It may seem hard to believe, but there are farms way up north in Alaska; at least for the time being. All that may change soon as we're finding out Farmers are suffering RATIONING OF DIESEL FUEL. Can't plant crops!
One Farmer says he ran out of Diesel fuel and called his Diesel guy to come fill up his tank. He was told "you are Rationed to 100 gallons - of either Diesel, Regular gasoline, or Natural gas - every 30 days.
He points out that two of his tractors have 90 gallon diesel tanks; and that lasts him 12 to 15 hours.
So how is a farmer supposed to plant - or harvest - crops, when his tractor can only til the soil or harvest, for 12-15 hours a month?
He added that Fertilizer - which also comes from the oil industry which is disrupted by the closure of the Strait of Hormuz - has gotten very expensive too, so that will impact crop yield as well.
The video below, from InstaGram, lays it out fast and blunt:
Hal Turner Reminder:
Folks, for over a week, I have been warning you to stock up on food, water, medicines you need to live on, because this stoppage of oil flow from the Persian Gulf will adversely affect
E V E R Y T H I N G.
There really are no words to adequately describe the magnitude of the trouble coming at all of us. Food shortages from no fertilizer.
Price increases which will, in __MANY__ cases, make it impossible for people to afford food!
Think about it: what few crops are harvested will be so expensive from scarcity and the fertilizer cost, PLUS the trucking diesel fuel cost to bring that food to market, that people will find themselves unable to EAT.
Food riots. Thefts. Social chaos.
Even if this entire Iran conflict is resolved TODAY, it will be WEEKS before oil even begins shipping again, and WEEKS MORE until it arrives. So prices won't budge downward.
Worse, even if fertilizer begins shipping, the planting season is already happening. Those crops will yield what they yield and not more, for the first Harvest of the season. In fact, the first harvest, might be the last this year.
Scarcity will continue until the second harvest . . . . if there is even a second harvest because no fertilizer was put down in the Spring.
It's tough to even wrap your head around the magnitude of this trouble.
Meanwhile, the typical, average, American is going about his business blissfully unaware of the horrifying reality now approaching.
I'm telling you: BUY EMERGENCY FOOD. NOW. While you can still get it.
