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Whatever happens in the Strait of Hormuz, energy markets have been changed for ever
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Expensive fuel and fertiliser will lead to smaller harvests and higher prices

A hypothetical third Gulf war closes the Strait of Hormuz, stranding a fifth of global oil and gas output and driving energy…

Mines, mistrust and missing ships will keep markets tight for months

A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist

It has already caused the biggest energy supply shock in history

Stranded Gulf supplies are choking off the region’s economies