Israel has just hit Iran's 3 largest STEEL factories at Mobarakeh, Esfahan, and Khuzestan (among other infrastructure).
Iran has vowed in response to target steel production in other countries.
For those of you keeping track at home — yes, this too, was in the #AbsoluteZero decarbonization plan: phasing out of new steel (and cement).
They're really not hiding it at all...
- @iceagefarmer
Iran has vowed in response to target steel production in other countries.
For those of you keeping track at home — yes, this too, was in the #AbsoluteZero decarbonization plan: phasing out of new steel (and cement).
They're really not hiding it at all...
- @iceagefarmer
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Iran Steel Struck as Record Ethanol Mandates Push Food Prices Higher
The Trump administration just finalized record-high biofuel mandates for 2026–2027, pushing even more U.S. farmland toward fuel instead of food.
This comes as Israel struck three of Iran’s largest steel production facilities (accounting for roughly 60% of the country’s steel output), moves that align with long-standing Absolute Zero decarbonization timelines.
Meanwhile, Russia is halting gasoline exports, Vietnam is accelerating its switch to E10 ethanol, and global food prices are projected to rise 12–18% by the end of 2026--even if the Hormuz crisis ended tomorrow.
Input costs are exploding everywhere: fertilizer, fuel, and freight are making traditional farming economically unviable in multiple countries.
A raw look at how converging shocks are accelerating the technocratic and decarbonization agenda.
Substack: https://unshadowed.substack.com/p/iran-steel-struck-as-record-ethanol
YouTube: https://youtu.be/LeYmf3z9Jb0
The Trump administration just finalized record-high biofuel mandates for 2026–2027, pushing even more U.S. farmland toward fuel instead of food.
This comes as Israel struck three of Iran’s largest steel production facilities (accounting for roughly 60% of the country’s steel output), moves that align with long-standing Absolute Zero decarbonization timelines.
Meanwhile, Russia is halting gasoline exports, Vietnam is accelerating its switch to E10 ethanol, and global food prices are projected to rise 12–18% by the end of 2026--even if the Hormuz crisis ended tomorrow.
Input costs are exploding everywhere: fertilizer, fuel, and freight are making traditional farming economically unviable in multiple countries.
A raw look at how converging shocks are accelerating the technocratic and decarbonization agenda.
Substack: https://unshadowed.substack.com/p/iran-steel-struck-as-record-ethanol
YouTube: https://youtu.be/LeYmf3z9Jb0
Substack
Iran Steel Struck as Record Ethanol Mandates Push Food Prices Higher
The technocratic agenda accelerates
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Egypt imposes CURFEW to counter fuel costs
Welcome to the energy lockdowns.
Egypt has ordered shops, restaurants and shopping malls to close at 9pm in order to save energy.
https://www.france24.com/en/egypt-imposes-business-curfew-to-counter-soaring-fuel-costs
Welcome to the energy lockdowns.
Egypt has ordered shops, restaurants and shopping malls to close at 9pm in order to save energy.
https://www.france24.com/en/egypt-imposes-business-curfew-to-counter-soaring-fuel-costs
France 24
Egypt imposes business curfew to counter soaring fuel costs
In tonight's edition: Egypt orders shops, restaurants and shopping malls to shut their doors from 9:00pm on Saturday as it hopes to cushion the blow of energy prices that have more than doubled because…
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Plastics Crisis: 22% of global plastics supply affected by Strait of Hormuz
Prices have already risen 15% and companies inside supply chains are buying up as much product as they can.
“The uses of petrochemicals are wide-ranging and, essentially, impact everything we use and consume. It would be hard to identify something that didn’t have an oil or natural gas-based component unless it was constructed entirely of wood.”
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/28/iran-war-strait-of-hormuz-petrochemicals-oil-plastics.html
Prices have already risen 15% and companies inside supply chains are buying up as much product as they can.
“The uses of petrochemicals are wide-ranging and, essentially, impact everything we use and consume. It would be hard to identify something that didn’t have an oil or natural gas-based component unless it was constructed entirely of wood.”
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/28/iran-war-strait-of-hormuz-petrochemicals-oil-plastics.html
CNBC
Worried about Strait of Hormuz inflation to come? The world economy has one word for you: Plastics
Worried about consumer inflation to come from Strait of Hormuz closure? The economy has one word for you other than oil: plastics.
