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In reply to the discussion: "EIGHT WEEKS TO EMPTY SHELVES. SIXTY DAYS TO FAMINE." EVERYBODY INSULT THE OP! [View all]
bearsfootball516
(6,732 posts)4. This is sensationalism.
There's no doubt that the longer the war in Iran goes on, the more it impacts us.
But claiming that we'll be in famine 60 days from now is absurd.
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"EIGHT WEEKS TO EMPTY SHELVES. SIXTY DAYS TO FAMINE." EVERYBODY INSULT THE OP! [View all]
CousinIT
23 hrs ago
OP
This writer isn't an authority on the subject. His opinion is no more valuable than any of us.
hedda_foil
23 hrs ago
#1
There was an article posted a week or so stating that the last tanker of oil had reached LA. That gives US
in2herbs
23 hrs ago
#8
Yes, the last tanker from the Middle East for California/West Coast
DetroitLegalBeagle
18 hrs ago
#58
I agree. Getting away from peak oil is good. But we aren't running out during this mess.
Melon
21 hrs ago
#31
Yes, "we" do have a huge incentive to convert our homes and businesses to sustainable energy sources.
ShazzieB
20 hrs ago
#42
Of course we won't be fine. Rapenfuhrer is about to start the next worldwide depression with his little excursion --.
hedda_foil
16 hrs ago
#64
Please remember back to 1999 if you will. Airplanes will fall out of the skies, elevators will fall, ATMs wont give $$$
Srkdqltr
22 hrs ago
#9
The US has been exporting more oil and petroleum products than it imports since August 2021.
eppur_se_muova
22 hrs ago
#17
Well, I don't think we're gonna all starve. But I am going to short the market.😀
ashredux
22 hrs ago
#20
Yes and we've had a strategy for the last 50 years (thanks to Henry Kissinger)
FakeNoose
16 hrs ago
#65
There is a difference between Europe and the U.S. Europe has electric trains. We do not.
LiberalArkie
21 hrs ago
#38
Maybe worse case but I would bet the farm that supply and inflation will have a major impact by July
yaesu
19 hrs ago
#49
Well, one of the incentives for the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings to quickly end the war
Wednesdays
15 hrs ago
#72
It seems like the comments here are mostly skeptical, but on Substack, they are mostly in agreement.
ihaveaquestion
19 hrs ago
#55
"For two months, the world coasted on oil that was already at sea. That floating inventory masked the full scale of what
riversedge
19 hrs ago
#56
Yesterday I heard cattle herds haven't been this low since the 1950s
FullySupportDems
18 hrs ago
#57
Yeah. They skimmed it, made assumptions, and then went right to pile-on attack mode.
CousinIT
15 hrs ago
#71
This is simply not credible. Please don't give in to fearmongering and misinformation.
Rainbow Droid
6 hrs ago
#82
Remember when that Geology professor told us masks don't lessen the spread of COVID-19?
Soul_of_Wit
46 min ago
#90
Why won't American oil companies either produce more or export less to meet the US demand.
ChicagoTeamster
15 min ago
#92