Europe has only six weeks’ supply of jet fuel left owing to Iran war, says energy chief
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Ban private jets and charter flights. Only people-efficient commercial liners and medical flights.
Resource allocation is fucked up in the world thanks to the US, so Tailor Swift jet comes first anyway
Listen if the shareholders aren’t happy they might cry.
Maybe we should think about rationing that fuel. There are flights that are really important (like your local rescue helicopter) and flights that are not so important (like that flight bringing tourists to Mallorca so that they can get drunk there or that flight transporting football fans to Madrid so that they can watch a game or all those private jets)
EU's production is sufficient to cover the critical flight infrastructure. That's also the reason why EU countries don't stockpile jet fuel. This is just fear-mongering from airlines who fear lower profits during the coming vacation season due to rising fuel costs.
Yeah, but 70% is not 100%?
Isn't that 70% of all requirements, rather than 70% of critical requirements?
Oh for fucks sake thats probably why there are no flights on Wednesday next week, i didn't even consider the football idiots
Another US airline bailout in 3….2….1….
There is a whole lot more going on that the main stream press is talking about. Do a search on "de-industializaion caused by hormuz closure"
https://www.weforum.org/stories/2026/04/beyond-oil-lng-commodities-impacted-closure-hormuz-strait/
Looks like the attack on Iran is also an indirect attack on energy transition technologies by reducing the availability of stuff like Sulphur, Aluminium, synthetic Graphite, ...
If this was a calculated move to do some fossil fuel lobbyists a favor, then it once again shows this administrations incompetence. Governments already increased their efforts to transition away from fossil fuels as a reaction to the war. https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/war-spurs-eu-plan-electricity-tax-cuts-faster-shift-fossil-fuels-draft-shows-2026-04-14/
In a strange and inept way trump is doing the world a favor. This will be the death of globalization and fossil fuels. There is just the small matter of famine, economic collapse, war and death to get through. The world will a better place on the other side, for those who survive.
Have they tried Kissing Trump's ASS and doing EVERYTHING he Asks with Zero pushback? THAT plan has been working REALLY WELL for them SO Far!