Imagine telling them that Germanic people will be a rich nation or the celts will be part of the world most powerful navy for a time ship made form wood to metals
0:39 David Beasley’s speech 1:23 Global food supply problem in 02.2022 4:14 Ukraine’s agricultural importance 6:04 Egypt’s reliance on import 8:08 No harvesting of wheat 11:53 High risk region 13:21 Lithuania proposing a naval coalition 13:54 Iran Iraq war 17:37 14th April “Moskva” warship sinking 18:28 Turkey and Montreux convention 23:48 Fertiliser production 29:14 Countries that will struggle to feed their population
TLDR the wheels are popping off the globalist truck as it's headed straight into a wall: An entire planet made the ridiculous mistake of relying on a little country near a little sea for its food instead of doing the effort to grow its own, now it's about to pay for its stupidity. Looking at the bigger picture from a perspective of interests, it would have been crazy for Russia not to invade Ukraine at this particular point in time, they were very lucky and / or very smart on it (prolly a mixture of both). Everything's stacked in their favor due to various factors: The timing and circumstances of the attack make up for Russia's poorly trained military and ancient equipment, hence they can continue the war as Ukraine and the West grow weakened and are thus less able to match them.
David Beasley: We need money to distribute food around the world. US government: Let's give $45.000.000.000 to the weapon manufacturers to make more weapons.
Cuz they f_ks dont give a fuk bout the rest of the world they do for self n keep more for theyselves n give as lirtle as they can to the rwst of the world...keep 8...give 2. Keep 18. Give 2. Ya know?
Here in Romania, neighbour of Ukraine, the ukrainians brought a lot of their grain to store it in our silos so they are safe, and it is so much that our farmers won't have any storage space when harvest time comes. The only hope right now is that they will be able to sell their grain until autumn, but to be honest, I highly doubt it. Our crops might end up rotting in the fields as well as the urkainian crops.. God Help Us I guess.
@@MagnaMater2 Aswan dam....Suez canal....cotton, and the fellahs who still farm the Nile, are managing quite well...and Rome used Libya as their bread basket, not Egypt.
That was 2400 years ago, this is the problem with you third worlders you use the past as your source of pride when the past doesn't exist anymore. What have you done since then? barely anything that's what except attack the West with terrorism, rape and disease.
@@scottleft3672As far as I remember it was only during Late Antiquity the provinces of Africa and Cyrene turned the main producers for the army and also - together with Crete - ran the military fleet to deliver the grain. In the Late Republic and the Early Principat it was Egypt that fed the City of Rome directly, because there was a growing food shortage and Caesar, Anthony and Augustus used donations of egyptian grain as political leverage. - Up to Marc Aurel the most important question was, who was the Governor of Egypt, those turning into the most feared men with most influence in Rome. If the - modern - estimations are correct, the whole of northern Africa had only to feed about 8,5 million inhabitants and produced far more grains than it could use. Farmers usually were the last to go hungry ere they invented those seeds one can't replant the next year but has to buy every year, and one is only a crop-failure away from bancrupcy. If Egypt could still easily feed their whole population, there would be no reason to worry, unless there is food-speculation and big scale-hoarding - or they buy it as donations for their southern neighbours. Planting cotton in a population-hotspot is as reckless as planting crops for bio-diesel.
You call this good content? Dude literally said “war in Ukraine.” Go to any city in southern Russia, they are being constantly shelled, then you’ll won’t call this good content anymore because it’s pure bias.
The other country to worry about is Sri Lanka, which is already suffering hyperinflation and massive food shortages, because they rely on Russian, Ukrainian and Indian grain, of which they can get none currently.
Presumably they will be one of the first to get Australia's excess grain this year, given their location. Price will still be higher than usual, due to global markets, but they're within the geographic area that will likely see a stabilisation as supply chains sort themselves out to use what Australia has. Shame he didn't mention the Australian situation briefly in this video, Australia's recovering from drought & has perfect conditions for growing right now. November 2021 saw a tripling of exports compared to Nov 2020 & who knows how much this next season will produce, but it's going to be a LOT, since now/last month or 2 is the planting season, so after the Ukraine situation became apparent, Australia was the first country to be putting wheat into the ground & a LOT has gone in & it's a diverse range of varieties too, with the intention of picking up the exports that Ukraine & Russia usually supply, so you are in a seriously good position geographically in Sri Lanka, I think you're even closer to Australia than Ukraine/Russia, so Australia will have you in mind as a future long term customer & will be looking to secure that by providing everything possible
That's why I laugh at economists who state that the food production of the world is fine, therefore the food levels around the world are fine. Food production is different from food distribution and the latter is the one affecting countries in Africa and Asia.
Great video. Here in South America it is impressive how this crisis has been handled with so much ignorance. I believe that the combined exports of food from Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay could ease the situation in the Middle East or other parts of the world. And somehow our leaders and our people have greatly ignored such oppurtunity, even if simply from a purely economic perspective.
The solution is to break away from Europe if you're not European country. Sort yourselves out like you did before colonialism and farm so you don't rely on Woolworths.
They export to the people who pay more, they are capitalists, also there are shortages in South America too, food is incredibly expensive right now and it's getting worse and worse.
Just a small note related to the percentages of import. When you point out for example that 75% of a countries import of wheat comes from Ukraine, doesn't mean that they lost 75% of their wheat supply, they might as well still produce 90% of their wheat domestically, and import only the remaining 10%, which means they are able to import only 2.5% of those 10. Would be nice to actually get those numbers, as in, how much a country produces by itself and how much is it reliant on imports. Makes a huge difference in my opinion. Not trying to depreciate the impact of all the events, just want to get correct numbers. Great video as always.
That's a BIG assumption you're making about domestic production. And domestic production is readily available. It's weird that you're pretending that it's not just to push your agenda.
@@B3Band What assumption? I was the one asking for more information and clarification about the numbers. If a country imports 90% of its wheat and the imports get cut by 75%, that is huge and a catastrophe as well. But if a country only imports 10% or 15%, imports dropping that much isn't such a big deal. I'm not assuming anything, I'm asking why there is no percentage added next to the countries on how much they actually import and how much they can handle domestically. And what agenda am I pushing? Didn't even argue about anything, just pointing out that the displayed information can have different impact depending on some other factors.
I see Where your Coming from but These are countrys in the middle of the desert and there population is really High so i would assume a big part is imports.
Most countries have _some_ domestic food producrion, especially in poor nations a lot of people get by on subsistence farming, so its certainly not to be negated.
Author, your speech is very clear and competently delivered, as a TV news anchor, my English is not at the highest level, but I understand almost everything without subtitles.
As things get bad over the next decade I expect to see more isolationist and self sufficient movements take over as countries have seen things gone bad due to events outside their control Or in other cases the opposite as some countries become outright client states to survive
There aren't many nations that can support their populations within their borders. Autarky is a pipe dream - at least for levels of society that we currently enjoy. I wonder how all of this will play out.
The myth that globalism is a modern phenomenon is truly insane a prime example is the Silk Road globalization has always existed it is impossible for a nation to 1. Win enough wars and obtain enough territory to meet all of its nations needs 2. Maintain a viable fighting force to do it 3. Keep a population happy enough through constant warfare And these same problems arise from an isolationist pov. Maybe before the internet but it’s impossible now to be fully isolationist
In india, where i live, we used to buy two packets of sunflower oil instead of the coconut oil, which seemed a luxurious purchase. Well, no prizes for guessing what we buy now
From the west, I would urge you to support efforts to reduce India's commercial exploitation of the vacuum in Russia created by Western capital flight and embargos. Sure it is an opportunity for a quick rupee, but... unless you outright support Putin's invasion, they kinda are blood rupees.
Romania's ports are paralysed by only a fraction of the supplies Ukraine could export. Also by railway or roads, Romania has an extremely outdated and poor infrastructure in the eastern part. So no, Romania is not a solution unfortunately. Yes, i do live in Romania and i know that part well.
Unfortunately any shipment method is unlikely the be suitable apart form ships. This is because you would need to bring the empty's back in but most of the rail imports will be weapons not grain bins.
Great video! As someone who has done a lot of research on Russia and the Russian invasion I can definitely say that the invasion could indeed have huge consequences. Hopefully the war can be ended asap to mitigate the effects🙏
You call this good content? Dude literally said “war in Ukraine.” Go to any city in southern Russia, they are being constantly shelled, then you’ll won’t call this good content anymore because it’s pure bias.
@@speeble6282 “At least three people killed, buildings damaged in Belgorod Regional governor says attack intentionally targeted civilians Ukraine has not claimed responsibility for strikes in Russia” - Reuters: Moscow blames Ukrainian missile attack for deaths in south Russia city
@@speeble6282 Oh look, NATO bot. At least I’m not brainwashed by NATO propaganda. The source of YOUR claim? Aside from Ukrainian propaganda and your ass of course!
As an Indian, i have to say that climate change has decimated the agricultural industry this year. Of the 2 largest river basins, the Ganga-Yamuna plain is unusually dry and the Brahmaputra basin is absolutely flooded out. So the usual exports are also strained. The government banned merchant exports of wheat and are now distributing our little surplus through diplomatic channels. But not before filling up our own silos and building new ones. Edit: India is still food secure inspite of all this. It's just our exports have been reduced massively. For context, this was growing 200% YoY
Similar things are happening in Pakistan, with the Indus River Basin facing extreme temperatures, that has limited our produce. I hope situations in both countries get better. A food shortage in any country is always unbearable to witness.
last year india had a bumper crop, and its not like climate change is a switch that once thrown changes everything. Im not saying the current situation is the result of climate change. But i am saying that climate change may not be entirely to blame either.
Hey, I hope you are doing well. I have been falling your informative videos since a few years. I would like to thank you for all the conent shared. It has significantly improved my understanding of geopolitics and other related topics to improve. Thanks!
This was always the problem with globalization, when someone throws a war, even if you're not invited, and you really don't care, you still get screwed.
Defeating war will be one of mankind's top achievements throughout all time. It's better if on your table of options as a political power that you see for war only disincentives.
If you think about it when men are in war.... The true self comes out and bad people die sometimes friendly fire. But wars have advanced civilization more than any other single thing in history. Not to mention population control. I have a theory that the reason that there's so many rapists and child molesters nowadays is because there's less major wars with the Advent of nuclear weapons countries don't want to go to a full scale war no more. But say you're fighting in a war and you see one of your guys raping a woman or a child or doing some evil thing.... you kill him. I think that helped keep the predators down. And with no major wars in 70 years we got molesters and rapists on almost every block. Just saying 🤣
I wasn’t worried about the United States running out of wheat since we grow a lot of wheat here, but there are a lot countries who rely heavily on Ukraine for wheat and other grains.
No rich nation has to worry about wheat. For us prices only go up. It's poorer nations that can't afford those higher prices that suffer. That's how capitalism functions.
Outstanding educational video, tying together a critical variety of geopolitical issues that are likely to lead to massive famine, waves of human migration, insurrection and unrest, unstable economic markets, WAR. I have shared this video with many friends and family... only 33 minutes for an excellent summary of critical geopolitics.
fiddlesticks....thre ar farms everywhr....all many need is water...if we can pipe oil thousands of miles, then modern aquaducts need only folks with the will to build them...Rome used its armies in peacetime to build infrastructure.
@@billderinbaja3883 how do you determine who is giving you “facts” and who is lying? Subscriber count? Or corporate backing? Because even facts can be misleading when half the story is omitted.
I love your empirical analysis of all aspects of this war. Even taking weather and natural disasters into account. That's a sub from me! Keep up the good work!
12:33 this issue has existed since these rail lines were built during the times of the Russian Empire and then after Soviet Union and was the reason German, Hungarian and Romanian rail logistics suffered and were heavily slowed during the invasion in 1941 and were forced to heavily rely on French and German trucks, captured Soviet trains and a hundreds of thousands of horses.
From all the WW2 material I've read the past sixty years, I've never seen any mention that the German planners considered the railroad problem. It really came to bite them as they got deeper into Russia.
@@LuvBorderCollies from what I have read it seems the germans assumed they would be capturing a large anount of soviet trains…and they did capture some but I think about 90 percent less then they originally thought, which is why the railway became such a bottleneck for the germans
@@theredhunter4997 Okay, that sounds vaguely familiar. Fuzzy memory says they had to move stuff from one rail gauge to another. Thinking they could capture 90% of Russian railroad engines/cars was more like wishful thinking.
I think it is important to add subtitles in other languages like hindi, arabic etc. to get this knowledge out of the western/english speaking bubble. Also I would help to translate your videos to german for free to make your content available for elderly people there.
Turkey produces more than enough wheat and grain for its own population, but it exports WAY MORE than it produces and all the imports basically go to value added product like flour, spaghetti etc. Mainly being exported to Egypt, Algeria, Iraq etc
There’s another option to ease the issues of food supply. The federal legalization and incentivized rotation of hemp. Hemp is a rapidly growing filter plant rich in oil and fiber. It removes toxins from the soil, it can be tilled into the soil to enrich the soil (lessening the need for fertilizer) its rapidly growing and makes a vastly superior candidate for bio fuels dramatically lessening the food impact. It can be fed to grazing animals once again greatly lessening the food impact as it doesn’t need to germinate to be used in any of these applications like corn does. When a plant germinates it uses a vast amount of resources to produce its seeds. Corn and what we use as food from it are its seeds. Corn uses an exorbitant amount of resources to grow, it requires a lot of fertilizer and water, hemp does not. Hemp can also be used as a substitute for any fiber. Cotton another germinating water and fertilizer hungry plant could be reduced or replaced with hemp. Further reducing the need for fertilizer, the very oil from the plant is not only medicinal but can be converted into bio fuels and anything else oil is converted into namely again, fertilizer but thousands of other products as well. Hemp because it is rabidly growing produces insane amounts of oxygen, more per square foot than trees in turn sequestering tons of carbon dioxide. Hemp also has built in insecticides when tilled into the soil will reduce future crop loss and lower the need for another item not mentioned in the video but inexorably linked, chemical insecticides derived from oil. Hemp was at one time federally mandated to be grown in rotation within the U.S. mainly for ship rigging in the age of sail. It was a strategic resource coveted by all governments at the time; that time has come again.
