Daily Episode 154 - Oil Shock in the Philippines

About this episode

The episode discusses the oil crisis in the Philippines and its potential impact on the nation due to heavy reliance on imported oil.

The Philippines is a great example of a nation on the brink due to an externality, because of their heavy reliance on imported oil. Nation on brink: this oil crisis may destroy everything we built | Inquirer Opinion DOE: Philippines’ fuel supply can last up to 50.42 days Please join us on Patreon for weekly bonus content and to join our Discord community. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Hosts: Kory, Kellan

Topics covered

• oil crisis
• imported oil
• Philippines
• externality
• fuel supply

Keywords

• oil shock
• Philippines
• fuel supply
• crisis
• imported oil

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Inquirer Opinion, DOE

Places: Philippines

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