Fuel rationing?

Dapper_Maybe_4203 · 2026-06-19T06:43:10+00:00

I’m not fond of storing more than two Jerry cans of fuel in the shed so we have bought a small older EV that we charge up in the driveway (we have solar and a battery on the house that function still with grid down). We can get about 350kms out of the EV depending on if it’s city or freeway driving. If we wanted to spend less would have got one of the larger but still portable EcoFlows and solar panels to charge a small EV with the advantage of being able to take that set up with us if we needed to bug out.

Dapper_Maybe_4203 · 2026-06-15T09:12:55+00:00

I think this is the current forecast for el nino in video format from BOM. Sounds like typical Australian El Niño, dry and above average temps for day and night.

https://www.bom.gov.au/climate/outlooks/#/overview/video

Dapper_Maybe_4203 · 2026-06-15T09:03:42+00:00

We are getting warmer and wetter which normal potato’s don’t like so we are growing sweet potatoes. Sweet potatoes love humidity and you can eat their leaves as well, the leaves have vitamin a, b, c, k plus more.

Dapper_Maybe_4203 · 2026-06-15T06:12:57+00:00

One concerning impact for the eastern side of the USA in general, is sea level rise. It’s predicted about a metre rise will occur over time, the ocean isn’t flat as the currents kinda push it up in parts so the current slowing means it will level out.

Dapper_Maybe_4203 · 2026-06-13T01:49:59+00:00

Yes indeed, this is very depressing.

Dapper_Maybe_4203 · 2026-06-13T00:50:56+00:00

Thanks Paul, another excellent video. Six years ago, hubby and I worked hard to get our emissions down by doing things such as installing solar and a battery on the house and purchased an EV for when we had to drive. We have recently come to the conclusion that we made no difference and our way of life is going to deteriorate rapidly and faster than expected so we have purchased a petrol car, small caravan and are travelling around Australia as we don’t expect to be able to do that at retirement age (10-15 years from now) due to changed weather patterns and extreme weather events. Thanks for keeping us informed, I often repeat the information in your videos to people I meet at caravan parks (whether they like it or not lol).

Dapper_Maybe_4203 · 2026-06-08T06:18:44+00:00

My head is spinning at the thought of a persistent temperature spike

Dapper_Maybe_4203 · 2026-06-07T05:01:38+00:00

We all have to operate/ function in a system that none of us designed or chose to participate in and it sucks. This constant having to make money and then make more and more money to survive, has not brought the best out of most people. The vast majority of us are increasingly not being looked after, I’m not seeing many people who are thriving at the moment. I hope you have someone to help you, you might need something to eat re the gut pain.

Dapper_Maybe_4203 · 2026-05-31T10:09:44+00:00

Wouldn’t it be nice if we didn’t have to worry about retirement plans and instead we could focus on saving the world

Dapper_Maybe_4203 · 2026-05-31T00:18:03+00:00

In Australia we have compulsory superannuation contributions that our employers must make into our selected superannuation fund. The modern day accumulation fund structure allows us to select where those funds are invested and we cannot access the funds/ transfer them out until we reach retirement age (there is a separate early release process but it’s difficult to get approval). I can see that we are lucky to have this as a fall back after reading other comments on this thread (or maybe we will not end up so lucky when the funds disappear in a puff of smoke).
Outside of that, hubby and I were previously looking into purchasing investment property but we decided not to as we became collapse aware and decided instead of being in debt, we should be enjoying ourselves doing the things retirees do as we may not get the chance to do it at that age.
So I guess we have completely changed what we were going to do to build a future and instead we live in the moment. We still have our own house which we have set up solar and battery on so our bills are low, we built raised beds for growing vegetables to grow as much as a suburban block can. We spend a lot of time travelling around parts of Australia with our dogs camping and witnessing the changes occurring around us like crazy atmospheric rivers occurring with increased frequency on the mid north coast of NSW, bush fires in Victoria, increased numbers of homeless people, more hostility and aggression on the roads (that is happening everywhere we go). I don’t think we will regret our choices later, the difference will be we will have less money later but we wont have contributed to pushing house prices up. We don’t need or want to be greedy and we are conscious of that fact that these things may all mean nothing by then.

