“More serious than gasoline shortages”: Japan’s healthcare system on the brink of collapse due to a blockade of the Strait of Hormuz—doctors warn of the crisis caused by naphtha shortages
“More serious than gasoline shortages”: Japan’s healthcare system on the brink of collapse due to a blockade of the Strait of Hormuz—doctors warn of the crisis caused by naphtha shortages
Yeah but Takaichi-san dances in the White House. /s
clark_hilldale on
Isn’t that also a DMT precursor?
senseiman on
There is a certain irony there. According to the article they shifted to domestic production of disposable medical equipment (surgical gloves, syringes, masks, etc) after Covid in order to prevent supply disruptions. But this really just resulting in them importing naptha from the middle east for that production rather than importing the finished products themselves from China like they used to.
So we’re still just as vulnerable to supply disruptions, just for different things.
AdOrnery6155 on
Half of expats:
But hey, you voted for Takaichi, right? So she should perform a miracle, stop Trump and every other country from going to war. That’s what you wanted, isn’t it? Why isn’t she performing miracles yet? It’s all her fault. She should just produce oil herself. Didn’t you vote for her? Why isn’t she solving all the world’s problems and producing cheap oil?
Jokes aside, couldn’t we just buy it from Russia? I remember that in 2022 a number of businesses in Sakhalin had to shut down because of the embargo on Russia.
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Yeah but Takaichi-san dances in the White House. /s
Isn’t that also a DMT precursor?
There is a certain irony there. According to the article they shifted to domestic production of disposable medical equipment (surgical gloves, syringes, masks, etc) after Covid in order to prevent supply disruptions. But this really just resulting in them importing naptha from the middle east for that production rather than importing the finished products themselves from China like they used to.
So we’re still just as vulnerable to supply disruptions, just for different things.
Half of expats:
But hey, you voted for Takaichi, right? So she should perform a miracle, stop Trump and every other country from going to war. That’s what you wanted, isn’t it? Why isn’t she performing miracles yet? It’s all her fault. She should just produce oil herself. Didn’t you vote for her? Why isn’t she solving all the world’s problems and producing cheap oil?
Jokes aside, couldn’t we just buy it from Russia? I remember that in 2022 a number of businesses in Sakhalin had to shut down because of the embargo on Russia.
Is this the right time to renegotiate?