Global Demand Destruction: Subsidies, Empty Gas Stations, Rationing, Flight Cancelations, Export Limits, Price Controls

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by Tyler Durden

Monday, Mar 30, 2026 - 05:11 AM

In the past two weeks we have discussed demand destruction as a result of soaring oil prices (here and here), and we are increasingly seeing anecdotal evidence of just that (here is a table from Goldman we showed previously, laying out where demand destruction is most acute).

According to UBS, a shortage of jet fuel in Asia and very high prices for what is available are now leading to greater flight cancellations. European jet fuel trades around $1713/tonne, up 114% since the war began. Singapore fuel is up around 140%. Both Vietnam Airlines and Air New Zealand have had to cancel flights due to limited fuel supply.

Let's go down the list.

1. Panic buying prompts PM to reassure Australians over fuel supply (bbc)

Australia will halve its fuel excise for three months from Wednesday after prices soared to a record last week as the impact of the Iran war spreads. Meanwhile, the average price of a liter of diesel jumped above A$2.82 last week, while petrol was almost A$2.40, both the highest in at least 20 years. The average price in rural regions like the Northern Territory was even higher, a blow to farmers and long-distance transport firms.

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/global-demand-destruction-subsidies-empty-gas-stations-rationing-flight-cancelations-export

Voter ID Vindicated By Obama Judge

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by Tyler Durden

Monday, Mar 30, 2026 - 04:45 AM

It took seven years, one reversed injunction, and an Obama-appointed judge to settle what most Americans already believed: requiring a photo to vote is not a civil rights violation.

This week, U.S. District Judge Loretta Biggs dropped a 134-page ruling upholding North Carolina's photo voter ID law and dismissing claims by the state NAACP and other left-wing civil rights organizations that Republicans designed the 2018 requirement to discriminate against black and Latino voters.

The decision is a huge victory for Republican legislative leaders, who have been litigating this question since the law passed, and it comes at a critical time, as the SAVE America Act is being obstructed by Democrats in the U.S. Senate.

“It is important that this Court begins by recognizing what this case is, and what it is not,” Biggs wrote in her order. “This case is not about whether North Carolina law will require that voters show photo identification when they go to the polls. That question was settled on November 6, 2018, when approximately 55% of North Carolina’s registered voters enshrined a photo voter identification requirement in the State Constitution.”

President Trump has made the SAVE America Act, which would mandate a photo ID to vote and proof of citizenship to register to vote, a central part of his agenda this year. Biggs’s ruling now undercuts the opposition from Democratic leaders Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer, who oppose the SAVE Act despite consistent bipartisan polling in its favor.

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/voter-id-vindicated-obama-judge

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