The echoes of the distant war shake our homes and the workshops of Calabrian artisans. They fill up electricity bills, van tanks, raise the price of bread to the point of limiting the dream of a holiday that many families are starting to see as a luxury to be postponed. It is in the invisible tunnels of the daily economy that the conflict in the Middle East and the tensions in the Strait of Hormuz are producing the most profound effects, transforming energy into a new social border line.
The CNA raises the alarm as the Italian production system appears increasingly exposed to international volatility. The increase in oil prices and the rise in energy costs are squeezing consumption, margins and investment capacity. But it is in the South that the pincer is tightening with a different intensity. In Calabria, where economic fragility and infrastructural delays have dragged on for decades, the energy crisis has become a structural condition in these three months.
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