AP Exclusive: Europe has 'maybe 6 weeks of jet fuel left,' energy agency head warns
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The head of the International Energy Agency has warned that Europe has about six weeks of jet fuel left.

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.

      • blackn1ght@feddit.ukEnglish
        133·
        5 months ago

        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.

        • plactagonic@sopuli.xyzEnglish
          17·
          5 months ago

          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.

        • arrow74@lemmy.zipEnglish
          1·
          5 months ago

          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

          • fatcat@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
            8·
            5 months ago

            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. ;)

              • blackn1ght@feddit.ukEnglish
                4·
                5 months ago

                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!

              • fatcat@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
                2·
                5 months ago

                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.

      • StillAlive@piefed.worldEnglish
        106·
        5 months ago

        How tf am I going to travel from India to Singapore? Or Vietnam? Or France?

        (Not actually going anywhere but giving examples)

        • leave_it_blank@lemmy.worldEnglish
          223·
          5 months ago

          Don’t. Or pay premium. If it’s business let the company pay for it. If not, maybe just don’t go.

          • tal@lemmy.todayEnglish
            2·
            5 months ago

            I mean, realistically, countries won’t run out. Ticket prices will rise and price out some users.

            goes looking

            There are also apparently a few large propeller-driven planes still out there that use aviation gasoline. Gasoline prices are also up, but I assume not as badly as jet fuel, given that diesel prices are up more than gasoline and jet fuel is close to diesel.

            https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_DC-6

            That’s still in use, technically can do a New York-London flight (though I imagine that in real life, you’d stop in Reykjavik to maintain a safety buffer), and uses aviation gasoline. It’s got a cruising speed of 315 mph, though, compared to a (jet-based) Boeing 777’s 554 mph.

            EDIT: Oh, but the only DC-6s that are still in use are in a cargo configuration.

            EDIT2: Red Bull apparently operates one DC-6 in a passenger configuration.

        • bitteroldcoot@piefed.socialEnglish
          36·
          5 months ago

          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?

            • tal@lemmy.todayEnglish
              2·
              5 months ago

              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 
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[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,
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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,
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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
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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
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Principe, El Salvador, Sint Maarten (Dutch part), Syrian Arab
Republic, Swaziland, Turks and Caicos Islands, Chad, French Southern
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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

          • BananaIsABerry@lemmy.zipEnglish
            2·
            5 months ago

            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.