It misses the point … western countries will cope any way in some way … there will be plenty of food, just less exotics and more expensive … its about those countries having limited options … countries that to a large extent consist of desert or other uninhabitable land … most important way forward is that the leaders of those countries relying on food supplies as they otherwise cannot feed their people stop their ignorance and come up with an alternative … the land limits the population … stay there and import food and let the population explode … we all knew that this will lead to disaster … as supply lines could have been interrupted at any time … for years to come … without any other country able to step in as the potential causes are countless.
@@TroaBarton You did get one thing right, for ethanol production it is slightly superior per ton, but the estimated tonnage harvested per acre in said study is woefully overvalued. Who knew, advocates bend the truth... who knew... Which does not matter as even if 100% of the land was converted to ethanol production from it stems it still would not be enough nor would its seed into bio diesel be enough. So, why play pretend games? Religious dogma is why. But for you I guess I will go into pretend mode... For animal feed, not correct, it is simply utterly deficcient in other ways and why one must have a varied diet just as you and I would die if we ate nothing but wheat or corn or rice, cows/sheep/pigs etc must have a varied diet as well. On top of this the flavor of the meat would change and is the same reason Grass Fed beef is not exactly what people like to eat even though moving cows as I am doing is far cheaper than feeding them corn/soy per acre. Same reason soil has been killed off in the USA, monoculture. In terms of insecticides, not correct, just different bugs and your point about the soil is 100% not true. Harvesting Hemp is SLOW and expensive, though if done in mass someone would figure out a machine that does not bind up due to its fibers. This is actually frankly a deal breaker and why I planted it one year and never again until this aspect is figured out. Others just put up with it and last I checked, USA is the 3rd largest producer or Hemp in the world currently just surpassing Canada. In terms of fertilizers to grow etc, depends where we are talking about and what rate and same goes with Corn if you use rotational grazing with cover crops massively dropping fertilizer required. Tonnage per acre in good ground? No. Hemp cannot be grown economically over as wide an area lattitude wise, but in terms of water use, it can if all you care about is ethanol. Hemp can be grown compared to corn in poor soils, but still worse than just using that soil for other crops which we still have to eat or FAR better rotational grazing which unlike hemp, build the soil. You didn't get those little facts in your pamphlet of propaganda. I am sure someone will figure out how better to harvest, grow hemp, but currently, the pamphlet does not meet reality by even 50% of the claims. Maybe it will on poorer soils, but on rich soils that are well watered? Not even close.
@@w8stral I’m not sure here your hostility is warranted or comes from? You seem to have an idea about me that frankly isn’t true. I’m a collector of information from multiple sources about any topic. I’m not weighed down by dogma, religious ideology, nor am I afraid of being proven wrong. As one example I think biofuels are important strategically as wood gas was in WWII for a certain country but idiotic in principle for fuel frankly just as wood gas was. I also think our impact on the climate is woefully overrated in how it is reported and misused for political control. While severely lacking in areas I find more important like airborne carcinogens. The possibility of hemp being used for biofuels over corn which would better be used as food was the point there. It being a filter plant while respirating oxygen would aid in those carcinogenic impacts I’m more concerned about. The smoke stacks of a coal plant throw out more radioactivity than any reactor meltdown could achieve. You can sheath your sword, to be honest I had a misconception about you as well. As you have surmised I am not a farmer, never claimed to be. Certainly applications vary and food production is still something that obviously needs to be done. Making the best use of the land and it’s characteristics isn’t only important it obviously makes sense. You’d find me advocating for feed lots and animal husbandry in areas where farmland isn’t available. Or hunting and how it has positive impacts on the ecosystem. As far as the profit laterally that’s why I added the part about incentives. Corn as I’m sure you’re aware is heavily incentivized. Which is why it is in just about everything which frankly isn’t a good thing. I know of the differences between a diet for cows and pigs and that you have to balance them. I knew about how their diet effects the end product something I’m genuinely interested in is how hemp would effect that. I know about soil erosion and the laws passed to prevent another dust bowl. Admittedly I did not know about the binding issue during harvest (as much as that makes sense) but as you said that would be something eventually overcome just as it was with cotton. I suppose rapidly growing needs context and a comparison. Ground cover not so much, lumber certainly etc. As for advocates bending the truth it works both ways which is infuriating.. However in aggregate hemp is a very useful and versatile plant. It is hard to beat in its usefulness but it will never compare to an incentivized GMO mono crop and that’s not what I’m suggesting, that isn’t where it’s value lies. I want to be clear that I am not arguing or debating you. You have a wealth of information I’d happily partake in. I was genuinely asking for enlightenment but I did construct it in such a way to weed out a troll. I did go off topic a bit here but I’m enjoying this a little too much.
I think it is worth pointing out that when the war ends a lot of the regions that have been heavily affected will be restored fairly quickly. I mean look at the Iron Harvest in Belgium and Eastern France. They dig up shells and all other kinds of volatile items from WW1 to this day while ploughing their fields. It hasn't stopped them growing crops for the past 100 years and I doubt it will stop a load of driven Ukrainians to stop either.
@@Harry._.Thompson For sure nobody knows when it will end I was just stating that a more devastating conflict has occured and within a "short" time farmers were able to replant and grow again despite the risks of unexploded ordnance etc
Last 100 years? ww1 ended in 1918 but don't forget ww2 didn't spare these batllegrounds either. And ye in some regions farmers still find alot of bombs ploughing their fields. Around Ypres the farmers tend to have boxes somewhere near the farm to keep found bombs and shells, for the army to pick up. XD
As an american, i think turkey’s neutrality to the discussion is best, considering they benefit both sides atleast. They don’t want to be dragged into any war, just like the days of World War 2
Japan applied variable gauges for connecting bullet train lines in different parts of the country with different rail gauges. Supplying variable gauge rail cars might be the quickest way to get grain from Ukraine to Western Europe.
The ideal solution to merge different rail gauges is why blending them into the wider gauge which usually does help and is done in most countries around world, a small miscalculation can cripple trains from even fitting onto the tracks It reminds me of the time when French SNCF and other French rail instructors barely communicated and ordered a total of 2,000 trains that were Too wide to Fit onto the tracks
@@seadkolasinac7220 not only that. There isn't enough trains and railway capacity. (E.g. Waggons are stuck at the Ukraine border to Poland because of that)
RealLifeLore, I just wanted to appreciate your videos. They are very well detailed. Thanks for putting so much effort and time so we can informed. One of my favourite channels. Keep up the good work! 😃
@@bomjahed Of course we have! Well not you exactly but I did talk to one of your fellow employee. I was asking him questions about the pay, the morals and the pleasure of his job. I am actually really curious about that lifestyle.
The level of complexity you give in their video is very insightful. There isn’t really any single solution, and that’s what makes this disaster more concerning. We’ll see how the scenario goes, but I hope there will be a compromise to allow Ukrainian food exports to reach the nations that need them in North Africa and the Arabian Peninsula.
There is actually the tech available right now to create ethanol from waste instead of grain, it's second generation technology & in the process of fazing in. Speeding up the transition to that is the obvious, huge action that can be taken right now to really impact this stuff. Other thing is just going to be increasing efficiency & potentially prioritising grain ships at ports globally. Australia's going to have a massive amount of grain available this coming season, but distance is an issue. The more efficient all the world's cargo ships can be made, the more viable it becomes to have them travelling to places like Australia, instead of spending the time they could be spending travelling just sitting in port queues for weeks. Other obvious way of increasing food is by decreasing waste, maybe lowering standards in some situations too, about 1/3rd of grain crops are rejected for human consumption, due to bugs in the grain. In a world that is moving towards eating insects as food, do we really need to dispose of or divert to livestock 1/3rd of grain because there's a handful of bugs in it? People growing at least some of their own food & growing useful food is another action that on a large enough scale can impact overall food supply. If everyone with a yard or balcony grew 1 large pot of potatoes or sweet potatoes, that would have a huge impact on the calories available v calories needed globally
I was seriously wondering why everything in the markets are so expensive now. Thank you for the informative video. Information like this should be available for all, and best off, for free.
one of the reasons we see rising prices is currency duplication i.e. inflation, practically robbing the money itself of its value by practically flooding the money supply
Also Covid measures, sanctions, central banks restricted by the state, China's zero covid policy, disrupted supply chains are driving up inflation. For European ECB is in a crisis whether it raises the interest rate, thus endangering the liquidity of some companies and some EU states in the insolvency brings or just little intervene = States, companies continue to get cheaper loans to repair the damage, but the normal becomes poorer. In both cases, many workers lose their jobs little by little.
You are leaving out some VERY important points, such as African nations who wanted to grow their own grains were not granted loans from the World Bank. United States, World Bank.. etc have discouraged African nations from growing their own food, thus causing Africa to be dependent on other nations. Russia stepped in, gave loans to African nations to buy seed, fertilizer etc when other nations wouldn't. There was an article on the BBC around 2010 or so talking about this issue.
Also the Chinese controlling food supplies to their advantage. And it's China who is the largest polluter of our planet. No amount of clever greenwash will refute this fact.
@@fuzzyspackage I think it is exploitation of Africa. It is easier to exploit the poor and starving than people who are stable and have jobs. Rather than complaining about Ukraine, send Africa farming and irrigation equipment.
Incredible video to say the least. I had little knowledge about this food shortage scenario. A lot of research has been done to make this video and it shows.
You call this good content? Dude literally said “war in Ukraine.” Go to any city in southern Russia, they are being constantly shelled, then you’ll won’t call this good content anymore because it’s pure bias.
It's unfortunately true that the more 'advanced' we get the less vulnerable we think we are, but the vulnerable we actually become. Add to that self-destructive hubris short-sighted selfishness and a tendency to destabilise systems through entirely self-inflicted issues such as war and it's a wonder we are seemingly doing as well as we are.* *We're not! Who's heard of the Bronze Age Collapse?
We definitely don’t become more vulnerable the more advanced we become. We are simultaneously facing a multitude of crises that individually would have crippled societies in the past and while it won’t be easy, we can overcome them. While a sense of invincibility is definitely not good for our long term survival, we have come a long way from even just a few decades ago in terms of our ability to deal with crises caused by wars or drought.
@@schwi5425 I think it's ok to admit that we are exceptionally well at handling crises that we are well prepared for, and can easily predict. However, the problem lies with the ones that we cannot anticipate. Growing complex systems get harder and harder to predict as they continue to grow. And hell, we're at that point. Covid wasn't even a black swan and it brought the world to its knees. Even the Russian invasion was predicted by the US a month or so in advanced, but hubris as OP mentioned contributed to the outcomes we see now. Only at the very end will we learn any humility, and by then it'll probably be too late.
@@schwi5425 Sadly, stuff like this really is only going to severely impact the poorer nations. Europe, USA, East Asia, and Australia will be relatively unaffected.
Global famine was a well known risk … nobody believed we are less vulnerable … most were aware that we make ourselves increasingly vulnerable … feeding large and through food imports ever growing populations … is a pre-programmed catastrophe … fed into by the ignorance of those country’s leaders who had no back up plan to feed its own population … the land limits the number of people it can feed … with imports populations exploded … own productions and research how secure feeding its own population were neglected … even though everybody knew that an interruption of the supply lines could have happened at any time they are utterly unprepared … uncontrolled population explosion and no means to feed it … and the possible causes are countless … but yet no really relevant …
I'm disappointed you didn't mention Australia, since Australia is the world's 6th biggest wheat exporter, so yes, lower than Ukraine at 5th biggest, but still significant! Australia is most significant though cause the climate has been very nice to Australia for this & next season's crops AND Australia has the lowest fertiliser use per hectare of any developed world country, with a preference to aim for lower yields for lower input costs, which means Australia is in the best position to cope with the fertiliser shortages, while still increasing yield to meet the current demand, not to mention the southern hemisphere being the first to output crops after the Ukraine situation became known ie winter wheat has just gone into the ground, much higher levels than usual, so as to capitalise on the higher prices available, due to global shortages the Ukraine war has caused. Last year, as the rest of the world was suffering in drought etc, Australia was in recovery from severe drought, resulting in a tripling of wheat exports compared to 2020. The mouse plague & floods were still devastating to the crops, but the flooding's basically wiped out all the mice now, so this year's looking really good! Might not be enough to fix the problem, but it certainly is significant on a global scale, as it will ensure the South East Asian area has ample food available & remains stable. Countries like Indonesia & Taiwan are not going to be conserned about grain supplies, as the country they import their grain from has ample for them & is looking to find new markets for it's excess that's expected this year. China also sources significant amounts of wheat from Australia, but in reality, Aussies would be more than happy to deny them the grain & send it to others who need it, after China's trade war games. Anyway, I just think it's relevant to point out how much grain Australia produces & that it exports 75% of what it grows & it will be keeping the region around it completely stable with ample food supplies over the next couple of years Other than that, very interesting video & thanks for making it :)
I think they didn't mention that because Australia is pretty far from the Middle East. So no matter how much they export, they're simply too far to stabilize middle eastern countries.
