Back when this pandemic started, in March 2020, I was trying to get a grip on want was going on. There was lots of noise and conflicting information. I remember talking to a neighbor and telling him my estimate was one million dead before this is all over. I didn’t mean this as an exact tally, but an engineering estimate. It was going to be more than a few thousand, more than a hundred thousand, but less than many millions. He seemed skeptical, but I still remember the hard look he gave me. I decided to document my concerns (Weighing in on COVID-19). It didn’t happen quite the way I expected, but here we are at a place that was unthinkable to most people. I also believe this is a very low estimate. It will take time to see what part of excess deaths get assigned to covid.

From Axios, with data from Bloomberg. EVs are displacing 1.5 million barrels of oil per day. The real story is about 2/3 of this is from 2 and 3 wheeled vehicles.

EVs are shoving aside real volumes of oil

From The Guardian (UK).

French dijon mustard supply hit by climate and rising costs, say producers