Disturbing news from The Economist:
It is becoming clear that reserves of olive oil will peak in the coming decade, as climate change wipes out most of the groves in the Mediterranean, the main production zone. The likes of Turkey will struggle to make up supply. Russia, however, expects to profit handsomely: its steppes, freed of permafrost, will soon host vast olive groves; a series of pipelines will send extra-virgin supplies westwards.
Somewhat disappointingly, The Economist seems to have taken no account of the benefits for the south of england. As we reported here earlier, home-grown olives are now on sale in the UK; can oil exports be far behind?
And I just heard that a clotted cream tanker has grounded on the rocks off Mousehole, threatening to pollute hundreds of miles of Cornish coastline. Locals armed with plates of fresh scones have been seen gathering on the beaches as part of a massive clean-up operation.