@@spiritwildfiregaming1975 Probably, but with mentioning all the droughts & weather events around the world, I just think it's relevant to mention that hey, at least one region of the world is stable, so basically we can ignore them & focus on these other regions in the coming years, cause there's not going to be any food related revolutions in South East Asia in the next year or 2. Also potentially worth being aware of, with China's ambitions for Taiwan, so just good to be aware that Taiwan's grain supplies are stable & coming from Australia, so no reliance on China from them or anything. I'm not 100% sure Aussie grain won't end up in the Middle East though, apparently Australia exports to around 50 countries (but about 90% to just a handful, mostly Indonesia, China, Thailand, Vietnam, Singapore etc) but Aussie farmers have been studying exactly what grains are needed in the Middle East, with the view to exporting to them. Farmers in Australia are smart, they know the more of the same kind available, the lower the price, so they're looking to target different market to their neighbours & looking at what varieties will likely have the best sales prospects & income for them. No idea how they're going to be getting it to those countries, but presumably they've figured that out at least somewhat or wouldn't do it
People forgot what started off the ARAB SPRINGS, it was a shortage of food, more specifically wheat/grain due to the fact that Ukraine and Russia,( the main exporters of grain for most of Northern Africa and the Middle East) experienced a ounce in a century drought that ruined there yield for the year. Which lead to all those countries empty handed and hungry with no alternatives which lead them to revolt. If people think things are bad now. Things will only get worse for the next year or 2 before things start getting better.
What surprises me the most is that everyone beforehand was saying that Ukraine is a backward unimportant corrupt country. Russia knew, and they planned this years ahead. Coming winter the EU will be without gas, and they could have been working on this problem for the past 8 years.
The problem with biofuel grains is that they tend to be unfit for human consuption in one way or another, so to turn those into usable calories would likely result in those grains being turned into meat.
The word 'catastrophic' meant a lot more before you used it in every fifth sentence. But despite the overuse of dramatic wording, this was an eye-opening and informative video. Anybody who doesn't watch this is making a catastrophic mistake. 😜
@ThelastTiger you're obvly not starving due to this so don't say he's over exaggerating because there are thousands to millions of people worldwide who are actively starving due to their food accessibility being compromised. He's not being overdramatic, it's a real thing. It only sounds overdramatic to the privileged.
@@misguidedkpopper8674 it feels unbelievable even though I know it's real. I'm from a country that depends on Indian and Chinese grain imports. maybe it's because the media isn't covering this topic that much.
I don’t know if you’ll see this, but just in case you do I have always been curious about this; How much time does it take you to make so much high effort and detailed content? What do you eat? Do you sleep? Thanks for the video brother
While not exactly the same thing, I wonder if we'll see a similar conflict in Africa over control of the Nile. If that were to happen, it would involve Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia, and likely other nations; events there could easily cause regional famine and/or impact global trade as well.
@@Fido-vm9zi The countries involved would likeley resist. Possibly with force. It's time Europe stopped meddling in Africa, it causes suffering for everyone.
With Israel's machine to turn sea water drinkable and the creation of the lettuce and potato box Africa may be spared turmoil, if they could get access to it, in africa there's less water, but high sun, and in assam there's flooding, if an African country could co-ordinate with assam on flooding they could import the water to their country for cash, or a cut of the potatoes and lettuce from boxes. It could be as simple as just using the wine hose technique for the distance, it's a long way away, but all you really need is a rubber hose, cash, and an understanding of physics
26:51 should have included a qualifier: some growing areas are only suitable for biofuel/meat grains. The remaining areas will need time to switch the grain varieties. It can be done, but it's not a simple case of diverting pig-feed to people.
@@scottleft3672 Some of the fertilizer approved for feed crops is below the standards set for food crops. You might know exactly what I'm talking about and be precisely right about one year of fallow, but the solid waste continuously needs to be disposed of, so some land will always be non-food grade unless big investments are made.
@@emptyshirt Yes...i was thinking of the responsible farmer...not the penny pinching corporations....andfallowing and lime is best for fruit and veg if far from limestone/serpentine/chalk etc...the best vineyards are atop calcium based deposits....you can tell when the soil is sucked dry of all minerals....tomatoes are a good indicator, they taste bland when lime is needed....romans actually tasted their soil....yikes.
Aquaponics is suitable anywhere. Uses 20% of the water that typical agriculture farming uses and none of the land. We are at least a century behind where our tech is.
Or family's could grow their own food without toxins and gmo garbage while wiping out problems of lazy fat poor health big farma life long zombies at the same time. I'll buy that for a dollar if there's one left afterwards.
RUclips for some reason censored this video and I had to look it up by its complete name, to a T.. Is a shame your knowledge isn't distributed to schools same as with hundreds of really factual and good content creators for life. Continue your awesome work bro..
I have nothing to prove to you three NPCs. I get the notification for all videos, saw it; gave a like and didn't have the time to see it. Next I go to the channel it has vanished, nowhere to be found. I used a separate device and it came up right at first. Have some sleep or something..
@@Corn0nTheCobb I'm surprised you wrote all that despite not being able to read what I wrote.. but that's ok, and sad.. For faster replies, PayPal me :)
I'd love someone pointing out ukraine isn't really that high on the grain list but they want war. So in 2018 Germany goes from number 3 to number 13? 🤔
@@Mills141 Wait, what? I'm so sorry, but your comment just isn't making sense to me.... what does Ukraine not being that high on the grain list (whatever that means, 'cos according to the video I just watched, quite the opposite would appear to the case) have to do with Germany going from #3 to #13? From #3 to #13 in what, their place on the grain production list? How is that relevant to Russia trying to economically strangle Ukraine? Please, I'm seriously asking (I'm NOT tryna be snarky or sarcastic)
It's great how you're not afraid to mention climate change. Like another commenter said, you've explained events in far more depth than most media outlets could ever manage.
I wonder if, in the event of a global food shortage, the US would do something about the massive food waste during production. Ever seen those labels on produce saying "Grade A", "Extra Fancy", etc.? Ever wonder where "Grade B" and "Not Fancy" products went? Yup, they were all thrown out because they didn't meet the *COSMETIC* standards.
the B grade stuff usually gets used in products where you dont see it. So B grade apples wil be used in premade apple pies for example. Or they go to cheaper stores or less rich countries where the poor dont shy away from a few brown spots... They dont just trash usable food 'because'. Trashing destroys products that expenses have been made on. They will try to recoup. Another place for lower grade products is animal fodder. If you see cat food with salmon in it its usuallly cuttings that humans dont eat, but also salmon that dont meet standards like too small, not looking good. And hey in the US any garbage meat gets turned into pink goo that makes up mcdonalds "meat". so waste is much rarer than people usually think
@Hydro Aegis, you make a good point. Apples and potatoes are two crops that come to mind in what you mean. Sometimes only 20% is marketable for humans. However smart producers use the 80% for animal feeding. Even smarter ones extract the ethanol bio-fuel first, because it's profitable and the left overs, called distiller grains and more easily digestible for livestock.
A bit disappointed by the video. Most of it focuses on Ukrainian exports which, while an important factor, it is not even the main cause of the food crisis. The fertiliser crisis, which is the REAL cause of the upcoming famine, is very briefly mentioned
I think the point is that famines are always caused by a confluence of issues, we'd already have huge food insecurity without the war but with it we have a catastrophe
@@davidty2006 Russia is the largest fertilizer exporter. Fertilizer and other things such as pesticides, herbicides, etc… are the cause of the global population boom. No fertilizer no(way less food) and then famine
I'm also pretty sure the video title tells you that its going to be about how the war in Ukraine is contributing to the food shortage. Don't know how you can be disappointed by the video being about that when it told you it would be up front.
My dad works at the tea industry in India, and he says that the price of fertilizer mostly Urea and MOP (Muriate of Potash) has been reaching stupid prices recently. I think most of the potash that he receives is imported from Russia? (idk i am not an expert)
If North America and Europe were directly threatened with famine, I could see the military convoys to allow the grain exports to get out to be on the table. But fortunately, they're mostly self-sufficient when it comes to food production, so unfortunately, it's unlikely that NATO would risk war with Russia in order to feed 3rd party nations that need the food. As for the refugee crisis that would inevitably follow, we've seen the rise of far-right political movements in response to the various migration influxes in the last 10+ years from Syria and other parts of the Middle-East and Africa. The Ukrainian refugee crisis has only made the situation in Europe more difficult, though in my opinion, Europe being united in supporting Ukraine has softened the burden. But, the looming food crisis that's about to hit North Africa will be the breaking point for Europe, and whether its right-wing parties being elected or more liberal parties acting in fear of losing their position of power, countries across Europe will begin closing their borders full-stop to refugees.
Countries in Europe will not close their borders to refugees (or illegal immigrants, because that is what most of them are). Europeans would rather have their taxes increased, live worse, and have general lawlessness, than to "look r*cist". Even while entire countries were under lockdown, they kept accepting people arriving illegally. Even the "refugees" that tested positive for the virus were allowed to enter, while citizens were not allowed to travel, or severely restricted, even for work reasons. Nah, I have lived in Europe all my life, I know these people. You just need one photo of a dead baby refugee in the news, and half the continent will demand their governments to open the gates, go get them to Africa if necessary.
It's also interesting to note that the acceptence of huge numbers of Ukrainian refugees creates a precedent that Europe can accept more refugees than it has been complaining about, which may affect the European left and center. As soon as the war started, news and commentators from the "global south" and "western" left started talking about racist hypocrisy in how Europeans and North Americans clearly care more about Ukrainians than Libyans, Syrians, Yemenis, of Afghans* (a lot was made of "western" news commentators saying that the Ukrainian war was more shocking because it was "middle class" "Europeans", etc., getting bombed, etc.), and that all the European complaints that they couldn't accept more refugees due to economic pressure and security concerns were clearly thinly veiled racism in light of things like Poland basically letting in any and all Ukrainians (though I might add that Poland directly borders Ukraine, so it's more like Turkey's acceptance if Syrian refugees and Iran's acceptence of Afghan refugees than like the European union accepting these refugees or even arguably Libyan refugees). *I'm suddenly wondering if there's now a problem whth Ethiopian Refugees (though I understand they're in a cease-fire now), and also realizing I haven't actually heard anything about Yemeni refugees.
The problem is not the war in Ukraine but that there are countries out there that rely on food imports. Every single market hiccup is going to cause suffering in those overpopulated regions.
so then you could argue, the problem isn't countries relying on food imports, its overpopulation. But then it's not that the problem Is overpopulation, it's that the country isn't large enough for all their people. Or is it that there were too many people born and not enough died to balance the scales. So maybe we should stick to asking what could have caused starvation recently when it was a non issue a few months ago? War in Ukraine,
@@Wreckz_Tea You will always run that risk if you don't control your population levels. "War in Ukraine" is just one of the many problems that might come up. Mass starvation is inevitable if you go beyond the resources your country can provide and are reliant on nothing ever happening in the outside world.
@@Wreckz_Tea Its a quite straight forward problem … the land limits the number of people that can live from it … this natural limitation was artificially circumvented by food imports … those countries became heavily dependent on imports, often even driving down own productions and research how alternatives could feed their own population … the imports led to certain populations increase significantly … famine was a problem that always lured over those countries … a latent problem in case the supply lines are interrupted in some way … which could have happened at any time … a pre-programmed catastrophe based upon ignorance … as many countries did not have and do not have a back-up plan … which they should have … alongside population control …
@@bcfuerst it's not like it's a recent development though. They have been overpopulated for a long time. They did implement population control measures by limiting the number of children people can have. They cant go kicking people out of the country. It's a crap situation. I wish we didn't rely on other countries for oil but alas, here we are spending paychecks on gas to get to work. Yay
@@Wreckz_Tea This is simplistic questioning, and ignores larger trends. Yes, *this* emerging famine is directly caused by the war in Ukraine. The question then becomes: how do we prevent this happening in the future? It has nothing to do with population and everything to do with *food security*. The flow of food from nation to nation gets fucked the very second *any* kind of supply line hiccup occurs--that's bullshit, this shouldn't happen. The solution is more countries need to increase their domestic food production--period. We cannot rely on stable supply lines any more--the fact that we ever did was frankly just foolish, but hey, easy money right? That has to stop. If it doesn't, more famines are inevitable--period.
@@reek4062 We live in a world that not only that it's acceptable to think that a war starts overnight without ANY previous state of events whatsoever, but also the EXCLUSIVELY acceptable explanation of things.. I mean no offence but it's extremely insulting (for anyone that cares about their brain at least) to accept the explanation that all out of a sudden overnight "a certain president on a certain country woke up on the wrong leg" and decided to invade a neighbouring country with no reason what so ever and even risking one of the world's biggest catastrophies
The Russian flagship displaces 9380 tons while the argentine Belgrano displaces 9575 making it the largest military ship last during a conflict (the Falklands war) since WWII. I was going to mention the USS card (a former escort carrier)sunk during the Vietnam war, which had a displacement of 12,000 tons when full, surpasses full tonnage for both ships named above. However, it was raised and back in operation 6 months later. Keep up the great work and really enjoy your videos!
Most of the crops fed to livestock are not suitable for human consumption (rinds, reeds and leaves) so cutting livestock food supply would not help nearly as much as you think and would probably make the problem for humans worse since the calories we get from livestock would decrease as a result.
@@kairon5249 the crops we feed to the livestock are just the parts we don’t eat, but it is still human suitable crops like corn and wheat. We are already growing all the food we can eat on that land
Things will be get bad but then they will get better, it is not the end of the world. I wonder how many generations of people thought the end was near throughout history. The truth is we just aren't as special as we wish to be. We aren't the last humans.
You know this war wouldn’t have even happened in the first place if NATO and the US government made peace with Russia years ago. The whole reason why Russia invaded Ukraine is not because Putin wants the Russian empire back it’s not cuz of resources it’s cuz of NATO and Joe Biden.
@@bomjahed Inflation, the War on Ukraine, and the very Concepts of both Work and Unions was all covered by ONE Channel: Some More News. If that doesnt make him reliable af to keep you Updated about Famines and Global-Issues, then what does?
