Lots of conspiratorial theories here but the best way to mitigate this very dangerous game is to not rely on oil for your day-to-day needs - so instead of drivi

Lots of conspiratorial theories here but the best way to mitigate this very dangerous game is to not rely on oil for your day-to-day needs - so instead of driving to Costco for gas in a giant SUV and living in the suburbs, you change your way of life. This applies at the personal level and also nation state level. Germany shutting down nuclear reactors and relying on Russian fossil fuels is another dangerous game that was placed and lost. Or don’t. And then regardless who is president this happens anyway because there is no economic policy in existence that will give you forever cheap gasoline and oil unless we have some miracle breakthrough technology like fungus growing oil or something. OPEC+ won’t have “maintenance issues” because while they have a stranglehold on oil production, there is a pain point where malfeasance would result in US military action to get oil flowing again.