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Egypt's 9pm Energy Curfew as Rice Prices Double & Dutch Fishing Halted [VIDEO]
Egypt has imposed a 9PM energy curfew, forcing businesses, malls, and restaurants to shut down early “to save energy.”
At the same time, rice prices have doubled in the Philippines, the Dutch fishing fleet has largely stopped sailing due to diesel costs, plastics production is facing major disruptions from the Hormuz crisis, and farmers in Australia are running out of fuel during harvest.
From energy lockdowns to grounded fleets and surging food prices, the energy crisis is rapidly turning into a food crisis--while accelerating the broader technocratic agenda.
Substack: https://unshadowed.substack.com/p/egypts-9pm-energy-curfew-as-rice
YouTube: https://youtu.be/HfBGezrvhm8
Egypt has imposed a 9PM energy curfew, forcing businesses, malls, and restaurants to shut down early “to save energy.”
At the same time, rice prices have doubled in the Philippines, the Dutch fishing fleet has largely stopped sailing due to diesel costs, plastics production is facing major disruptions from the Hormuz crisis, and farmers in Australia are running out of fuel during harvest.
From energy lockdowns to grounded fleets and surging food prices, the energy crisis is rapidly turning into a food crisis--while accelerating the broader technocratic agenda.
Substack: https://unshadowed.substack.com/p/egypts-9pm-energy-curfew-as-rice
YouTube: https://youtu.be/HfBGezrvhm8
Substack
Egypt's 9pm Energy Curfew as Rice Prices Double & Dutch Fishing Halted
Egypt has imposed a 9PM energy curfew, forcing businesses, malls, and restaurants to shut down early “to save energy.”
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Half of Dutch fleet idle as European fishing hit by high diesel prices
"The fishing industry is emerging as an early European casualty of soaring diesel costs amid the Iran war, with at least half the Dutch fleet staying in port this week."
"Fish will disappear from the menu."
— as indeed has been the plan of the technocrats to eliminate traditional farming, ranching, fishing and take total control of food.
(reuters)
"The fishing industry is emerging as an early European casualty of soaring diesel costs amid the Iran war, with at least half the Dutch fleet staying in port this week."
"Fish will disappear from the menu."
— as indeed has been the plan of the technocrats to eliminate traditional farming, ranching, fishing and take total control of food.
(reuters)
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( ... anyone want to go in on a fishing sailboat with me? Seems we'd have the market cornered! )
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EU Tells Citizens: Travel Less - Energy Crisis Now Unstoppable [VIDEO]
The EU has just told citizens to "travel less" as it prepares for prolonged energy shortages from the Strait of Hormuz closure.
JP Morgan’s timeline shows the final pre-closure oil shipments in the coming days.
Dutch gas storage is already at a historic low of 5.8%, EU fishing fleets are tying up because diesel is too expensive, and critical supply chains (fertilizer, chicken feed, plastics, pharmaceuticals) are breaking. This is no longer a price spike--it’s a tsunami of crises. What we’re seeing now was predictable, and the scripted "solutions” being rolled out were planned long ago by the technocrats.
Grow your own food and build local resilience while you still can.
https://unshadowed.substack.com/p/eu-tells-citizens-travel-less-energy
https://youtu.be/6DLeAM8X_wQ
The EU has just told citizens to "travel less" as it prepares for prolonged energy shortages from the Strait of Hormuz closure.
JP Morgan’s timeline shows the final pre-closure oil shipments in the coming days.
Dutch gas storage is already at a historic low of 5.8%, EU fishing fleets are tying up because diesel is too expensive, and critical supply chains (fertilizer, chicken feed, plastics, pharmaceuticals) are breaking. This is no longer a price spike--it’s a tsunami of crises. What we’re seeing now was predictable, and the scripted "solutions” being rolled out were planned long ago by the technocrats.
Grow your own food and build local resilience while you still can.
https://unshadowed.substack.com/p/eu-tells-citizens-travel-less-energy
https://youtu.be/6DLeAM8X_wQ
Substack
EU Tells Citizens: Travel Less - Energy Crisis Now Unstoppable
The tide has gone out. What comes next was planned long ago.
