Quote from: RE on Feb 08, 2024, 07:18 PMI think the solution when it becomes necessary to start rationing fuel is that it will be blamed on the Russians and/or the Chinese and we will go to war.
RE
That would be very stupid, a country already short on fuel goes to war. History would repeat. Hitler's armies failed to secure access to Russian oil, and in 1943 began a slow retreat, beaten back by overwhelming Soviet forces. As the war came close to Japan, oil imports plummeted and stockpiles were depleted. Heavy units of the Japanese navy were confined to port, and their aircraft were grounded. Training programs were cut as there was no fuel for pilots and crew. The quality of Japanese naval personal and pilots crashed.
Nothing would be gained.
QuoteInternationally, we will reinstitute the Draft, and hijack oil ourselves bound for smaller countries
If we are rationing there will be no oil for smaller countries. Below are the 15 countries that exported the highest dollar value worth of crude oil during 2022. The US is at number 4. We also send wood pellets to Germany.
Saudi Arabia: US$224.8 billion (16.7% of exported crude oil)
Canada: $120.5 billion (8.9%)
Russia: $119.5 billion (8.9%)
United States: $117 billion (8.7%)
United Arab Emirates: $112.7 billion (8.4%)
Iraq: $82.3 billion (6.1%)
Norway: $57.8 billion (4.3%)
Kuwait: $54.3 billion (4%)
Nigeria: $49.9 billion (3.7%)
Brazil: $42.7 billion (3.2%)
Angola: $37.4 billion (2.8%)
Kazakhstan: $35.4 billion (2.6%)
Oman: $33.2 billion (2.5%)
Libya: $31.9 billion (2.4%)
Mexico: $31.8 billion (2.4%)
It could be the US crashes before the other producers, but how much oil will there be to steal? Not so much.
Ancient empires that spread by rape and pillage could only do it when the agricultural needs of the homeland did not need attention. When the world is going Soylent Green, exploitation will become local.
Yes, dumfuckery could give us a war at any time.
When Karma caught up to this dude he was assassinated with his wife and WWI started.
But then there were things to gain and riches to be made. All the oil in the world had yet to be burned. The world had an embarrassment of riches then. With a fraction of the population the world has now. Our collapsing world offers no riches.
A despot starting a war would have to promise riches, and he would also have to believe there were riches to be gained, or he would know he had just started the process of executing himself. Such a lie would be fatal after it was discovered that there were no riches to be gained.
Troubles in the homeland will demand full attention. There will be no resources for foreign involvements.