# Is the US kinda doomed from this fuel crisis? **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [May 12, 2026, 7:11pm UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/is-the-us-kinda-doomed-from-this-fuel-crisis/11975 "2026-05-12T19:11:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![inthedarkness](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.centerforinquiry.org/inthedarkness/32/23404_2.png) [@inthedarkness](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/inthedarkness)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2026, 7:11pm UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/is-the-us-kinda-doomed-from-this-fuel-crisis/11975/1 "2026-05-12T19:11:28Z")
[![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/centerforinquiry/original/3X/0/a/0abbe3f78f4aa8fc2e28450df6b2516f7a5ef692.jpeg "everyone is delusional. nobody is telling you how bad this is going to be.") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDmxIddGL5U) Mostly based on this video I saw explaining how our fuel reserves are running low and we are at a point where we might have no fuel and the impact that would have: starvation, rationing, things like that. Is this real? Like is it as bad as all that and if so what can we do? I don’t think there is anywhere else to move to where this won’t affect you. ---
**Author:** ![lausten](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.centerforinquiry.org/lausten/32/23705_2.png) [@lausten](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/lausten)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2026, 8:41pm UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/is-the-us-kinda-doomed-from-this-fuel-crisis/11975/2 "2026-05-12T20:41:00Z")
I have seen a couple of these, but not from quality sources. We already know that the highest offices of the world are held by corrupt criminals with very little concern for the future. So, yes, things could get bad. I lived through long lines at gas stations and our ancestors lived through much worse. Lately, economic collapses are corrected by the people who caused them, but, who knows? I hear some references. I haven’t checked them, but I suspect there will be arguments against them. So, make some friends, start a garden, make peace with the universe. ---
**Author:** ![inthedarkness](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.centerforinquiry.org/inthedarkness/32/23404_2.png) [@inthedarkness](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/inthedarkness)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2026, 2:25am UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/is-the-us-kinda-doomed-from-this-fuel-crisis/11975/3 "2026-05-13T02:25:24Z")
> [@lausten](#): > > I lived through long lines at gas stations and our ancestors lived through much worse. Lately, economic collapses are corrected by the people who caused them, but, who knows? > > I hear some references. I haven’t checked them, but I suspect there will be arguments against them. So, make some friends, start a garden, make peace with the universe. I don’t know, he’s saying this is going to be far worse than the gas shortages of the 70s. A garden isn’t going to be nearly enough food, I’ve also not been able to make friends in my entire life despite trying, as for making peace with the universe… you’re making it sound like we’re doomed ---
**Author:** ![lausten](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.centerforinquiry.org/lausten/32/23705_2.png) [@lausten](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/lausten)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2026, 8:07am UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/is-the-us-kinda-doomed-from-this-fuel-crisis/11975/4 "2026-05-13T08:07:11Z")
> [@inthedarkness](#): > > you’re making it sound like we’re doomed You can find peace and keep on living. The world is changing, hopefully for the better, but yes, it might be a bumpy ride ---
**Author:** ![inthedarkness](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.centerforinquiry.org/inthedarkness/32/23404_2.png) [@inthedarkness](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/inthedarkness)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2026, 6:47pm UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/is-the-us-kinda-doomed-from-this-fuel-crisis/11975/5 "2026-05-13T18:47:04Z")
> [@lausten](#): > > You can find peace and keep on living. The world is changing, hopefully for the better, but yes, it might be a bumpy ride It just reads like we are all gonna die from what I see. ---
**Author:** ![cutslikeaknife](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.centerforinquiry.org/cutslikeaknife/32/31306_2.png) [@cutslikeaknife](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/cutslikeaknife)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2026, 4:27am UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/is-the-us-kinda-doomed-from-this-fuel-crisis/11975/6 "2026-05-14T04:27:25Z")
Doomed. Capitalism doomed ---