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Air travel grinding to a halt — as openly planned by the technocrats in the name of de-carbonization and now "energy crisis" — as thousands of flights are cancelled.
(source)
(source)
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Australia has only 33.1 days of jet fuel remaining officially (6d of which hasn't arrived in port yet).
Cancelling flights can only stretch that out so much.
Get where you want to be.
- @iceagefarmer
Cancelling flights can only stretch that out so much.
Get where you want to be.
- @iceagefarmer
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IAE head: fuel shortages expected in Europe
“This crisis is worse than the two oil crises of the 1970s and the loss of Russian gas in 2022 put together,” Birol said.
“More than 12 million barrels per day of oil supply has been lost so far due to the Middle East crisis. The biggest problem is the lack of jet fuel and diesel, already affecting Asia and expected to reach Europe in April–May,” he noted.
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/world-news/middle-east-crisis-worse-than-the-1970s-oil-shocks-and-2022-russian-gas-disruption-combined-iea-chief-birol-says-40-key-energy-assets-damaged/articleshow/129947708.cms?from=mdr
“This crisis is worse than the two oil crises of the 1970s and the loss of Russian gas in 2022 put together,” Birol said.
“More than 12 million barrels per day of oil supply has been lost so far due to the Middle East crisis. The biggest problem is the lack of jet fuel and diesel, already affecting Asia and expected to reach Europe in April–May,” he noted.
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/world-news/middle-east-crisis-worse-than-the-1970s-oil-shocks-and-2022-russian-gas-disruption-combined-iea-chief-birol-says-40-key-energy-assets-damaged/articleshow/129947708.cms?from=mdr
The Economic Times
‘Middle East crisis worse than the 1970s oil shocks and 2022 Russian gas disruption combined,’ IEA chief Birol warns
The world is witnessing unprecedented turmoil in energy markets as tensions in the Middle East escalate beyond previous oil crises. With over 12 million barrels of oil gone, jet fuel and diesel shortages are currently plaguing Asia and are anticipated to…
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"You will see a massive decline in yield and acres"
Rising costs and fertilizer shortages are already reshaping planting decisions for US farmers, says one record-holding farmer growing corn and soybeans, along with barley, oats, triticale, and wheat on 650-acres in Hickory, North Carolina.
“I think you will see a massive decline in both yield and acres,” he predicted. “Some farmers are abandoning leases, some are switching crops and others are just using fewer inputs. I think [February's] yield numbers are a pipe dream at this point with even tillage being reduced with fuel prices.
“This is really going to be an exciting year to see if the USDA takes these things into consideration in future report numbers or if they keep them inflated. [IAF: Expect the USDA to mostly keep yields inflated until post-harvest downward revisions—much like gov does with GDP & employment numbers]
For fertilizer, he said, the price impact “has been immediate and severe. For many growers, fertilizer represented 40% of operating costs in 2025 and price increases in this critical input directly affect planting decisions, long-term viability, and the livelihoods of farm families.”
#fertilizer #WarOnFarms
https://agfundernews.com/nc-farmer-weighs-in-as-persian-gulf-fertilizer-crisis-widens-you-will-see-a-massive-decline-in-yield-and-acres
Rising costs and fertilizer shortages are already reshaping planting decisions for US farmers, says one record-holding farmer growing corn and soybeans, along with barley, oats, triticale, and wheat on 650-acres in Hickory, North Carolina.
“I think you will see a massive decline in both yield and acres,” he predicted. “Some farmers are abandoning leases, some are switching crops and others are just using fewer inputs. I think [February's] yield numbers are a pipe dream at this point with even tillage being reduced with fuel prices.
“This is really going to be an exciting year to see if the USDA takes these things into consideration in future report numbers or if they keep them inflated. [IAF: Expect the USDA to mostly keep yields inflated until post-harvest downward revisions—much like gov does with GDP & employment numbers]
For fertilizer, he said, the price impact “has been immediate and severe. For many growers, fertilizer represented 40% of operating costs in 2025 and price increases in this critical input directly affect planting decisions, long-term viability, and the livelihoods of farm families.”
