Israeli and American strikes on Iranian processing infrastructure eliminated large shares of the world’s helium supply, fertilizer, and industrial sulphuric acid rather than merely disrupting or temporarily removing them from markets. The losses are framed as a manufacturing apocalypse because modern production depends on these inputs. Food production is described as impossible without fertilizer, semiconductor manufacturing is described as impossible without helium, and industrial chemistry is described as impossible without sulphuric acid. The impact is presented as global and immediate, with downstream effects on agriculture and technology supply chains.
"30 per cent of the world's helium supply: gone. 30 to 50 per cent of fertiliser: gone. Half the planet's industrial sulphuric acid: gone. Not "supply disrupted." Not "temporarily off market." Gone. Blown to fuck by Israeli and American strikes on Iranian processing infrastructure that the Pentagon either didn't know existed or didn't care about."
"This isn't an oil shock. This is a manufacturing apocalypse. You can't grow food without fertiliser. You can't run a semiconductor industry without helium. You can't run modern industrial chemistry without sulphuric acid. The mongrels in the Situation Room blew up the chemistry set the entire planet runs on, and they did it because Netanyahu sweet-talked the dropkick-in-chief over a steak at Mar-a-Lardo."
"I'd already read about the loss of helium and the impact on chips. I'd already read about the problem with fertilizer; it's affected US farmers who can't afford to plant as much this year because of both fuel and fertilizer prices, and they did it because Netanyahu sweet-talked the dropkick-in-chief over a steak at Mar-a-Lardo."
#geopolitics #industrial-supply-chains #helium-and-semiconductors #fertilizer-and-agriculture #industrial-chemicals
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