Non-random thought: It wasn't a cyber-attack.
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Why do I say that? --Because it's the excuse that the press is reporting.
-Warren Buffet and co had documented benefits from the Keystone XL pipeline deal being snuffed out. -As OP said - people buying gasoline futures, other futures tied to gasoline (logistics). -It also conditions the public further with fear. If you go back to Obama years, you had constant "terrorist" attacks and "school shootings". You had constant financial collapses looming. It was minimal compared to now, but it got people addicted to the 24/7 news cycle (arguably started under GW but Obama years really amped it up. In the Trump years, Trump removed the "threats", so the media worked hard to condition the public with hatred towards one another. It then primed people for this Scamdemic and associated scams going on, the division, lack of unity, distrust for others etc. Divide and Conquer. -If not solved soon, it will affect logistics and in turn, the economy. Local mfg. Which benefits China.You already have a logistics issue going on with shipping from China atm.
You have a "shortage" of silver, tin, lumber, gas. You have the COVID scam which can shut off jobs and life at any second. You have the looming issue of GME and whatever is happening with the markets. You have other potential shortages looming on the logistics chain.
Manufacture a crisis, create a tiny crack and you have your foot in the door to create whatever "world" order you like.
Buffet owns the rail out of the the Dakotas. (One reason gas prices haven't blipped so much as a dime up here on the news.)
Don't forget the chlorine shortage.
That I did forget! I'm sure there's other ones I'm missing too. There's been a lot. It's been extremely co-ordinated.
There's a manufactured rise atm on copper too - futures are for shortages.
https://www.businessinsider.com/why-supply-shortages-economy-inventory-chips-lumber-cars-toilet-paper-2021-5?r=AU&IR=T
A list of shortages affecting the economy of the USA.