With the continuous rise of international oil prices, the cost of living of European people is continuing to increase, not only to spend more money on refueling, but also to pay gas and electricity bills all the way up. In this situation, many people can only travel by bicycle or walk, and even cooking has to consider the cost of gas, and it is not difficult to see that the energy crisis in Europe is intensifying. And this will inevitably lead to more derivative problems, with people facing not only rising energy prices, but also possibly a food crisis.
Recently, European countries have set off a wave of panic hoarding, people are hoarding rice, noodles and oil, and many supermarkets have been "emptied" under sweeping goods along the way. After the rise in oil prices, the prices of bread and meat in European countries have also risen, and these ordinary daily necessities have even become "luxury". The current upward trend in oil prices has not stopped, which means that prices will continue to rise, plus most of Europe's grain has to be imported from Ukraine and Russia, and the same is true for sunflower oil. Therefore, in order to ensure self-sufficiency, the people decided to make their own bread and set up vegetable gardens and chicken coops in the backyard to prevent food from being cut off.
However, the reason why Europeans hoard sunflower oil is not just for cooking, some people actually consider replacing gasoline with "sunflower oil", because the price of gasoline has already exceeded the former, so some people have come up with this method. However, some professionals have said that cooking oil cannot replace diesel or oil at all, and will only make it difficult to start the car and cause damage to the engine and fuel system. Therefore, the hoarding of sunflower oil is completely unnecessary, but this will not change the fact that the European people continue to grab oil.
Iodine tablets were also looted, as Europeans began to worry about nuclear leaks and prepare for them because of the power outages and fires at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. As a drug that can prevent radiation, iodine tablets have naturally been robbed, and it can be said that in today's Europe, all materials have become "in short supply", which is exactly panic hoarding. However, it cannot be said that the people of various countries are not right to take precautions, because whether it is the continuous rise in international oil prices or the potential food crisis, Europeans have to hoard a lot of supplies to cope with the crisis.
For Europe, the crisis may have just begun, and under the continued panic hoarding, its domestic supplies will be sold out sooner or later, but the follow-up supply is difficult to replenish in time for various reasons, and the situation is very serious. It can only be said that today's world is "a trigger that affects the whole body", and any accident may trigger a "butterfly effect", and how the EU should respond to this situation will become a question that it needs to continue to pay attention to in the future.