@@libertas-goddessofliberty5664 Dude, you instantly became rude... towards a stranger... and then liked your own comment, evidend by how theres 1 Like after just Mintues... ... ... ...
@@GalacticNovaOverlord Which part of the video, between the wars, geopolitics, blockades, the black sea and bosporus straits and the unfortunate countries that rely on grain imports can be described by "late stage capitalism" exactly?
13:00 Those projections are built around the limitations of transshipment between modes / rail gauges. Also the limitations incurred by having to use gauge convertible rolling stock. There is so much voluntary labor at hand the gauges could be converted in a matter of weeks. Or temporarily construct a parallel track of standard gauge.
@@GCarty80 ASAP is about years of gargantuan effort. There are some solutions offered like the ones mentioned above, but changing the gauges isn't immediately solve the problem because changes need to be made too on Ukrainian trains. If the Ukrainian trains can't be retrofitted soon, then neighboring countries' train is the ones who need to enter Ukraine and bring the cargo out.
@@freedom4651 "neighboring countries' train is the ones who need to enter Ukraine and bring the cargo out." I was more or less operating on that basis. Rolling stock would have to be pulled from every corner of Europe to move the necessary quantity of grain.
I think that regardless of who wins the Ukraine/Russia bout, nations and businesses of the world are going to have to invest massively in agriculture… Might I make a suggestion? Perhaps it would be prudent to find a way to grow foods of any kind in cities themselves, either in dedicated buildings or areas and/or across city rooftops en masse. At least so in times of uncertainty these places have a little extra to go around. Also, if, say Tobacco crops were wholly replaced by wheat and other foods, how much would THAT help?
" Perhaps it would be prudent to find a way to grow foods of any kind in cities themselves, either in dedicated buildings or areas and/or across city rooftops en masse." Plainly, you don't even the remotest idea how much land is taken up with agriculture. Your suggestion doesn't even qualify as nonsense.
When he opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, "Come!" And I looked, and behold, a black horse! And its rider had a pair of scales in his hand. And I heard what seemed to be a voice in the midst of the four living creatures, saying, "A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius, and do not harm the oil and wine!"
i honestly wonder how far removed we are from a bronze age collapse style event with all the mass migration (which honestly isn't too dissimilar to the migrations of the so-called sea peoples), natural disasters, civil unrest, growing supply shortages and interconnectedness eerily similar to the 13th cenury bce bronze age kingdoms and empires
we also gotta remember that the bronze age collapse was an event that lasted for almost the entire 12th century bc (just like the 3rd century crisis for the roman empire and the industrial era chaos of the 20th century for the modern world, in which there were massive battles taking place with tens of thousands of soldiers fighting and dying due to the massive population size and massive imperial organization) also interesting to note that in both cases, after those massive wars, the amount of fighting men involved in engagements dropped significantly (we also know that in the 13th century bce, massive kursk-style chariot battles did take place, involving tens of thousands of fighting men, like in the battle of qadesh or 15th century bce battle of megiddo)
Luckily I live in Vietnam, main exporter of rice, fruits and many other agricultural products. In Vietnam fruits, vegetables, rice, seafood, meat,.... are still abundant and prices are stable. This year has been an amazing year for many Vietnamese companies who export seafood, oil, garments, fertilizers,...
@@scintillam_dei never been to Vietnam but that's where parents were from Never heard Vietnam has interest in expanding. That's like saying Japan or South Korea plan to expand. Only china wants that, which threatens Taiwan and India (India and china are clashing at border as we speak)
Would you be able to show us how you do research ? Learning and understand a new topic as thoroughly as you did is fascinating, I'm interested to find better ways to learn.
Inflation, the War on Ukraine, and the very Concepts of both Work and Unions was all covered by ONE Channel: Some More News. FOUR Videos that relate to this here - Relevant much?!
grains in silos can be kept for years without rotting, so saying it's likely to start rotting now is something I don't understand. do you have any sources or reasoning for a claim like that?
Most Port silo's are not designed for long term storage. They are high yield, high turnover silo's. They are not setup to store grain for more then 1-2 years. Aeration and temp controls are poor compared to storage silos most people are familiar with as they are only intended to be used for 3-6 months at a time. (most large ports have long term storage nearby or even onsite)
Correction: The US did acknowledge shooting down Iran Air Flight 655. Giving 130 million dollars is certainly a form of public acknowledgment of wrongdoing. Even Reagan apologized. When the president acknowledges it directly and says in writing over diplomatic channels… that’s pretty formal.
Gasoline contain ethanol which is produced by corn. If you don't use ethanol you have to use the other worst alternative which is lead which can cause many problems to human health like memory loss and other problems. Unleaded gas means it has no lead instead 20% ethanol.
This video just further proves just much we all depend on each other. Wars, sanctions, invasions..... I wonder what our world will look like at the end of the century.
Actually, this video proves that Ukraine's neighbours are dependent on Ukraine. Don't use the subject 'We' here because there are many other countries that are not close geographically to Ukraine, that simply is not dependent.
All of a sudden we've all got a pain in our stomach by the punch of the Russia-Ukraine conflict. The pain that we didn't even know that it could happen 5 months ago.
Actually this was one of the first things people warned about. RealLifeLore pointed to this literally like the first week of the conflict.... Makes it freaking hilarious that Putin has so many supporters in Northern Africa when they're literally his sacrificial pawns lol
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Imagine telling ancient Romans that Egypt is going to be the largest wheat IMPORTER... they would think you're joking.
Imagine telling them that Germanic people will be a rich nation or the celts will be part of the world most powerful navy for a time ship made form wood to metals
ironic.
Egypt is a overpulated nation.
Imagine telling Romans that Europe is richer than Africa
@@themercifulguard3971 Imagine telling Romans that everyone would laugh at Italian military
0:39 David Beasley’s speech
1:23 Global food supply problem in 02.2022
4:14 Ukraine’s agricultural importance
6:04 Egypt’s reliance on import
8:08 No harvesting of wheat
11:53 High risk region
13:21 Lithuania proposing a naval coalition
13:54 Iran Iraq war
17:37 14th April “Moskva” warship sinking
18:28 Turkey and Montreux convention
23:48 Fertiliser production
29:14 Countries that will struggle to feed their population
Thank you!
TLDR the wheels are popping off the globalist truck as it's headed straight into a wall: An entire planet made the ridiculous mistake of relying on a little country near a little sea for its food instead of doing the effort to grow its own, now it's about to pay for its stupidity. Looking at the bigger picture from a perspective of interests, it would have been crazy for Russia not to invade Ukraine at this particular point in time, they were very lucky and / or very smart on it (prolly a mixture of both). Everything's stacked in their favor due to various factors: The timing and circumstances of the attack make up for Russia's poorly trained military and ancient equipment, hence they can continue the war as Ukraine and the West grow weakened and are thus less able to match them.
Thx
Doing the Lord's work.
Doing the Lord's work.
I'm super grateful that you cover the war so well and so often, And that its free to watch here on YT. Major respect!
It needs to be. This war is one of the most important and tragic events since ww2.
RUclips is boon for mankind
@@reek4062 calm down. Tell that to the Iraqis, Syrians, Palestinians, oh yeah no-one cares about them.
David Beasley: We need money to distribute food around the world.
US government: Let's give $45.000.000.000 to the weapon manufacturers to make more weapons.
I’m grateful that I have food and a roof over my head and I am not in a war zone.
That might change with the saber rattling from both sides.
The worst part is that these people who are making political decisions will not suffer any effects of famine
And will probably die before they really get to live in the world they make
@@mihael64 thats the problem with old dictators. They dont have to meet their own monsters
Cuz they f_ks dont give a fuk bout the rest of the world they do for self n keep more for theyselves n give as lirtle as they can to the rwst of the world...keep 8...give 2. Keep 18. Give 2. Ya know?
Complaining about the puppet masters and their agenda is considered antisemitic
Here in Romania, neighbour of Ukraine, the ukrainians brought a lot of their grain to store it in our silos so they are safe, and it is so much that our farmers won't have any storage space when harvest time comes. The only hope right now is that they will be able to sell their grain until autumn, but to be honest, I highly doubt it. Our crops might end up rotting in the fields as well as the urkainian crops.. God Help Us I guess.
can't they build extra silos?
@@seadkolasinac7220 That takes time, space, planning, and money. Not that simple especially for the amount of grain Drago's is referring too.
Eetu bc urt
Yeah…Moldolva is next, soon they’ll be next door
@@Dankatron69 how about shipping it to Cyrus for a extra fee and hold on to it
As an Egyptian this makes me truly sad. Egypt used to be the food basket of the Roman Empire in 210BC. Look how far we have fallen :(
Only took 2,200 years
Libya was actually.
@@MagnaMater2 Aswan dam....Suez canal....cotton, and the fellahs who still farm the Nile, are managing quite well...and Rome used Libya as their bread basket, not Egypt.
That was 2400 years ago, this is the problem with you third worlders you use the past as your source of pride when the past doesn't exist anymore. What have you done since then? barely anything that's what except attack the West with terrorism, rape and disease.
@@scottleft3672As far as I remember it was only during Late Antiquity the provinces of Africa and Cyrene turned the main producers for the army and also - together with Crete - ran the military fleet to deliver the grain. In the Late Republic and the Early Principat it was Egypt that fed the City of Rome directly, because there was a growing food shortage and Caesar, Anthony and Augustus used donations of egyptian grain as political leverage. - Up to Marc Aurel the most important question was, who was the Governor of Egypt, those turning into the most feared men with most influence in Rome. If the - modern - estimations are correct, the whole of northern Africa had only to feed about 8,5 million inhabitants and produced far more grains than it could use.
Farmers usually were the last to go hungry ere they invented those seeds one can't replant the next year but has to buy every year, and one is only a crop-failure away from bancrupcy. If Egypt could still easily feed their whole population, there would be no reason to worry, unless there is food-speculation and big scale-hoarding - or they buy it as donations for their southern neighbours. Planting cotton in a population-hotspot is as reckless as planting crops for bio-diesel.
This content is getting next level. Thank you for putting so much work into them. Just don't get all Vsauce on me and disappear at your peak!
Ha. Great point. @VSauce are you listening?
yes, more than average
You call this good content? Dude literally said “war in Ukraine.” Go to any city in southern Russia, they are being constantly shelled, then you’ll won’t call this good content anymore because it’s pure bias.
@@MM-pv5tp so surely I should trust the copypaste commenter with an empty account made in 2021
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The other country to worry about is Sri Lanka, which is already suffering hyperinflation and massive food shortages, because they rely on Russian, Ukrainian and Indian grain, of which they can get none currently.
Presumably they will be one of the first to get Australia's excess grain this year, given their location. Price will still be higher than usual, due to global markets, but they're within the geographic area that will likely see a stabilisation as supply chains sort themselves out to use what Australia has.
Shame he didn't mention the Australian situation briefly in this video, Australia's recovering from drought & has perfect conditions for growing right now. November 2021 saw a tripling of exports compared to Nov 2020 & who knows how much this next season will produce, but it's going to be a LOT, since now/last month or 2 is the planting season, so after the Ukraine situation became apparent, Australia was the first country to be putting wheat into the ground & a LOT has gone in & it's a diverse range of varieties too, with the intention of picking up the exports that Ukraine & Russia usually supply, so you are in a seriously good position geographically in Sri Lanka, I think you're even closer to Australia than Ukraine/Russia, so Australia will have you in mind as a future long term customer & will be looking to secure that by providing everything possible
@@mehere8038 Sri Lanka's money is going to be so worthless that they won't be able to afford to eat this year.
Dont forget, Sri Lanka BANNED fertilizer. They created their own problem.
Is climate & lack of resources harming the ability to farm?
they actually ran out of fuel
That's why I laugh at economists who state that the food production of the world is fine, therefore the food levels around the world are fine. Food production is different from food distribution and the latter is the one affecting countries in Africa and Asia.
Africa and Asia aren't countries.
Africa an Asia are not countries. I guess you meant to write .. in Africa and Asia ?
@@pepitoPerez344 Correct grammar is Africa AND Asia.
I laugh at people calling Africa and Asia countries.
@@jordanthomas2031 yeah that's called a typo, it's not a grammar mistake
Great video. Here in South America it is impressive how this crisis has been handled with so much ignorance. I believe that the combined exports of food from Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay could ease the situation in the Middle East or other parts of the world. And somehow our leaders and our people have greatly ignored such oppurtunity, even if simply from a purely economic perspective.
The solution is to break away from Europe if you're not European country. Sort yourselves out like you did before colonialism and farm so you don't rely on Woolworths.
They export to the people who pay more, they are capitalists, also there are shortages in South America too, food is incredibly expensive right now and it's getting worse and worse.
Yeah, the opportunity of raising prices for ourselves by reducing our own supply. 5head.
@@bluester7177 It's interesting to note how food prices soared right after massive corporations began acquiring farms like crazy.
@@suzygirl1843 you are 100% correct.
I totally agree with you.
Just a small note related to the percentages of import. When you point out for example that 75% of a countries import of wheat comes from Ukraine, doesn't mean that they lost 75% of their wheat supply, they might as well still produce 90% of their wheat domestically, and import only the remaining 10%, which means they are able to import only 2.5% of those 10. Would be nice to actually get those numbers, as in, how much a country produces by itself and how much is it reliant on imports. Makes a huge difference in my opinion. Not trying to depreciate the impact of all the events, just want to get correct numbers.
Great video as always.
That's a BIG assumption you're making about domestic production. And domestic production is readily available. It's weird that you're pretending that it's not just to push your agenda.
