Choking · scenario lab

ΔF* · ΔP · monthly oil bill · freight · fertilizer · food index · winners/losers · Aug 2026 defaults · not a forecast
transparent arithmetic

Necks · bypass · price anchors

Strait of Hormuz F ≈ 20 mb/d · ~30% seaborne fert.
Bab el-Mandeb F ≈ 4.2 mb/d · Red Sea gate
Suez / SUMED F ≈ 4.9 mb/d · Med bridge

Consequences · cascade · transfer

Lost oil ΔF*
—mb/d
after β
Sketch oil price
—$/bbl
— vs P₀
Gross oil bill Δ
—$B
Q · ΔP · τ (window)
Fertilizer exposure
—%
trade share gated
Composite stress—

Extrapolated cost cascade (scenario $)

L0 · Oil market revaluation—
L1 · Freight / war-risk uplift—
L2 · Fertilizer molecule uplift—
L3 · Food-cost index (αE+γF+κFr)—
L4 · GDP drag sketch (oil-only rule)—
Dominant bill (oil + freight + fert)—

Winners (this run)

    Losers (this run)

      Method. Effective shortfall weights Hormuz fully and Red Sea oil at 15–35% (route tax, not full barrel loss). ΔP/P ≈ (1/ε)·share + ρ. Oil bill = Q·ΔP·τ. Freight: baseline $0.8B/mo when Red Sea open; scales with Cape factor and oil-linked bunker. Fertilizer: 16 Mt/y seaborne-class × share × χ_H × +$150/t shock. Food index pedagogical. GDP: ~0.2 pp per +$10/bbl annualized rule of thumb × (τ/365). Winners/losers lists activate from χ and β — qualitative specificity, not equity research.