijos mayores.
Uno vive fuera. El otro trabaja y tiene su propia vida.
Los ve, hablan y se llevan bien.
Pero ya no le dicen “papá, mira esto” veinte veces al día.
Y me dice:
“Cuando son pequeños darías cualquier cosa por cinco minutos de tranquilidad. Cuando crecen, darías cualquier cosa por recuperar cinco minutos de aquel ruido.”
Quizá nuestros hijos no necesitan que les demos tantas cosas.
Quizá necesitan que dejemos de mirar otras cosas mientras todavía nos están mirando a nosotros.