@@B3Band What assumption? I was the one asking for more information and clarification about the numbers. If a country imports 90% of its wheat and the imports get cut by 75%, that is huge and a catastrophe as well. But if a country only imports 10% or 15%, imports dropping that much isn't such a big deal. I'm not assuming anything, I'm asking why there is no percentage added next to the countries on how much they actually import and how much they can handle domestically.
And what agenda am I pushing? Didn't even argue about anything, just pointing out that the displayed information can have different impact depending on some other factors.
I see Where your Coming from but These are countrys in the middle of the desert and there population is really High so i would assume a big part is imports.
That is an incredibly important point!
Most countries have _some_ domestic food producrion, especially in poor nations a lot of people get by on subsistence farming, so its certainly not to be negated.
Author, your speech is very clear and competently delivered, as a TV news anchor, my English is not at the highest level, but I understand almost everything without subtitles.
As things get bad over the next decade I expect to see more isolationist and self sufficient movements take over as countries have seen things gone bad due to events outside their control
Or in other cases the opposite as some countries become outright client states to survive
Globalism was a BS idea to start with. This is where it leads; local problems are now suddenly global problems. No risk management is beyond stupid.
There aren't many nations that can support their populations within their borders. Autarky is a pipe dream - at least for levels of society that we currently enjoy. I wonder how all of this will play out.
Let their business be theirs and we will mostly be fine.
Yes. Reckless globalism was a mistake. Some countries have grown beyond their means.
The myth that globalism is a modern phenomenon is truly insane a prime example is the Silk Road globalization has always existed it is impossible for a nation to 1. Win enough wars and obtain enough territory to meet all of its nations needs
2. Maintain a viable fighting force to do it
3. Keep a population happy enough through constant warfare
And these same problems arise from an isolationist pov. Maybe before the internet but it’s impossible now to be fully isolationist
In india, where i live, we used to buy two packets of sunflower oil instead of the coconut oil, which seemed a luxurious purchase. Well, no prizes for guessing what we buy now
From the west, I would urge you to support efforts to reduce India's commercial exploitation of the vacuum in Russia created by Western capital flight and embargos. Sure it is an opportunity for a quick rupee, but... unless you outright support Putin's invasion, they kinda are blood rupees.
not in my area
@@balargus319 that’s rich from you considering you use things made through slave labour... you are clueless
Who cares. Pakistan and China will destroy India
@@balargus319 poor people don't care about other people problem because have there hand full, what ever is blood 💵 or heavenly one it's isn't same
Romania's ports are paralysed by only a fraction of the supplies Ukraine could export. Also by railway or roads, Romania has an extremely outdated and poor infrastructure in the eastern part. So no, Romania is not a solution unfortunately. Yes, i do live in Romania and i know that part well.
And anyone that expects Joe Biden to lead a "naval coalition of the willing" against Russia is loony tunes.
Unfortunately any shipment method is unlikely the be suitable apart form ships. This is because you would need to bring the empty's back in but most of the rail imports will be weapons not grain bins.
Romania has a big chance to profit from this like japan and south korea did
Um Hungarian and i can say that Romania needs to build a looot if highways. I was theere so ye
yall need to tell ukraine to piss off
Great video! As someone who has done a lot of research on Russia and the Russian invasion I can definitely say that the invasion could indeed have huge consequences. Hopefully the war can be ended asap to mitigate the effects🙏
It won't, the famine is caused by the sanctions which won't stop even if Russia removes it's troops, thank your government
You can thank American democrats for it for brewing this war past 8 years
You call this good content? Dude literally said “war in Ukraine.” Go to any city in southern Russia, they are being constantly shelled, then you’ll won’t call this good content anymore because it’s pure bias.
@@speeble6282 “At least three people killed, buildings damaged in Belgorod
Regional governor says attack intentionally targeted civilians
Ukraine has not claimed responsibility for strikes in Russia”
- Reuters: Moscow blames Ukrainian missile attack for deaths in south Russia city
@@speeble6282 Oh look, NATO bot. At least I’m not brainwashed by NATO propaganda. The source of YOUR claim? Aside from Ukrainian propaganda and your ass of course!
As an Indian, i have to say that climate change has decimated the agricultural industry this year. Of the 2 largest river basins, the Ganga-Yamuna plain is unusually dry and the Brahmaputra basin is absolutely flooded out. So the usual exports are also strained. The government banned merchant exports of wheat and are now distributing our little surplus through diplomatic channels. But not before filling up our own silos and building new ones.
Edit: India is still food secure inspite of all this. It's just our exports have been reduced massively. For context, this was growing 200% YoY
Nah.
Indian government is more busy spreading hate against the minorities & proliferation of Hindutva extremism..
Similar things are happening in Pakistan, with the Indus River Basin facing extreme temperatures, that has limited our produce.
I hope situations in both countries get better. A food shortage in any country is always unbearable to witness.
but i dont think india will be affected at all, at least THAT MUCH
edit: nvm
@@disguymemes it already is. We are still food secure butfor many, the surplus is not enough to pay back loans.
last year india had a bumper crop, and its not like climate change is a switch that once thrown changes everything. Im not saying the current situation is the result of climate change. But i am saying that climate change may not be entirely to blame either.
lol, i love that you used the Civilization Icons for food crops!
when i saw it i was like oh a man of culture !
Hey,
I hope you are doing well.
I have been falling your informative videos since a few years. I would like to thank you for all the conent shared. It has significantly improved my understanding of geopolitics and other related topics to improve.
Thanks!
This was always the problem with globalization, when someone throws a war, even if you're not invited, and you really don't care, you still get screwed.
I don't disagree, but you could also see it as a problem with war (it hinders globalization because it incentivizes countries to be independent)
Defeating war will be one of mankind's top achievements throughout all time. It's better if on your table of options as a political power that you see for war only disincentives.
This is also one of the main benefits of globalization. If someone throws a war, the entire world has economic reasons to be against them.
If you think about it when men are in war.... The true self comes out and bad people die sometimes friendly fire. But wars have advanced civilization more than any other single thing in history. Not to mention population control. I have a theory that the reason that there's so many rapists and child molesters nowadays is because there's less major wars with the Advent of nuclear weapons countries don't want to go to a full scale war no more. But say you're fighting in a war and you see one of your guys raping a woman or a child or doing some evil thing.... you kill him. I think that helped keep the predators down. And with no major wars in 70 years we got molesters and rapists on almost every block. Just saying 🤣
@@EpicMiniMeatwad We will never defeat war.
I wasn’t worried about the United States running out of wheat since we grow a lot of wheat here, but there are a lot countries who rely heavily on Ukraine for wheat and other grains.
What's to stop Farmers in the states from selling food overseas for more profit over here domestically?
how much does u.s produce?
No rich nation has to worry about wheat. For us prices only go up.
It's poorer nations that can't afford those higher prices that suffer.
That's how capitalism functions.
Just buy russian wheat instead
Wheat? Please, when I was in America, no one talked about anything except corn. Corn this, corn that. Should be called United States of Corn.
I love the Civilization 6 icons used for the corn and the wheat. Great little homage.
Outstanding educational video, tying together a critical variety of geopolitical issues that are likely to lead to massive famine, waves of human migration, insurrection and unrest, unstable economic markets, WAR. I have shared this video with many friends and family... only 33 minutes for an excellent summary of critical geopolitics.
Lno
fiddlesticks....thre ar farms everywhr....all many need is water...if we can pipe oil thousands of miles, then modern aquaducts need only folks with the will to build them...Rome used its armies in peacetime to build infrastructure.
Sure, if you like B.S. fed by the Lems
@@jackparsons2623: So now we know you are not a fan of facts.
@@billderinbaja3883 how do you determine who is giving you “facts” and who is lying? Subscriber count? Or corporate backing? Because even facts can be misleading when half the story is omitted.
I love your empirical analysis of all aspects of this war. Even taking weather and natural disasters into account. That's a sub from me! Keep up the good work!
12:33 this issue has existed since these rail lines were built during the times of the Russian Empire and then after Soviet Union and was the reason German, Hungarian and Romanian rail logistics suffered and were heavily slowed during the invasion in 1941 and were forced to heavily rely on French and German trucks, captured Soviet trains and a hundreds of thousands of horses.
Plus no fuel 😔
From all the WW2 material I've read the past sixty years, I've never seen any mention that the German planners considered the railroad problem. It really came to bite them as they got deeper into Russia.
@@LuvBorderCollies from what I have read it seems the germans assumed they would be capturing a large anount of soviet trains…and they did capture some but I think about 90 percent less then they originally thought, which is why the railway became such a bottleneck for the germans
seeing all this makes me think 'we' should consider the risk of a WW3 to stop Putin cs. Letting it all happen seems to be just as bad, only slower.
@@theredhunter4997 Okay, that sounds vaguely familiar. Fuzzy memory says they had to move stuff from one rail gauge to another. Thinking they could capture 90% of Russian railroad engines/cars was more like wishful thinking.
I think it is important to add subtitles in other languages like hindi, arabic etc. to get this knowledge out of the western/english speaking bubble.
Also I would help to translate your videos to german for free to make your content available for elderly people there.
Old people don’t matter, and if you don’t speak English you also don’t matter.
Ah yes. Suptitles.
Those people do not buy in to propaganda. They question the logic of narratives like this that can be debunked with statistics.
@@THEREALspypasta dude he’s not English speaking give him a break
What are the countries with low rate of English fluency/literacy? I know most of east Asia is like that, right?
Turkey produces more than enough wheat and grain for its own population, but it exports WAY MORE than it produces and all the imports basically go to value added product like flour, spaghetti etc. Mainly being exported to Egypt, Algeria, Iraq etc
There’s another option to ease the issues of food supply. The federal legalization and incentivized rotation of hemp. Hemp is a rapidly growing filter plant rich in oil and fiber. It removes toxins from the soil, it can be tilled into the soil to enrich the soil (lessening the need for fertilizer) its rapidly growing and makes a vastly superior candidate for bio fuels dramatically lessening the food impact. It can be fed to grazing animals once again greatly lessening the food impact as it doesn’t need to germinate to be used in any of these applications like corn does. When a plant germinates it uses a vast amount of resources to produce its seeds. Corn and what we use as food from it are its seeds. Corn uses an exorbitant amount of resources to grow, it requires a lot of fertilizer and water, hemp does not. Hemp can also be used as a substitute for any fiber. Cotton another germinating water and fertilizer hungry plant could be reduced or replaced with hemp. Further reducing the need for fertilizer, the very oil from the plant is not only medicinal but can be converted into bio fuels and anything else oil is converted into namely again, fertilizer but thousands of other products as well. Hemp because it is rabidly growing produces insane amounts of oxygen, more per square foot than trees in turn sequestering tons of carbon dioxide. Hemp also has built in insecticides when tilled into the soil will reduce future crop loss and lower the need for another item not mentioned in the video but inexorably linked, chemical insecticides derived from oil.
Hemp was at one time federally mandated to be grown in rotation within the U.S. mainly for ship rigging in the age of sail. It was a strategic resource coveted by all governments at the time; that time has come again.
It misses the point … western countries will cope any way in some way … there will be plenty of food, just less exotics and more expensive … its about those countries having limited options … countries that to a large extent consist of desert or other uninhabitable land … most important way forward is that the leaders of those countries relying on food supplies as they otherwise cannot feed their people stop their ignorance and come up with an alternative … the land limits the population … stay there and import food and let the population explode … we all knew that this will lead to disaster … as supply lines could have been interrupted at any time … for years to come … without any other country able to step in as the potential causes are countless.
You clearly are not a farmer... YOu literally have everything wrong.
@@w8stral enlighten me please.
@@TroaBarton You did get one thing right, for ethanol production it is slightly superior per ton, but the estimated tonnage harvested per acre in said study is woefully overvalued. Who knew, advocates bend the truth... who knew... Which does not matter as even if 100% of the land was converted to ethanol production from it stems it still would not be enough nor would its seed into bio diesel be enough. So, why play pretend games? Religious dogma is why. But for you I guess I will go into pretend mode... For animal feed, not correct, it is simply utterly deficcient in other ways and why one must have a varied diet just as you and I would die if we ate nothing but wheat or corn or rice, cows/sheep/pigs etc must have a varied diet as well. On top of this the flavor of the meat would change and is the same reason Grass Fed beef is not exactly what people like to eat even though moving cows as I am doing is far cheaper than feeding them corn/soy per acre. Same reason soil has been killed off in the USA, monoculture. In terms of insecticides, not correct, just different bugs and your point about the soil is 100% not true. Harvesting Hemp is SLOW and expensive, though if done in mass someone would figure out a machine that does not bind up due to its fibers. This is actually frankly a deal breaker and why I planted it one year and never again until this aspect is figured out. Others just put up with it and last I checked, USA is the 3rd largest producer or Hemp in the world currently just surpassing Canada. In terms of fertilizers to grow etc, depends where we are talking about and what rate and same goes with Corn if you use rotational grazing with cover crops massively dropping fertilizer required. Tonnage per acre in good ground? No. Hemp cannot be grown economically over as wide an area lattitude wise, but in terms of water use, it can if all you care about is ethanol. Hemp can be grown compared to corn in poor soils, but still worse than just using that soil for other crops which we still have to eat or FAR better rotational grazing which unlike hemp, build the soil. You didn't get those little facts in your pamphlet of propaganda.
I am sure someone will figure out how better to harvest, grow hemp, but currently, the pamphlet does not meet reality by even 50% of the claims. Maybe it will on poorer soils, but on rich soils that are well watered? Not even close.