#fertilizer #WarOnFarms
https://agfundernews.com/nc-farmer-weighs-in-as-persian-gulf-fertilizer-crisis-widens-you-will-see-a-massive-decline-in-yield-and-acres
AgFunderNews
NC farmer weighs in as Persian Gulf fertilizer crisis widens: ‘You will see a massive decline in yield and acres’
“Most of the farmers I met and spoke with over the last month are not secured for their spring fertilizer,” says Russell Hedrick.
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Quercus Bio, a new startup AgTech company whose co-founders have previous funding connections with BlackRock and Google Ventures, is using AI to create "designer mini-proteins" which enter "target plants" and kill them.
They expect to replace glyphosate and other herbicides, as weeds have become increasingly resilient -- and, as they note, face too much regulatory scrutiny and consumer acceptance problems.
Rather than move to regenerative approaches and permaculture polycultures, they seek to 'fail forward' with even an more mad scientist approach on the "resistance treadmill." And as a bonus, they can do so without any regulation or oversight (as with the GMO microbes that are deploying now to replace fertilizer).
They expect to replace glyphosate and other herbicides, as weeds have become increasingly resilient -- and, as they note, face too much regulatory scrutiny and consumer acceptance problems.
Rather than move to regenerative approaches and permaculture polycultures, they seek to 'fail forward' with even an more mad scientist approach on the "resistance treadmill." And as a bonus, they can do so without any regulation or oversight (as with the GMO microbes that are deploying now to replace fertilizer).
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Sony announced that it's suspending fulfillment of all orders for nearly its entire SD and CF express memory card product lines "due to the global shortage of semiconductors (memory) and other factors."
This is not random. This comes on the back of consumer memory manufacturers announcing they will shift production to big expensive chips for GPUs — in other words, the big data centers.
What is happening is a shift at the semiconductor production level away from powerful consumer devices (laptops/desktop/cameras), towards cloud-only devices.
Soon there will only be "thin" devices that interact with cloud services that, like Sam Altman openly described, will be metered like utilities — because there won't even be components available for consumer devices.
This pushes your data—your documents, photos, videos—into the hands of the technocrats, where it is surveilled, shared with intelligence agencies, and used to train their AI models — and ensures no one will be able to run powerful AI models locally.
They want to centralize and control everything.
This is how you are losing your #RightToCompute. Silently. Gradually. And Relentlessly.
Build local.
- @iceagefarmer
This is not random. This comes on the back of consumer memory manufacturers announcing they will shift production to big expensive chips for GPUs — in other words, the big data centers.
What is happening is a shift at the semiconductor production level away from powerful consumer devices (laptops/desktop/cameras), towards cloud-only devices.
Soon there will only be "thin" devices that interact with cloud services that, like Sam Altman openly described, will be metered like utilities — because there won't even be components available for consumer devices.
This pushes your data—your documents, photos, videos—into the hands of the technocrats, where it is surveilled, shared with intelligence agencies, and used to train their AI models — and ensures no one will be able to run powerful AI models locally.
They want to centralize and control everything.
This is how you are losing your #RightToCompute. Silently. Gradually. And Relentlessly.
Build local.
- @iceagefarmer
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Engineered Energy & Food Crisis? Interview on RCR Media with Paul Brennan [VIDEO]
Yesterday I joined Paul Brennan on RCR Media to discuss how the current energy crisis is rapidly turning into a food crisis, the scripted nature of these events, and most importantly, how we can respond with local resilience and human creativity instead of fear or dependence.
Originally aired April 3, 2026 here: https://rcr.media/episodes/christian-westbrook-independent-journalist-engineered-energy-food-crisis/
With thanks to Paul Brennan and the RCR crew.
Substack: https://unshadowed.substack.com/p/engineered-energy-and-food-crisis
YouTube: https://youtu.be/iJ7lNNmiH4U
Yesterday I joined Paul Brennan on RCR Media to discuss how the current energy crisis is rapidly turning into a food crisis, the scripted nature of these events, and most importantly, how we can respond with local resilience and human creativity instead of fear or dependence.
Originally aired April 3, 2026 here: https://rcr.media/episodes/christian-westbrook-independent-journalist-engineered-energy-food-crisis/
With thanks to Paul Brennan and the RCR crew.
