Quote from: K-Dog on Feb 09, 2024, 01:30 AM

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.

Not that type of war.  No big armies necessary.  It's a war of attrition. Siege warfare.  Each side tries to starve the other one out.  The winner is who can last the longest.

The method would be simple and quick.  Each country bombs the other country's refineries, power generating plants, transformer substations and munitions factories, until all the planes are out of fuel.  Then they sink each other's ships.  Then they see who takes longest to die off.

It's after this that you get Monsta's scenario of states seceding and regions operating independently.

The purpose of the international war isn't to win it by conquest.  It's to use it as a cover for why we are short of gas and food and have a scapegoat to blame.  It provides a reason for declaring Martial Law and beginning conscription.

RE