@@w8stral I’m not sure here your hostility is warranted or comes from? You seem to have an idea about me that frankly isn’t true. I’m a collector of information from multiple sources about any topic. I’m not weighed down by dogma, religious ideology, nor am I afraid of being proven wrong. As one example I think biofuels are important strategically as wood gas was in WWII for a certain country but idiotic in principle for fuel frankly just as wood gas was. I also think our impact on the climate is woefully overrated in how it is reported and misused for political control. While severely lacking in areas I find more important like airborne carcinogens. The possibility of hemp being used for biofuels over corn which would better be used as food was the point there. It being a filter plant while respirating oxygen would aid in those carcinogenic impacts I’m more concerned about. The smoke stacks of a coal plant throw out more radioactivity than any reactor meltdown could achieve.
You can sheath your sword, to be honest I had a misconception about you as well. As you have surmised I am not a farmer, never claimed to be.
Certainly applications vary and food production is still something that obviously needs to be done. Making the best use of the land and it’s characteristics isn’t only important it obviously makes sense. You’d find me advocating for feed lots and animal husbandry in areas where farmland isn’t available. Or hunting and how it has positive impacts on the ecosystem. As far as the profit laterally that’s why I added the part about incentives. Corn as I’m sure you’re aware is heavily incentivized. Which is why it is in just about everything which frankly isn’t a good thing.
I know of the differences between a diet for cows and pigs and that you have to balance them. I knew about how their diet effects the end product something I’m genuinely interested in is how hemp would effect that. I know about soil erosion and the laws passed to prevent another dust bowl. Admittedly I did not know about the binding issue during harvest (as much as that makes sense) but as you said that would be something eventually overcome just as it was with cotton. I suppose rapidly growing needs context and a comparison. Ground cover not so much, lumber certainly etc.
As for advocates bending the truth it works both ways which is infuriating.. However in aggregate hemp is a very useful and versatile plant. It is hard to beat in its usefulness but it will never compare to an incentivized GMO mono crop and that’s not what I’m suggesting, that isn’t where it’s value lies.
I want to be clear that I am not arguing or debating you. You have a wealth of information I’d happily partake in. I was genuinely asking for enlightenment but I did construct it in such a way to weed out a troll. I did go off topic a bit here but I’m enjoying this a little too much.
You cover topics not many others talk about in extent. I always enjoy listening to you talk about topics that are happening
I think it is worth pointing out that when the war ends a lot of the regions that have been heavily affected will be restored fairly quickly. I mean look at the Iron Harvest in Belgium and Eastern France. They dig up shells and all other kinds of volatile items from WW1 to this day while ploughing their fields. It hasn't stopped them growing crops for the past 100 years and I doubt it will stop a load of driven Ukrainians to stop either.
Yea but this war probably won’t be stopped in the next year.
@@Harry._.Thompson For sure nobody knows when it will end I was just stating that a more devastating conflict has occured and within a "short" time farmers were able to replant and grow again despite the risks of unexploded ordnance etc
@@scl9671 Russia looks set on partitioning Ukraine. they have won in the Donbas
Last 100 years? ww1 ended in 1918 but don't forget ww2 didn't spare these batllegrounds either. And ye in some regions farmers still find alot of bombs ploughing their fields. Around Ypres the farmers tend to have boxes somewhere near the farm to keep found bombs and shells, for the army to pick up. XD
WW1 weapons were nothing compared to modern ones.
As an american, i think turkey’s neutrality to the discussion is best, considering they benefit both sides atleast. They don’t want to be dragged into any war, just like the days of World War 2
Japan applied variable gauges for connecting bullet train lines in different parts of the country with different rail gauges. Supplying variable gauge rail cars might be the quickest way to get grain from Ukraine to Western Europe.
The ideal solution to merge different rail gauges is why blending them into the wider gauge which usually does help and is done in most countries around world, a small miscalculation can cripple trains from even fitting onto the tracks
It reminds me of the time when French SNCF and other French rail instructors barely communicated and ordered a total of 2,000 trains that were Too wide to Fit onto the tracks
Problem is Russia is destroying Ukraine's rail infrastructures to stop Western supplied weapons to Eastern Ukraine.
isn't the point more that shipping is so, so much cheaper than rail freight?
@@seadkolasinac7220 not only that. There isn't enough trains and railway capacity. (E.g. Waggons are stuck at the Ukraine border to Poland because of that)
@@grysufeuermelder9602 german promised to make more wagons for this reasons. gonna take some time tho.
RealLifeLore, I just wanted to appreciate your videos. They are very well detailed. Thanks for putting so much effort and time so we can informed. One of my favourite channels. Keep up the good work! 😃
Ministry of truth is glad to provide you with convenient answers for all of your questions 😉
@@bomjahed Ah the good old Russian bot. I missed you so much!
@@gunterthekaiser6190 Have we met before? Can't remember, educating western sheeple is quite a job😁😁😁
@@bomjahed Of course we have! Well not you exactly but I did talk to one of your fellow employee. I was asking him questions about the pay, the morals and the pleasure of his job. I am actually really curious about that lifestyle.
The level of complexity you give in their video is very insightful. There isn’t really any single solution, and that’s what makes this disaster more concerning. We’ll see how the scenario goes, but I hope there will be a compromise to allow Ukrainian food exports to reach the nations that need them in North Africa and the Arabian Peninsula.
There is actually the tech available right now to create ethanol from waste instead of grain, it's second generation technology & in the process of fazing in. Speeding up the transition to that is the obvious, huge action that can be taken right now to really impact this stuff.
Other thing is just going to be increasing efficiency & potentially prioritising grain ships at ports globally. Australia's going to have a massive amount of grain available this coming season, but distance is an issue. The more efficient all the world's cargo ships can be made, the more viable it becomes to have them travelling to places like Australia, instead of spending the time they could be spending travelling just sitting in port queues for weeks.
Other obvious way of increasing food is by decreasing waste, maybe lowering standards in some situations too, about 1/3rd of grain crops are rejected for human consumption, due to bugs in the grain. In a world that is moving towards eating insects as food, do we really need to dispose of or divert to livestock 1/3rd of grain because there's a handful of bugs in it?
People growing at least some of their own food & growing useful food is another action that on a large enough scale can impact overall food supply. If everyone with a yard or balcony grew 1 large pot of potatoes or sweet potatoes, that would have a huge impact on the calories available v calories needed globally
simple solution: ukraine stop playing around and surrender
maybe the US and nato could bomb ukraine into surrendering so we can get back to normal
@@Blox117 oh grow up! No-one's buying your troll farm propaganda lies! Ukraine surrendering would just make everythng worse!
@@Blox117 Ukraine would rather die than offer a total surrender, they will kill as many Russians as they can with prejudice.
The WEF limiting food production in the countries under it's control will further in-pact the situation. To everyone, stock up food supplies now.
roof top gardens
Make sure the food supplies are non-perishable and long lasting
I was seriously wondering why everything in the markets are so expensive now. Thank you for the informative video. Information like this should be available for all, and best off, for free.
I think it's a worldwide problem now, everyone it's complaining. It definitely has something to do with the Russia-Ukraine war.
one of the reasons we see rising prices is currency duplication i.e. inflation, practically robbing the money itself of its value by practically flooding the money supply
@@pauliusiv6169 nope, they keep printing money
Also
Covid measures, sanctions, central banks restricted by the state, China's zero covid policy, disrupted supply chains are driving up inflation.
For European ECB is in a crisis whether it raises the interest rate, thus endangering the liquidity of some companies and some EU states in the insolvency brings or just little intervene = States, companies continue to get cheaper loans to repair the damage, but the normal becomes poorer.
In both cases, many workers lose their jobs little by little.
@@Janoip Thank You, Mister Supreme Leader 😎
You are leaving out some VERY important points, such as African nations who wanted to grow their own grains were not granted loans from the World Bank. United States, World Bank.. etc have discouraged African nations from growing their own food, thus causing Africa to be dependent on other nations. Russia stepped in, gave loans to African nations to buy seed, fertilizer etc when other nations wouldn't. There was an article on the BBC around 2010 or so talking about this issue.
Also the Chinese controlling food supplies to their advantage. And it's China who is the largest polluter of our planet. No amount of clever greenwash will refute this fact.
Corruption
@@fuzzyspackage I think it is exploitation of Africa. It is easier to exploit the poor and starving than people who are stable and have jobs. Rather than complaining about Ukraine, send Africa farming and irrigation equipment.
somehow im not surprised.
@@survivalistboards What African nations are you talking about? Nigeria produces many agricultural products.
Incredible video to say the least. I had little knowledge about this food shortage scenario. A lot of research has been done to make this video and it shows.
You call this good content? Dude literally said “war in Ukraine.” Go to any city in southern Russia, they are being constantly shelled, then you’ll won’t call this good content anymore because it’s pure bias.
Something happens:
Real Life Lore: *catastrophic*
mostly true though. kinda sums up the century so far
@@Black.Templar_002 Stop going around from comment to comment supporting RLL, one comment is enough
@@Madsurfer-dz1hx Dont tell Asuna how to live their life
Smh sad but true.
You should watch OCC. It’s even more exaggerated lol
It's unfortunately true that the more 'advanced' we get the less vulnerable we think we are, but the vulnerable we actually become.
Add to that self-destructive hubris short-sighted selfishness and a tendency to destabilise systems through entirely self-inflicted issues such as war and it's a wonder we are seemingly doing as well as we are.*
*We're not! Who's heard of the Bronze Age Collapse?
We definitely don’t become more vulnerable the more advanced we become. We are simultaneously facing a multitude of crises that individually would have crippled societies in the past and while it won’t be easy, we can overcome them. While a sense of invincibility is definitely not good for our long term survival, we have come a long way from even just a few decades ago in terms of our ability to deal with crises caused by wars or drought.
@@schwi5425 I think it's ok to admit that we are exceptionally well at handling crises that we are well prepared for, and can easily predict. However, the problem lies with the ones that we cannot anticipate. Growing complex systems get harder and harder to predict as they continue to grow. And hell, we're at that point. Covid wasn't even a black swan and it brought the world to its knees. Even the Russian invasion was predicted by the US a month or so in advanced, but hubris as OP mentioned contributed to the outcomes we see now. Only at the very end will we learn any humility, and by then it'll probably be too late.
@@schwi5425 Sadly, stuff like this really is only going to severely impact the poorer nations. Europe, USA, East Asia, and Australia will be relatively unaffected.
Global famine was a well known risk … nobody believed we are less vulnerable … most were aware that we make ourselves increasingly vulnerable … feeding large and through food imports ever growing populations … is a pre-programmed catastrophe … fed into by the ignorance of those country’s leaders who had no back up plan to feed its own population … the land limits the number of people it can feed … with imports populations exploded … own productions and research how secure feeding its own population were neglected … even though everybody knew that an interruption of the supply lines could have happened at any time they are utterly unprepared … uncontrolled population explosion and no means to feed it … and the possible causes are countless … but yet no really relevant …
*SILENCE, KNAVE! THE KINGDOM OF UGARIT SHALL RULE OVER THESE LANDS FOR A THOUSAND GENERATIONS!*
Sad you don't upload this episode at the same time on Nebula. I prefer to watch it on this platform to support you.
I'm disappointed you didn't mention Australia, since Australia is the world's 6th biggest wheat exporter, so yes, lower than Ukraine at 5th biggest, but still significant! Australia is most significant though cause the climate has been very nice to Australia for this & next season's crops AND Australia has the lowest fertiliser use per hectare of any developed world country, with a preference to aim for lower yields for lower input costs, which means Australia is in the best position to cope with the fertiliser shortages, while still increasing yield to meet the current demand, not to mention the southern hemisphere being the first to output crops after the Ukraine situation became known ie winter wheat has just gone into the ground, much higher levels than usual, so as to capitalise on the higher prices available, due to global shortages the Ukraine war has caused.
Last year, as the rest of the world was suffering in drought etc, Australia was in recovery from severe drought, resulting in a tripling of wheat exports compared to 2020. The mouse plague & floods were still devastating to the crops, but the flooding's basically wiped out all the mice now, so this year's looking really good!
Might not be enough to fix the problem, but it certainly is significant on a global scale, as it will ensure the South East Asian area has ample food available & remains stable. Countries like Indonesia & Taiwan are not going to be conserned about grain supplies, as the country they import their grain from has ample for them & is looking to find new markets for it's excess that's expected this year. China also sources significant amounts of wheat from Australia, but in reality, Aussies would be more than happy to deny them the grain & send it to others who need it, after China's trade war games.
Anyway, I just think it's relevant to point out how much grain Australia produces & that it exports 75% of what it grows & it will be keeping the region around it completely stable with ample food supplies over the next couple of years
Other than that, very interesting video & thanks for making it :)
I think they didn't mention that because Australia is pretty far from the Middle East. So no matter how much they export, they're simply too far to stabilize middle eastern countries.
@@spiritwildfiregaming1975 Probably, but with mentioning all the droughts & weather events around the world, I just think it's relevant to mention that hey, at least one region of the world is stable, so basically we can ignore them & focus on these other regions in the coming years, cause there's not going to be any food related revolutions in South East Asia in the next year or 2. Also potentially worth being aware of, with China's ambitions for Taiwan, so just good to be aware that Taiwan's grain supplies are stable & coming from Australia, so no reliance on China from them or anything.
I'm not 100% sure Aussie grain won't end up in the Middle East though, apparently Australia exports to around 50 countries (but about 90% to just a handful, mostly Indonesia, China, Thailand, Vietnam, Singapore etc) but Aussie farmers have been studying exactly what grains are needed in the Middle East, with the view to exporting to them. Farmers in Australia are smart, they know the more of the same kind available, the lower the price, so they're looking to target different market to their neighbours & looking at what varieties will likely have the best sales prospects & income for them. No idea how they're going to be getting it to those countries, but presumably they've figured that out at least somewhat or wouldn't do it
& wow, thanks for all the likes! I wasn't expecting that!
@@mehere8038 Oh, that actually makes sense.
Pardon me then.