**Author:** ![morgankane01](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.centerforinquiry.org/morgankane01/32/28536_2.png) [@morgankane01](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/morgankane01)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2026, 6:16am UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/is-the-us-kinda-doomed-from-this-fuel-crisis/11975/7 "2026-05-14T06:16:49Z")
And so we are with it … ---
**Author:** ![citizenschallengev4](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.centerforinquiry.org/citizenschallengev4/32/28718_2.png) [@citizenschallengev4](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/citizenschallengev4)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2026, 7:13am UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/is-the-us-kinda-doomed-from-this-fuel-crisis/11975/8 "2026-05-14T07:13:38Z")
So better enjoy your todays for all they are worth. ---
**Author:** ![inthedarkness](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.centerforinquiry.org/inthedarkness/32/23404_2.png) [@inthedarkness](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/inthedarkness)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2026, 6:44pm UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/is-the-us-kinda-doomed-from-this-fuel-crisis/11975/9 "2026-05-14T18:44:40Z")
Sigh, not what I was hoping for ---
**Author:** ![citizenschallengev4](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.centerforinquiry.org/citizenschallengev4/32/28718_2.png) [@citizenschallengev4](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/citizenschallengev4)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2026, 3:13pm UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/is-the-us-kinda-doomed-from-this-fuel-crisis/11975/10 "2026-05-15T15:13:57Z")
> [@inthedarkness](#): > > Sigh, not what I was hoping for Not what I was hoping for either. Got a beautiful wife, beautiful kids, amazing grandkids, sweet doggy-dog and a fascinating life under my belt, and I can’t talk about the future because I’ve spent a half century watching powerful ruthless and blind fools repeating the same old mistakes, and setting up various irreparable nightmare futures - while the rest of us have no choice but to go along, or go nuts. _and so on and so forth . . . . ._ ---
**Author:** ![cutslikeaknife](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.centerforinquiry.org/cutslikeaknife/32/31306_2.png) [@cutslikeaknife](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/cutslikeaknife)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2026, 1:21am UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/is-the-us-kinda-doomed-from-this-fuel-crisis/11975/11 "2026-05-16T01:21:18Z")
You had a choice to join and help grow a political party that fights against militarism, corporate welfare and austerity ---
**Author:** ![inthedarkness](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.centerforinquiry.org/inthedarkness/32/23404_2.png) [@inthedarkness](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/inthedarkness)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2026, 2:04am UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/is-the-us-kinda-doomed-from-this-fuel-crisis/11975/12 "2026-05-16T02:04:50Z")
Oh is that all? I knew you’d have nothing. ---
**Author:** ![lausten](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.centerforinquiry.org/lausten/32/23705_2.png) [@lausten](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/lausten)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2026, 2:10am UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/is-the-us-kinda-doomed-from-this-fuel-crisis/11975/13 "2026-05-16T02:10:20Z")
Green Party? Socialist Equality Party? ---
**Author:** ![cutslikeaknife](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.centerforinquiry.org/cutslikeaknife/32/31306_2.png) [@cutslikeaknife](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/cutslikeaknife)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2026, 3:11am UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/is-the-us-kinda-doomed-from-this-fuel-crisis/11975/14 "2026-05-16T03:11:35Z")
> [@inthedarkness](#): > > Oh is that all? I knew you’d have nothing And you had something 🤣😂 ---
**Author:** ![cutslikeaknife](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.centerforinquiry.org/cutslikeaknife/32/31306_2.png) [@cutslikeaknife](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/cutslikeaknife)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2026, 3:19am UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/is-the-us-kinda-doomed-from-this-fuel-crisis/11975/15 "2026-05-16T03:19:17Z")
Green Party? Socialist Equality Party? Yes !!! ---
**Author:** ![inthedarkness](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.centerforinquiry.org/inthedarkness/32/23404_2.png) [@inthedarkness](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/u/inthedarkness)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2026, 10:12pm UTC](https://forum.centerforinquiry.org/t/is-the-us-kinda-doomed-from-this-fuel-crisis/11975/16 "2026-05-16T22:12:35Z")
Like I said, nothing