Remember ā2 weeks to flatten the curveā?
Get ready for ā2 weeks to lower demand.ā
Remember social distancing?
Get ready for the Lockdown 2.0 Energy Crisis Edition.
The Magic 8-Ball already knows your future:
š± License plate rationing: Odd plates Monday, even Tuesday.
š± No Sunday driving. Period.
š± Carpool or stay home, peasant.
š± Virtual school (this time itās for the fuel tanks, not the ārona).
š± Flights? Forget it⦠too expensive, and soon too restricted.
š± āEssentials onlyā shopping: Small businesses locked down again. Big chains open⦠but only rice, beans, and toilet paper. Non-essentials banned to āsave fuel on shipping.ā Sound familiar?
š± Your 15-minute city is now your permanent cage⦠neighborās snitch app already updated.
š± Curfews after dark. āNon-essential travelā permits required.
š± Remote work mandates for anyone who can. The rest? Stay put or lose your job.
š± Ration cards loadingā¦
And in order to āfairlyā track your fuel rationing, enforce the permits, and make sure youāre staying in your zoneā¦
thereās only one solution, theyāll say:
Digital IDšŖŖ
Accept it and link it to your ration allowance, your travel permits, and your purchases⦠or you simply donāt participate in society. For your safety, of course.
They didnāt throw the old playbook away.
They just updated the crisis.
Strait of Hormuz = effectively closed.
Major Texas refinery (Valero Port Arthur) just exploded and shut down.
Ukraine just torched Russiaās biggest Baltic oil port (Primorsk).
Supply shock demand destruction = your freedom is officially ānon-essential.ā
Stock up on rage, canned goods, and extra fuel cans while you still can.
The same people who cheered lockdowns before are about to cream their pants over fuel lockdowns.
Buckle up.
Or donāt⦠you might not be allowed to.