We know what’s coming and we are prepared.
Europeans now cycle more and eat less meat. Rural areas are populated by fewer cows on the ground and more electric cables overhead. Not a single coal miner is left in the EU, but green manufacturing jobs are booming. In short, a 90 percent cut by 2040 has required Europe to remodel its economy, alter its landscapes, and change its lifestyles.
What’s in your fridge in 2040? Probably fewer animal products.
Brussels and national governments have employed a variety of measures to nudge people toward more plant-based meals. Take a closer look at your fridge contents: Maybe there’s emissions labeling on packaging, like a Nutri-Score but for carbon intensity. Perhaps you bought those faux-meat sausages because they were cheaper than the real thing — the introduction of emissions pricing for food has driven up meat prices.
Some governments have introduced measures to halt the rise in living space for the average European as more people live alone, driving up demand for energy and materials. The new measures range from personal CO2 allowances to programs and tax incentives helping couples move into more compact housing once their kids have moved out.
As for longer-distance travel, more people are taking trains where possible. Taxation and carbon pricing have made flights more expensive, so that weekend jaunt to Ibiza, or that business trip to a conference across Europe, isn’t happening as often. https://www.politico.eu/article/your-life-2040-if-eu-climate-plan-work/
WOW 🚨 The Republican Party is protecting Ilhan Omar from accountability
Rep Nancy Mace “I tried to subpoena her immigration records, her brother husband's immigration records, and IT WAS REPUBLICANS that killed my motion”
It’s a Uniparty. One Big Club.
https://x.com/WallStreetApes/status/2029691279555305592?s=20
Iran War & Fuel Rationing – are “Energy Lockdowns” on the way?
The war in Iran is having the impact that most people with any sense knew it would have: The price of oil is going up, and the supply of oil is going down.
Of course, whether or not the latter of these is actually true we will never know, and it’s beside the point. Oil companies will natural take the slightest excuse to price gouge and contrive scarcity for the basest of profit motives.
It also serves a political motive as well, since we know the global political machinery is –
against free travel…...
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https://off-guardian.org/2026/03/16/iran-fuel-rationing-are-energy-lockdowns-on-the-way/
That means that of the 2.1mn tonnes of urea — the world’s most widely used nitrogen fertiliser — that would normally have been loaded for export over the past two weeks, about half has been disrupted.
At the same time, more than 1.1mn tonnes of fertiliser and fertiliser inputs, including 570,000 tonnes of urea, is currently stuck in the Gulf, either being loaded or already on ships, according to Kpler data.
Nitrogen fertilisers, which underpin about half of global food production, are made from ammonia using natural gas, which has soared in price since the war began last month.
The shortages have begun during the northern hemisphere’s planting season, leading industry executives to warn of lower harvests for staples such as rice.
If the disruption continues, “this will be much worse than 2022”, said Veronica Nigh, senior economist at The Fertilizer Institute, a US-based trade group. “The longer the conflict goes on, the more dire the situation will become.”
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With reference to the University of Kent meningitis outbreak. All exams being conducted atm are to be taken online. Campus is open as usual. Outbreak was traced to a canterbury nightclub called club chemistry , popular with students in which 2 students (1- UKC student, 1- Faversham college student) have sadly died.
