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    Europa hat „vielleicht noch sechs Wochen Treibstoff übrig“, sagt der Leiter der Energieagentur gegenüber AP

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    1. yahoonews on

      [AP reports:](https://uk.news.yahoo.com/europe-maybe-6-weeks-jet-105138513.html?ncid=redditnewsus) Europe has “maybe 6 weeks or so (of) jet fuel left,” the head of the International Energy Agency said Thursday in a wide-ranging Associated Press interview, warning of possible flight cancellations “soon” if oil supplies remain blocked by the Iran war.

      IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol painted a sobering picture of the global repercussions of what he called “the largest energy crisis we have ever faced,” stemming from the pinch-off of oil, gas and other vital supplies through the Strait of Hormuz.

      “In the past there was a group called ‘Dire Straits.’ It’s a dire strait now, and it is going to have major implications for the global economy. And the longer it goes, the worse it will be for the economic growth and inflation around the world,“ he said.

      The impact will be “higher petrol (gasoline) prices, higher gas prices, high electricity prices,” Birol told AP, with some parts of the world “hit worse than the others.”

    3. drainfrog_92 on

      Wild how vulnerable everything is to one chokepoint. Honestly, one tiny thing we could do as individuals is rethink short-haul flights and use trains more when possible. Wonder if airlines will preemptively cut routes.

    4. GKGriffin on

      The high-speed rail network that should solve this exact problem had a drafts multiple times in the last 30 years. Europe-s unwillingness to invest itself is going to lead exactly this kind of situation. This is not just the problem of people getting poorer and we are getting behind. It’s an existential threat, hopefully this one will be a wake up and not just another fuel to populism.

    5. derekcz on

      Good, let the industry collapse. Fucking nothing has been done to cut dependencies on painfully obviously unstable „partners“

    7. Far_Government_9782 on

      Countries are going to have to put the ban hammer on short-haul flights, so that we can at least keep those flights for which there is no real alternative.

      I wonder if there is scope for making fuel go further by lightening planes. Luggage weight limits could be lowered. Perhaps we could start weighing people and their luggage together! I’m amazed at how much stuff some people drag onto planes.

    8. restore_democracy on

      And Trump is blockading the strait. Sounds like it’s time to go open it.

    12. Vegetable-War-4199 on

      Could truly bugger up the football world cup if it happens, teams won’t even be able to get there from Europe

    14. Nerioner on

      Last week it was 3 weeks left so i guess we’re improving lol

      Honestly reading news feels like reading the bible these days… you can find news report that suits you in the moment and don’t you worry about all the contradictions around

    16. shadownlight19 on

      Guys, hear me out!

      What if.. instead of using jet fuel travelling by airplane… we instead use something like.. trains?

      I must not be the crazy one here right?

    17. RelevanceReverence on

      Fantastic, the airlines have been enjoying tax free fuel since the marshal plan of world war two. Let them innovate or die, no bailouts this time.

      Go buy some electric planes, you greedy bastards.

    18. BasvanS on

      How much do we normally stock?

      Not that I care about the aviation industry. Let the short haul collapse and give us an incentive for better train service.

    20. Latter-Effective4542 on

      Yeah… I saw a video about this recently. 20% of the world’s fuel goes thru the Strait of Hormuz, but that’s 30% for jet fuel. They only keep stockpiles of fuel for several months, and the last time they got any thru there was February 26th or so.

    22. mildlyinconsistent on

      Sadly it’s cheaper to fly in Europe than taking the long distance trains.

    24. dege283 on

      Well, there are countries where trains are actually working fine. The problem is that if you want to travel from Berlin to Milan, it takes ages to get there, while with a flight it takes 1:30 hours.

      I would love to travel more by train (and indeed I did it when I was in Italy, trains are exceptional cheap, on time and most of them are new) but for long distance it is still better to fly.

    26. InfectedAztec on

      1st thing to do is actually start making private jets pay carbon tax like the rest of us. Why should they expect any government protection from global proce shocks when they dont contribute anything?

    27. umyselfwe on

      what no refineries in europe making kerosene, especially since its use for home heating.

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