Also the "studying the grain" part is interesting. I might keep track of it if possible.
thanks for pointing that out!
People forgot what started off the ARAB SPRINGS, it was a shortage of food, more specifically wheat/grain due to the fact that Ukraine and Russia,( the main exporters of grain for most of Northern Africa and the Middle East) experienced a ounce in a century drought that ruined there yield for the year. Which lead to all those countries empty handed and hungry with no alternatives which lead them to revolt. If people think things are bad now. Things will only get worse for the next year or 2 before things start getting better.
So just 2 more years and it'll be over?
The quality of your videos is legendary! Great geopolitics explanation, I love it!
What surprises me the most is that everyone beforehand was saying that Ukraine is a backward unimportant corrupt country. Russia knew, and they planned this years ahead.
Coming winter the EU will be without gas, and they could have been working on this problem for the past 8 years.
But instead they are working on teaching pronouns and legalizing drugs 😂
EU is as corrupt as they claim others to be
@@chad2522 And are still doing infinitely better than Russia and most of the world. Funny how that works.
Already more then enough gas in winter
The problem with biofuel grains is that they tend to be unfit for human consuption in one way or another, so to turn those into usable calories would likely result in those grains being turned into meat.
And meat is the least efficient way to convert agricultural resources into human-edible food products.
I'm continually astounded at how much work you put into these fantastic videos. By far my favorite channel. Keep it up.
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The word 'catastrophic' meant a lot more before you used it in every fifth sentence. But despite the overuse of dramatic wording, this was an eye-opening and informative video. Anybody who doesn't watch this is making a catastrophic mistake. 😜
Those who worry too much should calm down, and those who worry not should worry much.
My little quote is open source. ;)
@ThelastTiger you're obvly not starving due to this so don't say he's over exaggerating because there are thousands to millions of people worldwide who are actively starving due to their food accessibility being compromised. He's not being overdramatic, it's a real thing. It only sounds overdramatic to the privileged.
@@misguidedkpopper8674 it feels unbelievable even though I know it's real. I'm from a country that depends on Indian and Chinese grain imports.
maybe it's because the media isn't covering this topic that much.
I don’t know if you’ll see this, but just in case you do I have always been curious about this;
How much time does it take you to make so much high effort and detailed content?
What do you eat?
Do you sleep?
Thanks for the video brother
I'm sure there's a team of people working on these
While not exactly the same thing, I wonder if we'll see a similar conflict in Africa over control of the Nile. If that were to happen, it would involve Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia, and likely other nations; events there could easily cause regional famine and/or impact global trade as well.
Should be internationally controlled & opened to all for responsible use.
@@Fido-vm9zi The countries involved would likeley resist. Possibly with force. It's time Europe stopped meddling in Africa, it causes suffering for everyone.
With Israel's machine to turn sea water drinkable and the creation of the lettuce and potato box Africa may be spared turmoil, if they could get access to it, in africa there's less water, but high sun, and in assam there's flooding, if an African country could co-ordinate with assam on flooding they could import the water to their country for cash, or a cut of the potatoes and lettuce from boxes. It could be as simple as just using the wine hose technique for the distance, it's a long way away, but all you really need is a rubber hose, cash, and an understanding of physics
@@tourmelion9221 I disagree, the Egyptians are already threatening a Water War over the damming of the Nile up-stream.
@@avroarchitect1793 precisely this. Dams on the Nile upstream have been a contentions issue for some time now, and will likely remain so.
This is by far one of the most important video to watch right now.
26:51 should have included a qualifier: some growing areas are only suitable for biofuel/meat grains. The remaining areas will need time to switch the grain varieties. It can be done, but it's not a simple case of diverting pig-feed to people.
Meat grain is the same as wheat grain whhen it comes to soil and furtilizr, all that is needed is lime and a year in fallow....and rain.
@@scottleft3672 Some of the fertilizer approved for feed crops is below the standards set for food crops. You might know exactly what I'm talking about and be precisely right about one year of fallow, but the solid waste continuously needs to be disposed of, so some land will always be non-food grade unless big investments are made.
@@emptyshirt Yes...i was thinking of the responsible farmer...not the penny pinching corporations....andfallowing and lime is best for fruit and veg if far from limestone/serpentine/chalk etc...the best vineyards are atop calcium based deposits....you can tell when the soil is sucked dry of all minerals....tomatoes are a good indicator, they taste bland when lime is needed....romans actually tasted their soil....yikes.
Aquaponics is suitable anywhere. Uses 20% of the water that typical agriculture farming uses and none of the land. We are at least a century behind where our tech is.
Or family's could grow their own food without toxins and gmo garbage while wiping out problems of lazy fat poor health big farma life long zombies at the same time. I'll buy that for a dollar if there's one left afterwards.
RUclips for some reason censored this video and I had to look it up by its complete name, to a T..
Is a shame your knowledge isn't distributed to schools same as with hundreds of really factual and good content creators for life.
Continue your awesome work bro..
Lol i got recommended it, dont know how iam here. I see no famine
How do you know it's censored and what do you mean by that? I didn't notice any part of the video noticeably censored.
I have nothing to prove to you three NPCs.
I get the notification for all videos, saw it; gave a like and didn't have the time to see it. Next I go to the channel it has vanished, nowhere to be found. I used a separate device and it came up right at first.
Have some sleep or something..
@@breoelmonjeloco.5931 You couldn't see the video on his channel? Take a look, it's there. Maybe *you* need some sleep...
@@Corn0nTheCobb I'm surprised you wrote all that despite not being able to read what I wrote.. but that's ok, and sad..
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i think you also could have mentioned the australia 2022 floods which have caused a shortage of food and have driven the price of food up
I'd love someone pointing out ukraine isn't really that high on the grain list but they want war. So in 2018 Germany goes from number 3 to number 13? 🤔
@@Mills141 Wait, what? I'm so sorry, but your comment just isn't making sense to me.... what does Ukraine not being that high on the grain list (whatever that means, 'cos according to the video I just watched, quite the opposite would appear to the case) have to do with Germany going from #3 to #13? From #3 to #13 in what, their place on the grain production list? How is that relevant to Russia trying to economically strangle Ukraine?
Please, I'm seriously asking (I'm NOT tryna be snarky or sarcastic)
CONGRATS ON 6 MILLION SUBS 🎉🥳🎉🥳🎉🥳🎉
This is why countries should be as independant and self-sufficient as possible. You can not rely on foreign countries for your everything.
Yet unfortunately not all countries geography would allow them to be self sufficient.
@@oldaccount1194 That's what I'm talking about, Senator.
It’s ironic for Egypt, who used to be the big grain producer of the Roman Empire, but is now entirely dependent on food imports.
Their population exploded, they add 2 million more people each year.
Say thanks to Augustus
It's great how you're not afraid to mention climate change. Like another commenter said, you've explained events in far more depth than most media outlets could ever manage.
people are afraid to mention climate change?
Weird how you can get a 30 year loan on coastal property.
I wonder if, in the event of a global food shortage, the US would do something about the massive food waste during production.
Ever seen those labels on produce saying "Grade A", "Extra Fancy", etc.?
Ever wonder where "Grade B" and "Not Fancy" products went? Yup, they were all thrown out because they didn't meet the *COSMETIC* standards.
WELL STATED & CRAZY HUH !!??
the B grade stuff usually gets used in products where you dont see it. So B grade apples wil be used in premade apple pies for example. Or they go to cheaper stores or less rich countries where the poor dont shy away from a few brown spots...
They dont just trash usable food 'because'. Trashing destroys products that expenses have been made on. They will try to recoup.
Another place for lower grade products is animal fodder. If you see cat food with salmon in it its usuallly cuttings that humans dont eat, but also salmon that dont meet standards like too small, not looking good.
And hey in the US any garbage meat gets turned into pink goo that makes up mcdonalds "meat". so waste is much rarer than people usually think
@Hydro Aegis, you make a good point. Apples and potatoes are two crops that come to mind in what you mean. Sometimes only 20% is marketable for humans. However smart producers use the 80% for animal feeding. Even smarter ones extract the ethanol bio-fuel first, because it's profitable and the left overs, called distiller grains and more easily digestible for livestock.
American teror is now finished. Thanks to Russia. yougotthis
Grade A and Extra Fancy is all we can get in The Netherlands. All cosmetically worse (but usually tastier) food is being exported
Congratulations on 6 Million subscribers RealLifeLore, you deserved it!
A bit disappointed by the video. Most of it focuses on Ukrainian exports which, while an important factor, it is not even the main cause of the food crisis. The fertiliser crisis, which is the REAL cause of the upcoming famine, is very briefly mentioned
last i checked theres many types of fertilizer.
and one of them is animal shit.
I think the point is that famines are always caused by a confluence of issues, we'd already have huge food insecurity without the war but with it we have a catastrophe
@@davidty2006 Russia is the largest fertilizer exporter. Fertilizer and other things such as pesticides, herbicides, etc… are the cause of the global population boom. No fertilizer no(way less food) and then famine
I'm also pretty sure the video title tells you that its going to be about how the war in Ukraine is contributing to the food shortage. Don't know how you can be disappointed by the video being about that when it told you it would be up front.
My dad works at the tea industry in India, and he says that the price of fertilizer mostly Urea and MOP (Muriate of Potash) has been reaching stupid prices recently. I think most of the potash that he receives is imported from Russia? (idk i am not an expert)
If North America and Europe were directly threatened with famine, I could see the military convoys to allow the grain exports to get out to be on the table. But fortunately, they're mostly self-sufficient when it comes to food production, so unfortunately, it's unlikely that NATO would risk war with Russia in order to feed 3rd party nations that need the food. As for the refugee crisis that would inevitably follow, we've seen the rise of far-right political movements in response to the various migration influxes in the last 10+ years from Syria and other parts of the Middle-East and Africa. The Ukrainian refugee crisis has only made the situation in Europe more difficult, though in my opinion, Europe being united in supporting Ukraine has softened the burden. But, the looming food crisis that's about to hit North Africa will be the breaking point for Europe, and whether its right-wing parties being elected or more liberal parties acting in fear of losing their position of power, countries across Europe will begin closing their borders full-stop to refugees.
And this will be nothing compared to the refugee crisis resulting from climate change (eg, 80% of Bangladesh is built on a flood plain).
Countries in Europe will not close their borders to refugees (or illegal immigrants, because that is what most of them are).
Europeans would rather have their taxes increased, live worse, and have general lawlessness, than to "look r*cist".
Even while entire countries were under lockdown, they kept accepting people arriving illegally. Even the "refugees" that tested positive for the virus were allowed to enter, while citizens were not allowed to travel, or severely restricted, even for work reasons.
Nah, I have lived in Europe all my life, I know these people. You just need one photo of a dead baby refugee in the news, and half the continent will demand their governments to open the gates, go get them to Africa if necessary.
@@Ballardian makes you wonder why so many blue states in the USA and Canada promote tourism. Tourism = climate crimes. Thanks libs
It's also interesting to note that the acceptence of huge numbers of Ukrainian refugees creates a precedent that Europe can accept more refugees than it has been complaining about, which may affect the European left and center. As soon as the war started, news and commentators from the "global south" and "western" left started talking about racist hypocrisy in how Europeans and North Americans clearly care more about Ukrainians than Libyans, Syrians, Yemenis, of Afghans* (a lot was made of "western" news commentators saying that the Ukrainian war was more shocking because it was "middle class" "Europeans", etc., getting bombed, etc.), and that all the European complaints that they couldn't accept more refugees due to economic pressure and security concerns were clearly thinly veiled racism in light of things like Poland basically letting in any and all Ukrainians (though I might add that Poland directly borders Ukraine, so it's more like Turkey's acceptance if Syrian refugees and Iran's acceptence of Afghan refugees than like the European union accepting these refugees or even arguably Libyan refugees).
*I'm suddenly wondering if there's now a problem whth Ethiopian Refugees (though I understand they're in a cease-fire now), and also realizing I haven't actually heard anything about Yemeni refugees.
FUCKING EPIC!
The problem is not the war in Ukraine but that there are countries out there that rely on food imports. Every single market hiccup is going to cause suffering in those overpopulated regions.
so then you could argue, the problem isn't countries relying on food imports, its overpopulation. But then it's not that the problem Is overpopulation, it's that the country isn't large enough for all their people. Or is it that there were too many people born and not enough died to balance the scales.
So maybe we should stick to asking what could have caused starvation recently when it was a non issue a few months ago? War in Ukraine,
@@Wreckz_Tea You will always run that risk if you don't control your population levels. "War in Ukraine" is just one of the many problems that might come up. Mass starvation is inevitable if you go beyond the resources your country can provide and are reliant on nothing ever happening in the outside world.
@@Wreckz_Tea Its a quite straight forward problem … the land limits the number of people that can live from it … this natural limitation was artificially circumvented by food imports … those countries became heavily dependent on imports, often even driving down own productions and research how alternatives could feed their own population … the imports led to certain populations increase significantly … famine was a problem that always lured over those countries … a latent problem in case the supply lines are interrupted in some way … which could have happened at any time … a pre-programmed catastrophe based upon ignorance … as many countries did not have and do not have a back-up plan … which they should have … alongside population control …
@@bcfuerst it's not like it's a recent development though. They have been overpopulated for a long time. They did implement population control measures by limiting the number of children people can have. They cant go kicking people out of the country. It's a crap situation. I wish we didn't rely on other countries for oil but alas, here we are spending paychecks on gas to get to work. Yay
@@Wreckz_Tea This is simplistic questioning, and ignores larger trends. Yes, *this* emerging famine is directly caused by the war in Ukraine. The question then becomes: how do we prevent this happening in the future? It has nothing to do with population and everything to do with *food security*. The flow of food from nation to nation gets fucked the very second *any* kind of supply line hiccup occurs--that's bullshit, this shouldn't happen. The solution is more countries need to increase their domestic food production--period. We cannot rely on stable supply lines any more--the fact that we ever did was frankly just foolish, but hey, easy money right? That has to stop. If it doesn't, more famines are inevitable--period.
