The US has asked its allies, including Germany, to send as many eggs as they can and that's despite the looming threat of escalating tariffs on European imports. But does Germany have its own egg problem?

I’m sure this is going over well after all of the threats of tariffs the Neo-Nazi-salute giving Republicans have given.

  • dhorkEnglish
    28·
    9 days ago

    Yes, Germans should absolutely deliver lots of extra eggs, personally and ballistically, direct to the White House…

    • PunnyName
      6·
      9 days ago

      I prefer the term “pineapples”, but I guess “eggs” is a good code word for the time being.

      • dhorkEnglish
        42·
        9 days ago

        I do literally mean eggs. I abhor violence, but not petty vandalism

    • Treczoks
      2·
      8 days ago

      OK, but only the leftover ones past the due date.

    • MightyCuriosity@sh.itjust.works
      2·
      9 days ago

      Now I really want Germany to send a plane and egg the white house or the statue of liberty or any landmark for that matter. Or all…

  • Lemmist@lemm.ee
    7·
    9 days ago

    Is it even possible to export a significant amount of eggs over the ocean?

    • mmddmm@lemm.ee
      4·
      9 days ago

      Yes. You can keep eggs for weeks, and airplanes make the trip in a few hours.

      • MrFinnbean
        5·
        9 days ago

        Is it even commercially viable to export a significant amount of eggs over the ocean?

        • Stovetop
          9·
          9 days ago

          At the rates Americans are paying right now, maybe.

        • mmddmm@lemm.ee
          3·
          9 days ago

          That’s the kind of question that is very pertinent in normal times, but that we have no idea what the answer will be tomorrow.

          Normally, no, eggs “never” have such a bad distribution and people so willing into getting them that it’s worth crossing an ocean by plane to get them.

    • NotLemming@lemm.eeEnglish
      2·
      9 days ago

      Americans wash the protective layer off of eggs and so they go bad more quickly.

    • Treczoks
      2·
      8 days ago

      Crack eggs, pasteurize them, and pack them in canisters. They keep for ages. Use those for making industrial products instead of cracking local eggs.

  • meme_historian@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    4·
    9 days ago

    One thing I’ve been worried about with this egg shortage: aren’t they still a major factor in the production of common vaccines?

    Like, doesn’t the US hold a strategic reserve of millions of eggs to be able to ramp up vaccine production when needed? Is that system still safe?

    • Treczoks
      3·
      8 days ago

      Eggcellent question. But with an antivaxxer running health, you probably won’t need eggs anymore for that.

  • Treczoks
    2·
    8 days ago

    No egg problem here. But we hopefully don’t create one by exporting valuable eggs to the US.