'Imminent Diesel Shortage In Eastern U.S.'

Major Trucking Firms Prepare For “Imminent Diesel Shortage In Eastern Half Of US”

Via ZeroHedge

Major trucking fleets across the eastern half of the US are preparing for an “imminent” diesel shortage, according to logistics firm FreightWaves.

Founder and CEO of FreightWaves Craig Fuller said “3 very large fleets” are preparing for diesel pumps at fuel stations to run dry. Drivers of these fleets received notifications about fuel shortages that could materialize in the coming weeks across the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast regions.

Fuller tweeted several messages that drivers received from fleet operators. The notifications were alarming.

He also tweeted what appears to be an unnamed industry insider explaining the historic mess hitting Mid-Atlantic and Northeast markets is a combination of crude being diverted from the US to Europe and supply chains issues along the East Coast.

Diesel supply is short worldwide due to the invasion of Ukraine disrupting energy markets and resulting Western sanctions. The writing has been on the wall for months about developing shortages, as we discussed in:

• Global Diesel Shortage Raises Risk Of Even Greater Oil Price Spike
• “Gas Stations Will Run Dry”: Catastrophic Scenario For Diesel Emerging According To World’s Biggest Energy Traders
• D-Day Approaches: Crack Spread Soars As Diesel Market Braces For Historic Shock
• US East Coast Diesel Stockpiles Hit Record Low As Fuel Crisis Nears
• Widespread US Diesel Shortages Send Crack Spreads To Mindblowing Highs

More....

America’s diesel supply on verge of catastrophic collapse, leading to HALTING of food, fertilizer, coal and energy

 Mike Adams 

 In what we are now calling Dieselgeddon, the supply of diesel fuel in the United States is plunging. By the end of May or early June — unless something changes dramatically — diesel fuel will go into extreme scarcity and have to be rationed across America.

Because diesel is used by nearly all trains (because they’re “diesel-electric” trains), transport trucks, construction equipment and farming equipment, the crash in diesel availability will sharply affect all the following:

• Food availability
• Fertilizers for growing food
• Coal for powering the electrical grid
• Construction projects
• Transportation of consumer goods to retail stores
• UPS, Fedex, USPS and other package carriers

Few people realize how important diesel fuel is to the economy, but they’re about to learn this all-important lesson the hard way: Without diesel fuel, America’s economy ceases to function. Full stop.

Without diesel, UPS can’t deliver packages. Amazon.com shuts down. The USPS stops delivering mail.

Without diesel, the trains can’t deliver fertilizer to farmers. Food crops don’t get planted or fail to produce sufficient harvests to feed the world.

Without diesel, all construction projects stop, meaning roads and bridges are no longer repaired. The highway infrastructure collapses.

Without diesel, the United States of America ceases to function.

It all begs the question: Why is there a diesel shortage?

One reason we don’t have enough diesel being refined in America is because over the last few years, major fuel refineries shut down their diesel operations and began retooling to produce “biodiesel” — a highly inefficient, virtue signaling product that’s actually horrible for the environment and yet depends almost entirely on food production to make the fuel. (It’s incredibly wasteful to grow food and then turn that food into fuel. Just look at corn-derived ethanol fiasco that’s an ecological nightmare…)

More...