I guess Ukraine will be the new Bosnia. Maybe even surpass it when it comes to landmines per square kilometer.
All because of one insecure little man
But could ukraine make another bosanska artilerija?
@@reek4062 brcause of usa hegemony
@@reek4062 We live in a world that not only that it's acceptable to think that a war starts overnight without ANY previous state of events whatsoever, but also the EXCLUSIVELY acceptable explanation of things..
I mean no offence but it's extremely insulting (for anyone that cares about their brain at least) to accept the explanation that all out of a sudden overnight "a certain president on a certain country woke up on the wrong leg" and decided to invade a neighbouring country with no reason what so ever and even risking one of the world's biggest catastrophies
@@RDXomen If they were a hegemony, they couldve stopped the war, which would be in their favour.
The Russian flagship displaces 9380 tons while the argentine Belgrano displaces 9575 making it the largest military ship last during a conflict (the Falklands war) since WWII. I was going to mention the USS card (a former escort carrier)sunk during the Vietnam war, which had a displacement of 12,000 tons when full, surpasses full tonnage for both ships named above. However, it was raised and back in operation 6 months later. Keep up the great work and really enjoy your videos!
Most of the crops fed to livestock are not suitable for human consumption (rinds, reeds and leaves) so cutting livestock food supply would not help nearly as much as you think and would probably make the problem for humans worse since the calories we get from livestock would decrease as a result.
Isn't most food we give livestock soy?
@@phillip7731 i think that is only brazilian cows. those are the ones that are practically eating the amazon.
we are going to grow human suitable crops instead of livestock feed.
@@kairon5249 the crops we feed to the livestock are just the parts we don’t eat, but it is still human suitable crops like corn and wheat. We are already growing all the food we can eat on that land
@@cliffh.3279 That's not accurate. Crops are grown specifically for livestock. They are not edible by humans.
take a shot every time he says "catastrophic"
what a fun time to be alive
Catastrophic day to you sir
Thanks for the free videos!!
I've always believed that an apocalypse would happen...wasn't sure if I'd actually see it...well good luck everyone
Three or four countries having a famine is hardly the end of the world, though it is a disaster.
@@Akuryoutaisan21 I feel bad for people who think we’re not heading towards a disaster. Things will get worse
Nothing new is really going on, only difference is ppl have instant access to information
Things will be get bad but then they will get better, it is not the end of the world. I wonder how many generations of people thought the end was near throughout history. The truth is we just aren't as special as we wish to be. We aren't the last humans.
@RedactedAndExpunged no not normal history, the elites are doing something new.
Its wheat, its just sad that this war had such an impact on the global community, as expected. Nevertheless, great video and hope to see more.
@The hero we deserve it will be your problem in about a year
@The hero we deserve we'll starve to death 😑this is a global issue
@@three_wood_sen serbia is fine lol
It's not the war its the sanctions from usa that is causing this mess, about time a country stood up to the war criminals in this world.
@The hero we deserve We (in Europe) will soon drown in refugees. So this might be even more catastrophic than the sanctions.
Dear Vladimir,
Thanks for loading that last straw onto the camel's back.
Sincerely yours,
The Third Horsemen
You know this war wouldn’t have even happened in the first place if NATO and the US government made peace with Russia years ago.
The whole reason why Russia invaded Ukraine is not because Putin wants the Russian empire back it’s not cuz of resources it’s cuz of NATO and Joe Biden.
Yeah, let's conviently forget about David Beasley’s speech and ignore 28:00 th minute and blame it all on Russia
@@zadovrus1624 Vladimir invading one of the most vital global food suppliers isn’t exactly helping the millions struggling previous to the invasion
Greetings from Sweden.
Keep up the great work with this channel!
Another extraordinary video, relevant, current, well researched, and a complex issue explained simply and entertainingly. Thanks
Nothing suspicious here, move along 🕶️
@@bomjahed Inflation, the War on Ukraine, and the very Concepts of both Work and Unions
was all covered by ONE Channel: Some More News.
If that doesnt make him reliable af to keep you
Updated about Famines and Global-Issues, then what does?
@@slevinchannel7589 HA! That guy's a far left political hack. Stop spreading your propaganda.
@@libertas-goddessofliberty5664 Dude, you instantly became rude... towards a stranger... and then liked your own comment, evidend by how theres 1 Like after just Mintues...
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@@bomjahed Can you give me a clue as to what you found suspicious or are you just making vague accusations blindly?
Watching system collapse theory happening is quite interesting (and terrifying).
Just basic late stage capitalism
@@GalacticNovaOverlord god damn, thanks for using this terrible event to push your shitty political agenda!
@@GalacticNovaOverlord Which part of the video, between the wars, geopolitics, blockades, the black sea and bosporus straits and the unfortunate countries that rely on grain imports can be described by "late stage capitalism" exactly?
@@GalacticNovaOverlord …you give no more context lol
this is just the world ticking along like always.
For modern conflicts do one about the Yemeni or Libyan civil war.
We need more awareness about yemen. Everybody has to see the evils that the saudis are committing
yes yemen pls
Yeah unlikely.. you can guess the reason
@@lamchunting856 that's why he does that kind of videos on Nebula, there he can post what he wants, like he already has done.
That's bad information you don't have to know 🤓🤓🤓
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Those projections are built around the limitations of transshipment between modes / rail gauges. Also the limitations incurred by having to use gauge convertible rolling stock. There is so much voluntary labor at hand the gauges could be converted in a matter of weeks. Or temporarily construct a parallel track of standard gauge.
Is there any reason why Ukraine should not be changing its railways to standard gauge ASAP?
@@GCarty80 ASAP is about years of gargantuan effort. There are some solutions offered like the ones mentioned above, but changing the gauges isn't immediately solve the problem because changes need to be made too on Ukrainian trains. If the Ukrainian trains can't be retrofitted soon, then neighboring countries' train is the ones who need to enter Ukraine and bring the cargo out.
@@freedom4651
"neighboring countries' train is the ones who need to enter Ukraine and bring the cargo out."
I was more or less operating on that basis. Rolling stock would have to be pulled from every corner of Europe to move the necessary quantity of grain.
I think that regardless of who wins the Ukraine/Russia bout, nations and businesses of the world are going to have to invest massively in agriculture…
Might I make a suggestion? Perhaps it would be prudent to find a way to grow foods of any kind in cities themselves, either in dedicated buildings or areas and/or across city rooftops en masse. At least so in times of uncertainty these places have a little extra to go around.
Also, if, say Tobacco crops were wholly replaced by wheat and other foods, how much would THAT help?
Or just don’t live near deserts...
@@ccdsds3221 that’s getting harder with desertification
Good luck with that. Tobacco and alcohol are probably consumed even more as times get tougher. People want to cope somehow.
@@justinevernera2418 At least alcohol has calories
" Perhaps it would be prudent to find a way to grow foods of any kind in cities themselves, either in dedicated buildings or areas and/or across city rooftops en masse."
Plainly, you don't even the remotest idea how much land is taken up with agriculture. Your suggestion doesn't even qualify as nonsense.
School is over our Social Studies teacher continues to teach interesting information
Thank you for your very interesting and excellently researched Videos :)
I woke up feeling happy and positive about the future today, thanks for fixing that problem.
When he opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, "Come!" And I looked, and behold, a black horse! And its rider had a pair of scales in his hand. And I heard what seemed to be a voice in the midst of the four living creatures, saying, "A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius, and do not harm the oil and wine!"
It looks like it is at least starting.
The Denarius being equivalent and metaphorically representative of a day's wage... 😥
I don't like this trajectory.
Russia has offered continually to escort grain from Odessa.
i honestly wonder how far removed we are from a bronze age collapse style event
with all the mass migration (which honestly isn't too dissimilar to the migrations of the so-called sea peoples), natural disasters, civil unrest, growing supply shortages and interconnectedness eerily similar to the 13th cenury bce bronze age kingdoms and empires
we also gotta remember that the bronze age collapse was an event that lasted for almost the entire 12th century bc
(just like the 3rd century crisis for the roman empire and the industrial era chaos of the 20th century for the modern world, in which there were massive battles taking place with tens of thousands of soldiers fighting and dying due to the massive population size and massive imperial organization)
also interesting to note that in both cases, after those massive wars, the amount of fighting men involved in engagements dropped significantly
(we also know that in the 13th century bce, massive kursk-style chariot battles did take place, involving tens of thousands of fighting men, like in the battle of qadesh or 15th century bce battle of megiddo)
you will own nothing and you WILL be happy - klaus schwab - Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum. Author of " The Great Reset "
@@arroeducarlion4990 genuinely acquire some class consciousness for fuck's sake
@@lilwerner1518 yes and you know that too because he wrote his intentions clearly in his book......
i sure never said a word of it now did i
Don’t forget the crazy inflation bomb slowly exploding in the US. That alone may crash the global market.
Luckily I live in Vietnam, main exporter of rice, fruits and many other agricultural products. In Vietnam fruits, vegetables, rice, seafood, meat,.... are still abundant and prices are stable. This year has been an amazing year for many Vietnamese companies who export seafood, oil, garments, fertilizers,...
When will Vietnam invade Cambodia? I plan to learn Vietnamese just in case. I think Thailand would also want a share.
@@scintillam_dei Vietnam doesn’t plan to invade Cambodia
@@estherfromasia Sure it doesn't.
@@scintillam_dei never been to Vietnam but that's where parents were from
Never heard Vietnam has interest in expanding. That's like saying Japan or South Korea plan to expand.
Only china wants that, which threatens Taiwan and India (India and china are clashing at border as we speak)
You're hard at work with these videos and they are very valuable. Thank you.
I love that you used the Civilization 6 icons for crops
Would you be able to show us how you do research ? Learning and understand a new topic as thoroughly as you did is fascinating, I'm interested to find better ways to learn.
Inflation, the War on Ukraine,
and the very Concepts of both Work and Unions
was all covered by ONE Channel: Some More News.
FOUR Videos that relate to this here - Relevant much?!
17:46 More accurately, it went on a "special underwater operation" after being promoted to a submarine.
how did u watch so fast
@@DaGreatest_, watched the video almost as soon as it appeared on my subscriptions.
Ржомба хорошая, прикол зашарен👍
Always interesting to see how much the world is burning today. Makes me feel better about my own problems...
The world is always burning. We just live in an era where we can witness ir from anywhere, anytime, and live.
very interessting! the voice i find exhausting to listen to because its so excited.
grains in silos can be kept for years without rotting, so saying it's likely to start rotting now is something I don't understand. do you have any sources or reasoning for a claim like that?
Most Port silo's are not designed for long term storage. They are high yield, high turnover silo's. They are not setup to store grain for more then 1-2 years. Aeration and temp controls are poor compared to storage silos most people are familiar with as they are only intended to be used for 3-6 months at a time.
(most large ports have long term storage nearby or even onsite)
@@louiscypher4186 Ah I didn't know about this, thanks for the information.
This entire video has just been: "But wait, it gets worse!"
Correction: The US did acknowledge shooting down Iran Air Flight 655. Giving 130 million dollars is certainly a form of public acknowledgment of wrongdoing. Even Reagan apologized. When the president acknowledges it directly and says in writing over diplomatic channels… that’s pretty formal.
Biofuel from food instead of inedible grasses or the like
seems sociopathic at any time but especially now.
food contains more energy, so its more efficient spacewise
Gasoline contain ethanol which is produced by corn. If you don't use ethanol you have to use the other worst alternative which is lead which can cause many problems to human health like memory loss and other problems. Unleaded gas means it has no lead instead 20% ethanol.
Issue with that is well.
thats land that could be used for more food crop.
instead being wasted on fuel.
use diesel for god sake.
@@davidty2006 its estimated that all the food used for biofuel could feed ~1.6 billion people that’s just insane
It's been a while since I've been back on the war situation between Ukraine and Russia. So great I can always come back to it.
Please tell me the secret to getting American propoganda to fuck off for 2 seconds?
A luxury
This video just further proves just much we all depend on each other.
Wars, sanctions, invasions.....
I wonder what our world will look like at the end of the century.
@@akosreke8963 huh?
@@akosreke8963 Yeah, I don't think I'll bother with a book of made up stories. Your bible is a work of fiction, and it isn't even good fiction.
Actually, this video proves that Ukraine's neighbours are dependent on Ukraine. Don't use the subject 'We' here because there are many other countries that are not close geographically to Ukraine, that simply is not dependent.
what world?
@@namekjawa6848 this is not how the word "we" works lmao
All of a sudden we've all got a pain in our stomach by the punch of the Russia-Ukraine conflict. The pain that we didn't even know that it could happen 5 months ago.
Actually this was one of the first things people warned about. RealLifeLore pointed to this literally like the first week of the conflict.... Makes it freaking hilarious that Putin has so many supporters in Northern Africa when they're literally his sacrificial pawns lol
@@hawkshot867 They should be on the side that is prolonging the war in Ukraine and pillaged North Africa according to you?
there's way too many people living on this planet anyways....
actually no since war has been going on even before russia and ukraine. Did you forget Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, Palestine and Yemen?
@@michaelfried3123 damn bro you’re so edgy and cool
I love watching these videos and knowing how screwed we all may be
I almost watched a couple of Classic Horror Movies but instead watched something far more scary and REAL. This Video was top notch but terrifying.
"Perhaps it would be easier to ease off of the demand" Well, That wasn't dark at all.
*just eat less lol*
Superb data and information in this video!
Your research is impressive.
Keep it up dude...