"Worst Industrial Crisis in Living Memory"

The head of the International Chamber of Commerce has warned “From a business perspective, we believe this could yet become the worst industrial crisis in living memory.”

(Yes, "unplugging" civilization might have that effect...)

https://www.dawn.com/news/1985261

🚨 Farm Crisis Paves Way for Synthetic Biology: GMO Microbes Deploying Now

The current energy and fertilizer crisis is rapidly becoming a food crisis. Farmers face impossibly exploding input costs while crop prices lag, pushing many to the edge of viability.

As fertilizer is unaffordable, Pivot Bio and others are aggressively scaling gene-edited nitrogen-fixing microbes onto millions of acres of U.S. farmland -- right now. This is the first wave of synthetic biology replacing natural soil microbiomes, creating new dependencies with no easy undo.

In this urgent, raw report, I connect the dots between the Hormuz-driven nitrogen shortage and the accelerating biotech recolonization of agriculture.

Substack: https://unshadowed.substack.com/p/farm-crisis-paves-way-for-synthetic
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5exsAlakjI

Russia's Kirill Dmitriev warns the "most severe energy crisis in human history is approaching."

He has also some choice words about the UK and EU leadership's terrible decisions which will inevitably now lead to empty gas pumps, industrial collapse, unemployment, and unprecedented crisis.

Russia Stops Exports of Gasoline as Energy Crisis Accelerates

Russia — who was responsible for 11% of global gasoline exports prior to sanctions — has just stopped their exports through at least July 31st.

The biggest impacted importers are African countries (Nigeria, Libya, Ghana), Brazil, and Turkey.

source: https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/russia-introduce-ban-gasoline-exports-april-1-govt-says-2026-03-27/

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 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

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

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

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

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)

( ... anyone want to go in on a fishing sailboat with me? Seems we'd have the market cornered! )

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

Who is redirecting Europe's energy?

I reported last week that European ports were not allowing oil/fuel to be unloaded from tankers. Now the diesel scheduled to arrive is being redirected. Who is cutting Europe off to engineer an energy crisis?

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)

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

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

"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