Sri Lanka
It's still spring and the food shortages (and inflation) in Sri Lanka have already boiled over. The shortages there are not related to the War in Ukraine which has yet to impact the future food supply.
No, the food shortages there are a preview of what happens when the Global Greens are empowered to implement "Green" agriculture.
The police have collapsed, citizens are burning politicians homes and the government has ordered the Army to shoot to kill. Unfortunately, the people of Sri Lanka don't have the ability to shoot back.
This is a preview of the world after the "Great Reset". Click the pic and watch the video... people here in the US thought that ANTIFA was tough... wait till the rural folks bring bulldozers and excavators to the "mostly peaceful protests".
India
This week, India joined the growing number of countries that have banned food exports and are hoarding for their own citizens.
Though we tend to associate India with rice production, India is also the 2nd largest wheat producer. However, with a population of over 1.4 Billion, most of that is consumed domestically.
Diesel Fuel
This week, the price of diesel hit a historic record high with prices increasing over 76% in the past year. At the same time, fuel inventories hit a 17 year low.
The situation in the Northeast is even worse. The EIA said distillate fuel oil inventories in the so-called PADD 1 district that covers the Northeastern states fell by 1.1 million barrels last week to just 21 million barrels, the lowest ever recorded. To put this in perspective... that is only a 3 DAY supply.
Please don't try to tell me this is because of the amazing Biden economic recovery or the War in Ukraine. The price of Diesel at the end of 2019 (when the economy was genuinely booming) was $3.069/gal. By February of this year it was $4.104, a 30% increase even though the economy is limping with 'supply chain issues'.
Baby Formula
Seriously, the richest nation on planet Terra can't produce baby formula. Some of this is self-inflicted by the Biden Admin.
Media is claiming this is the fault of evil Abbott Labs but the reality is that the FDA shut down the Abbott Labs Michigan plant (the largest in the country) over three months ago based on a whistleblower accusation and has yet to address the alleged issues and allow the plant to reopen. The shortage is likely to continue for the rest of 2022.
Bette Midler recently quipped "Try breastfeeding" to ridicule the women who can't find formula. I wonder how that would work out for Mayor Pete.