Consequences of the 2026 fuel crisis

[old man emu]

Expect many lines of groceries to become scarce, especially frozen vegetables. Frozen veggies are now mostly imported, and that requires ships which require fuel.

[onetrack]

We export 100,000 tonnes of carrots (mostly from W.A.) to the rest of the world annually, and 48,000 tonnes of that goes to the Middle East.

But the blockage of the SoH has effectively blown up that market, with $2M worth of Australian carrots currently on the water, unable to reach its destination.

 

There will be serious losses for Australian carrot growers if the blockade continues, and there will be a lot of people in other parts of the world who will go without food, because of the blockade.

I'd rather be here, than in a place relying on Australian produce, right at present. And we have no need to import frozen veggies, we can grow all we need right here.

 

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-20/middle-east-conflict-may-end-some-carrot-farmers/106474078

[Marty_d]

At least the crew won't get scurvy.

They may end up the same colour as Trump if they eat all those carrots though.

[old man emu]

3 hours ago, onetrack said:

And we have no need to import frozen veggies, we can grow all we need right here.

We used to grow all the veggies we needed until our canneries were sold off and shut down by international corporations.

[facthunter]

What about those Wascally Wabbits? Nev