Thread of 'Iceland causes rest of Europe problems'

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SamuelRSmith said:

mrstickball said:

 

Very well then. At losing $200m a day, they are already up to what? A billion USD now? What if this persists for weeks? months? A year? Do you realize that entire sectors could collapse, including food shortages in the UK. Now, since your in Portugal, you should fare well, but for the other parts of Europe....This could be disasterous.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying they should just throw aircraft up there in hopes that they get through. I'm just saying that every EU country needs to scramble to figure out how to establish a proper countermeasure to ensure some air travel goes on, despite this, or else it could get really bad.

Food shortages in the UK?

CEO of Tesco: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8631426.stm

"Less than one percent of supplies comes by air, and that tends to be flowers and some produce" He also goes on to say that for this 1% the air freight has been diverted to Spain, where it then makes the rest of the journey via road/canal, etc.

Certain kinds of food shortages. Kenya is losing millions of USD because they can't send their produce to Europe:

http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/africa/east/Kenya-Losing-Millions-as-Volcano-Grounds-Flights-91522474.html