The wicked problem of petroleum in our lives

About this episode

The episode discusses the widespread impact of the petroleum crisis on various industries, highlighting significant price increases.

Petroleum is in everything from plumbing products to chocolate, so with the Strait of Hormuz blocked, industries face price hikes and folding projects The price of plumbing products is set to soar by 30 percent as the impact of the petroleum crisis spreads beyond the petrol pump, in what one expert calls a wicked problem Find The Detail on Newsroom or RNZ Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details

Topics covered

• petroleum
• price hikes
• industry impact

Keywords

• Strait of Hormuz
• plumbing products
• chocolate

Mentioned in this episode

Products: plumbing products, chocolate

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Places: the Strait of Hormuz

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