That will be the short term fallout from a fuel shortage. Truck drivers have threatened it since the '70s, and "they" have certainly been listening. Without fuel, your grocers shelves will be empty in less than 48 hours and manufacturing will grind to an immediate halt.....The F-word: Fuel. Any big problem with this one word will really mess up the "just in time" distribution of food and other essentials. It all revolves around fuel.
Not quite a necro-thread, but something to review and look at. Many of the economic indicators of TEOTWAWKI are indeed happening right now.
Economic chaos looms imminent with many nations wanting to drop the dollar for trading, social unrest in the arab countries affecting oil prices, total denial about inflation in the US, food prices are rising and expected to skyrocket.
Just something to think about.
What a joke. We don't get OUR oil from the middle east and thus it really has nothing to do with the prices. The reason we are concerned with the middle east and it's stability is CASH, the companies that pump and refine the oil in the middle east are British and US companies. Our military is nothing more than a private security force for the oil companies of England.Not quite a necro-thread, but something to review and look at. Many of the economic indicators of TEOTWAWKI are indeed happening right now.
Economic chaos looms imminent with many nations wanting to drop the dollar for trading, social unrest in the arab countries affecting oil prices, total denial about inflation in the US, food prices are rising and expected to skyrocket.
Just something to think about.
According to data from the US Department of Energy, of the top five suppliers of crude oil to the US only one, Saudi Arabia, is a Middle East exporter. In March 2008, the US imported 1.795 million barrels per day (b/d) from Canada, 1.535 million b/d from Saudi Arabia, 1.214 million b/d from Mexico, 1.154 million b/d from Nigeria, and 858,000 b/d from Venezuela. These top five suppliers accounted for 68 percent of total US crude oil imports for that month.
Here's an indicator for ya. When a foreign country buys the NYSE. Oops, done. At least the German company that bought it is owned by an American company.....WTF? Something fishy going on here.
Justin Bieber on the cover of Rolling Stone. The end is either right now, or very soon.
This has been happening for a couple years, but you never see it. When they have a shortage, they pull that isle out and move the others a bit further apart to fill the gap or they fill those shelves with a product from another department to give the impression of full shelves....Today I noticed they had they fluorescent lights turned off at the Camby wally world, relying on the skylights.I think a good TEOTWAWKI indicator will be when you walk into walmart during the week and start seeing bare shelves that stay unstocked. this will show a disruption in the fragile transportation and logistical side of things in this country. also could be an indicator of massive food hoarding by our government or large private entities because they know something big is coming. We already see this on a smaller scale, but when it starts hitting the major grocery retailers on a consistent basis then you will need to act.
another indicator will be regular power failures starting in areas that have never experienced them before. in california and new york, these are regular events, but here in central indiana they are not. So if you start experiencing these its another waring sign.
2-cents. im no expert
My local WM has many bare spots on the shelves, too. Bread aisle, ketchup aisle, hot dog aisle. Even the milk section is only 40% or so stocked.This has been happening for a couple years, but you never see it. When they have a shortage, they pull that isle out and move the others a bit further apart to fill the gap or they fill those shelves with a product from another department to give the impression of full shelves....Today I noticed they had they fluorescent lights turned off at the Camby wally world, relying on the skylights.
Yeah, I've witnessed it at walmarts all over the country (I travel a LOT) for a while now.My local WM has many bare spots on the shelves, too. Bread aisle, ketchup aisle, hot dog aisle. Even the milk section is only 40% or so stocked.
WM claims that it is due to limiting the number of items they carry in their inventory and/or preparing to re-set the shelf layout (as you wrote above). My main point is that, this HAS been happening for a while now in my area, too, and I leave it to others as to whether or not it is due to shortages or a business refining their stock.