Another issue here in the US is refineries. Depending on where oil is pumped, refineries are not equipped to refine the crude oil in the US. We ship that out and depend on foreign crude which needs less refining which US refineries process. It takes 6 years to build a refinery for the crude here, and takes up to 25 years to break even for the cost of a new refinery. With the push for alternatives worldwide, they believe the market will not be worth the cost of new refineries! We are not preparing well!! This adds to the overall problems as this world is not seeking God but depending on their ideological beliefs instead. No matter how we look at it, unless this world turns back and repents, the rate of collapse is elevating at unbounded rates. This is all happening as prophecy said. There will be many desperately seeking answers and we must be ready to give an answer! Pray! Obey! Study! Be ready! Trouble is not coming, it is here. Above all, as this unfolds, let the peace of Christ which surpasses understanding guard our hearts and minds, let the joy of the Lord of the outcome be our strength as we press on. The love of many will draw cold due to increasing lawlessness. Hold fast, prepare, draw near to Yehovah, pray, obey, praise Yehovah in the midst as only He is in control. He is our provider and protector. We must remind each other and build one another up. For eye has not seen, nor ear heard, the glories which are to come! What are the puny years of our lives compared to Yehovahs timeless eternity! Let faith BE the assurance of things hoped for, the substance of things unseen! Hallelujah!