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Demand Destruction Lowers Gasoline Consumption

While summer usually sees an uptick in gasoline consumption, this year consumption has dropped in June and July.
Hurricane Ida as seen on Saturday, August 20, 2021.

Utilities Fear Lack Of Transformers As Peak Hurricane Season Looms

If your power gets knocked out by a hurricane, shortages of transformers, line, and poles could slow efforts to restore power
Prepper News Update

Five Possible Chinese Military Responses if Pelosi Visits Taiwan

This could result in huge economic and commercial disruptions as the relationship between the U.S. and China could go from tense to warlike.
10 Spam Recipes for Preppers

Stores Lock Up Canned Meat in NYC due to Crime, Inflation

How bad is shop lifting and other petty crimes in our urban areas? Well, they are locking up Spam and other canned meats to prevent theft.
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Food Banks Report Record Demand, Record Shortages

Food banks in states across America are reporting record demand and are even running out of food.
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U.S. Economy Contracts in Q2, Signalling Recession

Gross Domestic spending was down for the second quarter in a row, a sign the country is in a recession.
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Arrests Plummet as Crime Rises

In a phenomenon it calls "The Ferguson Effect," this article explores how arrests have plummeted as police are frustrated by the toxic environment.
Prepper News Update

Russia Natural Gas Exports Cut Again, Prices Surge

The cost of natural gas in Germany surged as Russia cut exports to 20 percent or normal.
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The West’s Climate Policy Debacle

According to the Wall Street Journal, the West's utopian dream of a world powered by renewable energy is "a manifest debacle."
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Inflation surges 9.1% in June

Inflation exceeded expectations to come in at 9.1 percent, the highest it's been since 1981. Energy was up 41.6 percent.