China quietly turns off supply of world's most used industrial chemical (www.abc.net.au)
from kinther@lemmy.world to world@lemmy.world on 22 May 14:00
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UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world on 22 May 14:31 next collapse

Quietly

I’ve been reading this headline in all Bold Caps for months

It means Australian manufacturers are facing a difficult choice: either stock up on the highly corrosive and combustible chemical or go without their key ingredient.

Maybe all those Euro Aussies can pick up and go back to the countries they came from.

AmidFuror@fedia.io on 22 May 15:34 collapse

Why doesn't everyone pack it up and move back to the savannahs of Africa? It seems like the only fair way to resolve all the issues that have stemmed from questionable practices during past migrations.

UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world on 22 May 15:42 collapse

Why doesn’t everyone pack it up and move back to the savannahs of Africa?

Give climate change a few more decades and they might have to

Hegar@fedia.io on 22 May 15:45 collapse

People will not be moving to equitorial regions.

UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world on 22 May 16:01 collapse

They will if they’re at high elevation

trxxruraxvr@lemmy.world on 22 May 16:12 collapse

Which the savannahs are not though.

UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world on 22 May 16:37 collapse

Kenya has an average elevation of 762 meters. The continent of Africa is an enormous plateau.

Feathercrown@lemmy.world on 22 May 16:40 next collapse

That’s hilariously low

UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world on 22 May 19:25 collapse

Low? That’s within a few dozen meters of the US average.

Of course, Nairobi is 1,795 m. About 200 m higher than Denver. But that’s averages for you.

trxxruraxvr@lemmy.world on 22 May 18:23 collapse

That would lower the temperature by about 5 degrees Celsius compared to sea level, which doesn’t help enough with African temperatures.

panthera_@lemmy.today on 22 May 14:35 next collapse

Europe, China, and Russia should get together and negotiate with Iran. The world cannot just rely on Trump to end the war.

trxxruraxvr@lemmy.world on 22 May 15:11 next collapse

Europe should not get together with Russia. Putin can get fucked.

1dalm@lemmy.today on 22 May 15:16 next collapse

Right after they convince Russia to end the war in Ukraine, right?

Face it. This is the world that the voters chose. (And yes, there has been a growing Right Wing political movement in most of Europe that has been pushing for this too.)

Airfried@piefed.social on 22 May 15:14 next collapse

Europe is “trying” but there won’t be a deal as long as the EU and UK lick Israel’s boots unconditionally.

redsand@infosec.pub on 22 May 17:12 collapse

Israel is the one deciding how this goes. They’re annexing Lebanon while everyone stares at Donald and gas prices

Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io on 22 May 14:59 next collapse

Sulfuric Acid. syac.

SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca on 22 May 15:44 next collapse

but no one will ask why we let China take over sulphuric acid production from the world last 50 years.

SaltSong@startrek.website on 22 May 16:30 next collapse

No-one well ask, because we know the answer. It was cheaper to let them do it.

Steve@startrek.website on 22 May 17:40 collapse

Thats no mystery. They offered it at a lower cost, and worldwide free trade was expected to continue.

Feathercrown@lemmy.world on 22 May 16:39 collapse

Factorio players know what’s up