Substack: https://unshadowed.substack.com/p/engineered-energy-and-food-crisis
YouTube: https://youtu.be/iJ7lNNmiH4U
YouTube
Engineered Energy & Food Crisis? Christian Westbrook on RCR Media with Paul Brennan
Christian Westbrook joins Paul Brennan on RCR Media for an interview. We discuss how the current energy crisis is rapidly turning into a food crisis, the scripted nature of these events, and most importantly, how we can respond with local resilience and…
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Food Crisis' Silver Lining: End Meat - Oxford Prof Admits [VIDEO]
In a recent New Scientist interview titled “The Global Food System Is Breaking - Here's Why,” Oxford professor Paul Behrens called the crisis a needed "global disaster" and the "silver lining" that will finally push through long-planned dietary shifts (like only eating beef every two weeks) and break farming's link to fossil fuels.
From the horse’s mouth: they openly say the coming hardship is "the push they've been waiting for," with "dietary changes" labeled as "the biggest lever."
Watch as the conversation quickly shifts from real problems to using this crisis as leverage for technocratic control over what ends up on your plate.
Substack: https://unshadowed.substack.com/p/food-crisis-silver-lining-end-meat
YouTube: https://youtu.be/nAxDJ9AtobU
In a recent New Scientist interview titled “The Global Food System Is Breaking - Here's Why,” Oxford professor Paul Behrens called the crisis a needed "global disaster" and the "silver lining" that will finally push through long-planned dietary shifts (like only eating beef every two weeks) and break farming's link to fossil fuels.
From the horse’s mouth: they openly say the coming hardship is "the push they've been waiting for," with "dietary changes" labeled as "the biggest lever."
Watch as the conversation quickly shifts from real problems to using this crisis as leverage for technocratic control over what ends up on your plate.
Substack: https://unshadowed.substack.com/p/food-crisis-silver-lining-end-meat
YouTube: https://youtu.be/nAxDJ9AtobU
YouTube
Food Crisis' Silver Lining: End Meat - Oxford Prof Admits
In a recent New Scientist interview titled “The Global Food System Is Breaking - Here's Why,” Oxford professor Paul Behrens called the crisis a needed "global disaster" and the "silver lining" that will finally push through long-planned dietary shifts and…
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Digital Energy Relief Credits: You'll Have No Energy and Be Happy [VIDEO]
The same people who said “you’ll own nothing and be happy” are now running the response to the 2026 energy crisis. The IEA (whose boss chairs the WEF Energy Advisory Board) now has a public scoreboard tracking how governments are reacting: subsidies, tax cuts, flash loans in Australia, France, Spain and beyond.
It’s classic helicopter money…but that can’t last. You can print money. You can’t print food or kilowatt-hours.
Mark my words: next comes Digital Energy Relief Credits — programmable CBDC tokens in your digital ID wallet, good only for approved fuel, temporary, and tracked. Once those credits are scoped or geofenced? You’re living in a 15-minute city whether you like it or not.
The cure they’re offering is worse than the disease.
Start growing your own food. Build real resilience. Stay off the permission layer where you can.
And spread the word — this is happening in plain sight!
Substack: https://unshadowed.substack.com/p/digital-energy-relief-credits-programmable
YouTube: https://youtu.be/cQs1HKoxtMQ
The same people who said “you’ll own nothing and be happy” are now running the response to the 2026 energy crisis. The IEA (whose boss chairs the WEF Energy Advisory Board) now has a public scoreboard tracking how governments are reacting: subsidies, tax cuts, flash loans in Australia, France, Spain and beyond.
It’s classic helicopter money…but that can’t last. You can print money. You can’t print food or kilowatt-hours.
Mark my words: next comes Digital Energy Relief Credits — programmable CBDC tokens in your digital ID wallet, good only for approved fuel, temporary, and tracked. Once those credits are scoped or geofenced? You’re living in a 15-minute city whether you like it or not.
The cure they’re offering is worse than the disease.
Start growing your own food. Build real resilience. Stay off the permission layer where you can.
And spread the word — this is happening in plain sight!
Substack: https://unshadowed.substack.com/p/digital-energy-relief-credits-programmable
YouTube: https://youtu.be/cQs1HKoxtMQ
Substack
Digital Energy Relief Credits: You'll Have No Energy and Be Happy
Fuel subsidies quietly pave the way for scoped digital credits and 15-minute cities
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