geraldine matchett, royal dsm co-ceo. coming up, battling the elements.ons of americans are facing blackouts as freezing weather cripples the u.s. power system. we bring you the very latest. this is bloomberg. ♪ manus: it is your daily addition of "bloomberg daybreak: europe." the energy crisis in the united states of america grips the headlines, record low temperatures send prices soaring and crippling the power systems, launching at least 5 million into darkness. the grades manager can't be sure when the blackouts will end, with the cold forecast to continue through wednesday. let's get to our reporter. the u.s. oil supply is interrupted. the pipelines are freezing, crude prices are spiking the highest in more than a year. this is quite a tight situation. how long do we think this will endure? >> the cold snap is crippling our entire power system and people are experiencing these blackouts, they are without power at the moment. great managers aren't sure when the blackouts will end because the cold snap is here to stay until wednesday, so i think this i

dani: dsm, very much in the business of raw materials as well.have higher costs, but beat expectations. the dividend, also unchanged. we spoke to the ceo earlier. this is what they had to say. geraldine: we saw in q4 a nice step up in activity. 14% increase in volumes in our materials business related to the automotive sector, but here, we flag the question mark of how much is that a sustained recovery or whether it is more of a stocking effect across the value chain? i think it will take a little longer for everyone to really be able to tell. dani: may be uncertainty in materials, but an overall positive outlook. anna: packaged food, kerry group in focus. dani: a review of their ireland milk business. they are not saying whether this will lead to action. it could allow shares to rally, the thought they might spin it off. they've done a lot of deals, including buying a spanish milk business. it is also at the center of a shortselling dispute, so at the moment, trying to shake off those reports saying they are full of errors and inaccuracies. anna

>> when i use the term addiction i use the term that's in the dsm the diagnostics difficult many of the american psychiatric association. it simply means people are having psychosocial discs -- of their drug use. they are disturbed by these distractions. like for example they don't go to work. they are not meeting family obligations. they're not meeting other obligations. they had tried to quit on several unsuccessful attempts. things like that. that's what i mean when i talk about drug addiction. okay you come to that conclusion. what window between 2,002,005? >> guest: no man, it wasn't really until about 2010 i really started to say something is going on here, this is really wrong. stuart your submitting this evidence somewhat? >> guest: that's right. those boards, councils, learning group study groups, who does one present the evidence to? >> guest: i'm a professor i teach my courses, i present it to students, two other scientists at meetings in the scientific literature, and the popular press, and a variety of ways. but it's just too good you can't compete with popular culture. i m