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.
I’d love to use trains, but they’re so much slower and way more expensive. A return journey cuts into some very precious, limited time off.
I’m going to Berlin soon and I checked out the rail option first, it it’s just unfeasible.
This 100% is the problem with bad policy.
Maybe it will get at least bit more possible after the new railway EU legislation passes this year but I am not that hopeful because they are just bunch of idiots flying business jets and don’t understand the problems there.
Tbh it is big lobby by national railway companies like SNCF that slow the prgress way down, they should really pull out their heads from their asses and recognise that cross European travel isn’t that much competition.
If rail could be cheaper I’d take the time to use it. But when a flight takes for hours is significantly cheaper it’s hard to justify 12 hours on a train or more
Berlin?! What sort of a awful place you live that you want to go to Berlin? Its just gray and concrete, horrible place.
Visited recently and I loved it! Met so many nice people and visited so many interesting things. And I come from a very pretty city. ;)
I must have upset some Berliners with my silly joke :D Funny how I got upvotes when making the same joke about France :–D
Anyway, I’m glad you liked it. But in these trying times, I’d suggest people to travel more locally. But as a misanthrope, the faster we burn ourselves off the planet, the better it is for the fishes and whatnot =D
My friend lives in the Netherlands, and we don’t see each other very often. It’s for a big birthday celebration for myself so it’s a bit of a one off trip, I’ve always wanted to go to Berlin. I think my last trip away was possibly 10 years ago!
I hope you have nice and fun celebrations :)
Thank you!
I agree, local travel is the way. I went there by train, so I guess that still counts. :D But I would wish train travel would be more affordable and EASY. So complicated to book trains which go borders. You really have to know all the tricks to get a good price. But I will train interrail that summer I think, let’s see how that goes.
Yeah I really wished there was some EU wide train system thing that would make things faster and less complicated. In fact, I’m baffled how that wasn’t done decades ago. One of the best ways to deal with climate change and bringing down emissions would be to subsidize, simplify and make things easier with rail travel. But we are lead by donkeys, so whatddyagonnado you know