The Coming Food Catastrophe

Re:The Coming Food Catastrophe by thematrixturtle on Friday May 20, 2022 @03:36AM (#31444416)

Nope, most Western countries have inflation in the 8% range, although as always you can quibble about what's being measured etc.

Also, Russia has already turned off the gas taps to Poland, Bulgaria and by the end of this week most likely to Finland. However, European countries can substitute (with varying degrees of pain), while it's physically impossible for Russia to export that gas elsewhere, meaning any cuts to exports hit them hard in the pocketbook.

At the end of the day, it's pretty much the world vs Russia right now, and the world will absorb the economic blows better than Russia can.

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Re:The Coming Food Catastrophe by nevermindiguess on Saturday May 21, 2022 @02:41AM (#31455788)

You just left about 4 billion people out of your definition of “world”. China, India, and many more counties that are not against Russia. I find that very arrogant but also reflective of where the “western world” stands right not. This arrogance and self-supremacy must be broken. And that’s what Russia is just doing.

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Re:The Coming Food Catastrophe by karmakurtisaani on Saturday May 21, 2022 @09:08AM (#31457538)

There is no comparable gas pipeline infrastructure to those countries, that's the problem for Russia.

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