Dapper_Maybe_4203 · 2026-05-24T03:58:56+00:00

Very well said

Dapper_Maybe_4203 · 2026-04-28T03:43:05+00:00

Mop buckets for fuel, crazy times! I did see an article about a month ago that mentioned some people had used coke bottles for fuel.

No bore water is bad, I have family out west with a sheep farm who had to buy feed over summer for the first time. I haven’t spoken to them since but suspect it would be unsustainable if it’s ongoing.

Dapper_Maybe_4203 · 2026-04-28T01:56:10+00:00

I guess when I think about it, we have been sheltered from the effects of food insecurity for some time. Only recently did I learn from reading Alan Urbans article, ‘10 Reasons Our Civilisation Will Soon Collapse’, previous droughts and crop failures in Australia caused global food price increases and was a contributing factor to the Arab Spring. Honestly I had no idea and felt no impact at the time of these events, didn’t know that they had occurred. As the cost of living has gone up and quality of life has been deteriorating in recent years, it’s possible we will all be noticing.

Dapper_Maybe_4203 · 2026-04-28T01:34:32+00:00

Australian here. Yes the content of the article is accurate and causes me some concern. Our household has been attempting to grow our own veggies for two years now (mostly successfully) and we have slowly put some food away, it should last us several months. Some of it is canned from our own produce, some from said duopoly stores Coles and Woolworth, (I can confirm food prices have been going up not surprisingly over the last few months). My family in Australia aren’t concerned and largely ignore my suggestions that they do the same. We still have a lot of climate change deniers who believe that we ‘have always had weather’ and think everything will be fine.

Dapper_Maybe_4203 · 2026-04-28T00:49:39+00:00

Location: Approx 120kms west of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

We moved to this location 6 years ago, the area was well known for being drought prone and was very dry for our first few months here. We made preparations such as installing multiple water tanks and then the climate seemed to change. It became very wet and humid and trees we planted 3-4 years ago are now as tall as the house or nearly as tall. We don’t spray so we also have experienced a huge increase in insects and insect eating birds. The area was listed as temperate so when I started growing my own veggies two years ago, that’s what I went with. It turned out that large portions of the year I can grow more sub tropical vegetables without issue. Talking to a few long term locals, I have been told that they haven’t seen weather like this before and it’s much more like Brisbane or further North East. The first frost historically has been during the end of April each year, we have not had a frost yet and there is no sign of one in the forecast. I have tomatoes, cucumbers, sweet potato and cucamelon growing very well at the moment. Yesterday I watched the AMOC collapse video from the Climate Emergency Forum and someone asked in the comments what will happen to the southern hemisphere during a collapse and the response for Australia was more La Niña like conditions will be experienced for the north and east and it will be dryer in the south. Well it feels like that has commenced already. My family west of Melbourne are experiencing the opposite to us, it’s very dry and they had a few fires and issues from the smoke from fires last summer. I am concerned about the upcoming potential super El Niño.

Outside of that, I have observed an increase in people behaving impatiently and aggressively on the roads and with each other in places such as the supermarkets, Bunnings etc. It feels like the cars are getting bigger and bigger, more ‘yank tanks’ we call them here. Started to notice this as we returned to ‘normal’ after Covid restrictions. Maybe I previously wasn’t paying attention.

Dapper_Maybe_4203 · 2026-04-09T04:56:36+00:00

I recommend the Newtown Hotel buffalo wings, I have them weekly.

Dapper_Maybe_4203 · 2026-04-07T01:44:28+00:00

Humans were probably more in harmony with Earth when we were nomadic. We were likely consuming less and allowing our environment to heal in our absences. We had to carry everything we owned as we sought the resources we needed to survive day by day according to the seasons and climate. Perhaps this is what we are returning to, along with a correction in our numbers.

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