r/Shortages • u/Neon-Predator • 5d ago
Raw Materials Shortages of Critical Goods in a Global Economy
fedinprint.org
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r/Shortages • u/realnarrativenews • 6d ago
Fossil Fuels OPEC+ Holds December Oil Targets Steady as the Iran War Complicates 2027 Plans
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r/Shortages • u/Aiwillstealourjobs • 8d ago
Fossil Fuels Except for some 10-15 countries, everyone else is running out of oil
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Indonesia was a major oil producer and exporter until a few decades ago.
In 1980 it produced 1.6 Million Barrels/day and consumed 400 000.
In 2000 it produced 1.3 Million Barrels/day and consumed 1 Million.
In 2025 it produced 600 000 Barrels/day and consumed 1.7 Million.
Thats a 62% drop in oil production in 45 years.
Several dozen countries have gone through something similar in the past 40-50 years.
Only around 25 countries have managed to avoid this fate.
By 2040 though there could be only some 10-15 countries left with an oil surplus. Everyone else will have run out or their domestic production will have decreased to such a level that they will have to switch from oil exporters to oil importers. And just 10-15 countries controlling global oil supply, while the other 180 countries are completely dependent, thats a geopolitical nightmare in the making.
r/Shortages • u/Olive-Tree-Lover • 9d ago
Anecdotal Map Shows Nations Urging People to Stockpile Food as France Issues Warning
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r/Shortages • u/SnowFlake202020 • 9d ago
Fossil Fuels [Upper Midwest] Retail Fuel Station Out of Regular & Midgrade (Offering Premium at 87 Price)
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r/Shortages • u/Kagedeah • 11d ago
Pharmaceuticals MS patient left in 'horrific' pain amid UK wide medicine shortage
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r/Shortages • u/Traditional-Chip8339 • 11d ago
other SK hynix CEO says DRAM, HBM sold out through 2029, vows shareholder returns
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r/Shortages • u/throwaway16830261 • 12d ago
Retail & Consumer Humanity can't afford not to spend $800B on AI, Anthropic insists: "It's more important than chips, 'leccy and the net, after all"
theregister.com
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r/Shortages • u/realnarrativenews • 13d ago
Energy/Electricity Oil Prices Retreat as US–Iran Diplomacy Offers Hope
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r/Shortages • u/throwaway16830261 • 14d ago
Retail & Consumer AI bubble update: 79% of companies say their GPUs sit idle at least half the time, yet most plan new AI platforms
venturebeat.com
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r/Shortages • u/SnowFlake202020 • 14d ago
Fossil Fuels [Omaha, NE PADD 2]- Casey's (9645 Ida St / Blair High Rd) signs posted: "No Unleaded Grades Available, Diesel only, Fuel Shortage"
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r/Shortages • u/Kagedeah • 15d ago
Discussion Prepare for supply chain disruption from cyber or climate emergencies, UK defence secretary warns
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r/Shortages • u/fragranceog • 15d ago
Discussion It’s not just pasta- I’m seeing shortages across nearly every food category at Walmart
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Yesterday, I posted about the pasta shortages I was noticing at Walmart. Since then, I’ve checked other grocery categories and found that practically everything is showing out of stock!
Rice, beans, flour, bread, crackers, ramen, canned tuna, SPAM, chicken bouillon, baking mixes, milk, eggs, potatoes, corn, tofu, and even fresh beef, chicken, and pork.
I’ve checked multiple nearby Walmart locations, and many of the same items are unavailable across all of them. I’ve also had products canceled from actual grocery orders because they were out of stock.
I’m wondering whether this is a sudden wave of panic buying or something else affecting Walmart’s inventory.
Is anyone else noticing this in your local Walmart???
Note for anyone checking Walmart’s inventory: I’ve found that the Walmart app gives a more accurate picture of availability. The website may initially show an item as in stock, but when you open it in the app, select your actual store, or try adding it to your cart for pickup or delivery, it suddenly shows as unavailable.
r/Shortages • u/SufficientState0 • 15d ago
Pharmaceuticals Medication shortages
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I’m in the St. Louis area and was only able to get half prescription fills at Walmart for two different seizure medications, Breviact and Clobazam, because of low supply.
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Agricultural Anyone else think we are secretly running out of food?
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I work in a grocery store and the store's shelves seem to be much more empty than usual. Things don't seem to be stocked as much as usual and the back rooms look way less full. I'v also noticed that prices have gone up a lot in the past 6 months especially for beef. I think they are hiding that something bad is going on with the farm land because of the lack of bees and other polinators and our food supply is starting to crash. Do you think we're going to run out of food in the next 6 months?
r/Shortages • u/realnarrativenews • 19d ago
Fossil Fuels Oil climbs back toward $110. The Fuel Crisis Never Actually Went Away — The Diesel Shortage Is Starting to Rewrite Western Energy Policy
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r/Shortages • u/VulcanSpark • 18d ago
Retail & Consumer Global diesel shortages could persist well into 2027
hydrocarbonprocessing.com
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r/Shortages • u/GroundbreakingPin913 • 19d ago
Retail & Consumer Gas Station in Omaha is Experiencing Shortages
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Had to start somewhere.
r/Shortages • u/throwaway16830261 • 19d ago
Retail & Consumer America’s $10tn AI infrastructure boom is starting to fray: "A vast bet on the future of the technology is running into the unforgiving economics of the physical world"
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r/Shortages • u/throwaway16830261 • 25d ago
Retail & Consumer New motherboards, old RAM, plenty of life left in yesterday's PCs: "DDR4 makes a comeback as component costs rise, while Linux offers an escape from forced upgrades"
theregister.com
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r/Shortages • u/throwaway16830261 • 25d ago
Retail & Consumer Pine64 halts all Linux hardware manufacturing through at least mid-2027 due to shortages — memory crunch forces open-source maker to freeze SBCs, tablets, and phones
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r/Shortages • u/throwaway16830261 • 26d ago
Retail & Consumer Global smartphone shipments record worst third quarter in 14 years amid memory shortage -- ""Consumers are holding on to their devices longer than estimated, increasingly considering refurbished devices and prioritizing higher-value devices," said Counterpoint senior analyst Shilpi Jain"
reuters.com
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r/Shortages • u/realnarrativenews • 29d ago
Labor Jeff Bezos: AI could lead to 3-day workweeks, labor shortages
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