Europe has “maybe 6 weeks or so (of) jet fuel left,” the head of the International Energy Agency said Thursday in a wide-ranging Associated Press interview, warning of possible flight cancellations “soon” if oil supplies remain blocked by the Iran war.

IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol painted a sobering picture of the global repercussions of what he called “the largest energy crisis we have ever faced,” stemming from the pinch-off of oil, gas and other vital supplies through the Strait of Hormuz.

“In the past there was a group called ‘Dire Straits.’ It’s a dire strait now, and it is going to have major implications for the global economy. And the longer it goes, the worse it will be for the economic growth and inflation around the world,” he said.

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    The example you need is called Zoom, or face time or… Really this is just covid all over again.

    edit: Wow, that’s a surprising amount of hostility. The fossil fuel world is ending, do people not realize this?

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      The fossil fuel world isn’t going anywhere. As soon as supply is restored no one will have learned anything and nothing will be done to reduce reliance.

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        Official Eiffel Tower website:

        https://www.toureiffel.paris/en/news/recreation/virtual-tour-eiffel-tower

        On the occasion of the Eiffel Tower’s 130th anniversary, TV5 Monde created a 360° virtual reality tour that reveals every aspect of the Tower in 3 minutes, featuring sunrise from the Champ-de-Mars and a panoramic ascent to the top, both inside and out. See the Eiffel Tower as if you were there, and much more! TV5 Monde takes you beyond the summit and behind the scenes to discover an unrivaled view of the French capital.

        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWKb5r-UMt8

        Though…hah. They don’t allow viewing it in the US. Very French.

        investigates

        country list
        $ yt-dlp 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWKb5r-UMt8'
        [youtube] Extracting URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWKb5r-UMt8
        [youtube] hWKb5r-UMt8: Downloading webpage
        [youtube] hWKb5r-UMt8: Downloading android vr player API JSON
        ERROR: [youtube] hWKb5r-UMt8: The uploader has not made this video available in your country
        This video is available in Andorra, United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan,
        Antigua and Barbuda, Anguilla, Albania, Armenia, Angola, Antarctica,
        Argentina, American Samoa, Austria, Australia, Aruba, Åland Islands,
        Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Barbados, Bangladesh, Belgium,
        Burkina Faso, Bulgaria, Bahrain, Burundi, Benin, Saint Barthélemy,
        Bermuda, Brunei Darussalam, Bolivia, Plurinational State of, Bonaire,
        Sint Eustatius and Saba, Brazil, Bahamas, Bhutan, Bouvet Island,
        Botswana, Belarus, Belize, Canada, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Congo, the
        Democratic Republic of the, Central African Republic, Congo,
        Switzerland, Côte d'Ivoire, Cook Islands, Chile, Cameroon, China,
        Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cape Verde, Curaçao, Christmas Island,
        Cyprus, Czech Republic, Germany, Djibouti, Denmark, Dominica,
        Dominican Republic, Algeria, Ecuador, Estonia, Egypt, Western Sahara,
        Eritrea, Spain, Ethiopia, Finland, Fiji, Falkland Islands (Malvinas),
        Micronesia, Federated States of, Faroe Islands, France, Gabon, United
        Kingdom, Grenada, Georgia, French Guiana, Guernsey, Ghana, Gibraltar,
        Greenland, Gambia, Guinea, Guadeloupe, Equatorial Guinea, Greece,
        South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, Guatemala, Guam,
        Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Hong Kong, Heard Island and McDonald Islands,
        Honduras, Croatia, Haiti, Hungary, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Isle of
        Man, India, British Indian Ocean Territory, Iraq, Iran, Islamic
        Republic of, Iceland, Italy, Jersey, Jamaica, Jordan, Japan, Kenya,
        Kyrgyzstan, Cambodia, Kiribati, Comoros, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Korea,
        Democratic People's Republic of, Korea, Republic of, Kuwait, Cayman
        Islands, Kazakhstan, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Lebanon, Saint
        Lucia, Liechtenstein, Sri Lanka, Liberia, Lesotho, Lithuania,
        Luxembourg, Latvia, Libya, Morocco, Monaco, Moldova, Republic of,
        Montenegro, Saint Martin (French part), Madagascar, Marshall Islands,
        Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of, Mali, Myanmar, Mongolia,
        Macao, Northern Mariana Islands, Martinique, Mauritania, Montserrat,
        Malta, Mauritius, Maldives, Malawi, Mexico, Malaysia, Mozambique,
        Namibia, New Caledonia, Niger, Norfolk Island, Nigeria, Nicaragua,
        Netherlands, Norway, Nepal, Nauru, Niue, New Zealand, Oman, Panama,
        Peru, French Polynesia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Pakistan,
        Poland, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Pitcairn, Puerto Rico, Palestine,
        State of, Portugal, Palau, Paraguay, Qatar, Réunion, Romania, Serbia,
        Russian Federation, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Solomon Islands, Seychelles,
        Sudan, Sweden, Singapore, Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da
        Cunha, Slovenia, Svalbard and Jan Mayen, Slovakia, Sierra Leone, San
        Marino, Senegal, Somalia, Suriname, South Sudan, Sao Tome and
        Principe, El Salvador, Sint Maarten (Dutch part), Syrian Arab
        Republic, Swaziland, Turks and Caicos Islands, Chad, French Southern
        Territories, Togo, Thailand, Tajikistan, Tokelau, Timor-Leste,
        Turkmenistan, Tunisia, Tonga, Turkey, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuvalu,
        Taiwan, Province of China, Tanzania, United Republic of, Ukraine,
        Uganda, United States Minor Outlying Islands, Uruguay, Uzbekistan,
        Holy See (Vatican City State), Saint Vincent and the Grenadines,
        Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of, Virgin Islands, British, Virgin
        Islands, U.S., Viet Nam, Vanuatu, Wallis and Futuna, Samoa, Yemen,
        Mayotte, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
        You might want to use a VPN or a proxy server (with --proxy) to workaround.
        

        I guess you could use a VPN with an exit node in Europe or a US territory — which, oddly-enough, they do allow — or something.

        EDIT: Here’s a link that bounces through Canada and can view it:

        https://inv.thepixora.com/watch?v=hWKb5r-UMt8