Posted on 05/26/2022 10:53:28 PM PDT by citizen
Do you know what DEF fluid is? It's Diesel Exhaust Fluid. Every Diesel truck that has been made since 2010 is required to use it. It's a product made of 67% Urea fertilizer and 33% distilled water. Every diesel truck you see driving down the road today has to have this product to drive. The engines won't start without it. There are regulators inside the engine that mix DEF with the Diesel to reduce Diesel emissions. That's the purpose of DEF.
Right now, Russia is the largest exporter of Urea by a wide margin. Qatar is second. Egypt and China are Tied for 3rd. Both Russia and China have decided to no longer export Urea. On top of that, India is the largest manufacturer of Urea in the world even though they consume most of what they make. What little they would export..........they no longer do. They are now stopping the exportation of any and all Urea minus a deal they just cut with Sri Lanka.
What does this mean for you and me? Well, first, the United States imports most of it's Urea fertilizer. We are the third largest importer in the entire world. We depend on other countries to eat, drive and ship our products.
Secondly... Flying J is the largest Service provider for Truckers around the Unites States. I'm sure you've seen their massive gas stations when traveling around the country. Flying J gets 70% of their DEF fluid from shipments via Union Pacific railroad. UP has single user access to the Fertilizer plants that Urea/DEF fluid comes from. No other rail provider has access to these distribution points. This means Flying J can't just go around Union Pacific. Union Pacific is in charge....for a reason I'm gonna mention in a few paragraphs.
Flying J provides 30% of all DEF consumed in the United States. UP has told Flying J to reduce their shipments by a whopping 50%. And if they do not comply then they will be completely embargoed. That would in effect bankrupt FJ. This means that 15% of all DEF consumed by truckers in the US is no longer available at the largest travel service center for the entire trucking industry.
Rome rotted from the inside out. It was easily invaded because it was occupied with internal problems. It appears we have discovered the Trigger. DEF fluid. If this holds up, DEF shortages will be the catalyst that causes food shortages in the coming months. Not only is there a shortage of fertilizer to grow crops in drought-stricken states (See Kansas' drop in wheat production for 2022)....but....now it looks like, unless the Federal Government intervenes via the Defense Production Act, ...which I am no longer confident they will....there is gonna be an absolute massive shortage of trucking in the coming months.
There simply isn't going to be DEF fluid sufficient to keep the engines running and moving. Home Depot is now limiting the amount of DEF you can buy in their stores. I would think long and hard about the decisions you are making right now. Where you live. What you spend money on. How you prepare. This is so real that the CEO of Flying J, Shameek Konar was summoned to a Surface Transportation Board hearing to give them all this info. From what I'm reading....Blackrock is the majority shareholder of Union Pacific railroad. How is that important? Americas biggest fertilizer producer is CF Industries. Their largest shareholder is Blackrock.
Blackrock controls the fertilizer industry in the U.S.. Union Pacific has exclusive rights to distribution points of fertilizer. Urea is fertilizer. Flying J needs Urea/DEF. Blackrock is controlling everything.
The Chairman of the BlackRock Investment Institute is Tom Donilon, President Obama’s former National Security Advisor. Tom Donilon’s brother, Mike Donilon is a Senior Advisor to Joe Biden. Tom Donilon’s wife, Catherine Russell, is the White House Personnel Director. Tom Donilon’s daughter, Sarah Donilon, who graduated college in 2019, now works on the White House National Security Council.
It appears Blackrock is spearheading the dismantling of the US system on behalf of the Globalists. And the first domino they are pushing over is the energy sector. They are using DEF to get the party started. This is one sector of the biggest downfalls in political repercussions this country has ever faced…
What sort of authenticity checking do the systems perform on the DEF? Analysis of chemical composition to some degree I suppose? Otherwise you could substitute some other fluid in the tank.
And you can definitely kiss your Amazon Prime shipping goodbye! How long does it take for your regular Tesla to charge? Now multiple that time by what, 4-5x? And do any of the supercharger stations have the capacity (size or quantity) to handle a bunch of Tesla semis? And electricity costs are just going through the roof, so you can kiss all your gas savings goodbye!
Starvation’s an old commie tactic.
DEF = Urea....just pee in your DEF tank!! ;-)
Absolutely correct.
Since when did we give the EPA
the right to make law?
Let’s go Brandon!!!
Brandon Braindead
Go to Walmart, this is shell for the stuff comes in one gallon containers that looks like antifreeze bottles except it’s a different color. All newer diesel engine trucks whether it’s a farm truck or semi truck... if diesel they use this.
I’m not sure but I think it’s probably CPA driven mandate which resulted in the mechanical change to an engine which nowadays you can’t even run them without it.
So, all the trucks in California which are transporting goods from the docks are about to run dry...
Why don’t they use solar, or wind powered, trucks?
The author is an idiot. DEF is NOT mixed with the diesel.
Title 42 <- look at all those (indirectly) people-endorsed programs!
42 USC 4321 <- Congressional declaration of [EPA] purpose
The laws and regulations are intentionally byzantine, complicated and nonsensical. The government function is to choose winners and losers, to micromanage it chattel property of humanity.
Or like in the stone ages, Flintstone trucks. Those things really fly -— hey, that’s an idea, flying trucks! Will be a nice compliment to the flying cars.
Whips out drafting board ...
Thanks for that clarification. Journalists know nothing, and share that information widely.
Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang, Smokey and the Bandit Edition.
A neighbor of ours recently purchased an all electric truck from Rivian, a new electric startup that I had only heard of recently.
The base sticker price started at $70,000.
It’s a pretty sharp looking pickup truck, but $70,000 is a pretty high starting point.
This is being done on purpose, so truckers should not follow these bs laws by using DEF. These people (Black rock, Dems,etc) are here to destroy us…so why are we complying? If trucks stop, we literally will be ruined.
If they don’t change the regulation, which I have no trust in any level of government, then truckers need to ignore using this product. Trucking products is far more important than their bs “laws”.
DEF sensors trigger the crippling of the engine through the computers.
My questions are: Are these sensors tied to the sheer volume of liquid in the DEF reservoir or are they actually triggered by the chemical in the fluid?
If it is a volume sensor, and if the fluid is injected directly into the exhaust, why could you not fill the reservoir with pure water?
DEF does not mix with the diesel fuel and does not go into the engine.
The other point is the sensors’ ability to “disable” the engine can be bypassed. It may be illegal but destroying truck transport over this stupid emissions regulation seems absurd.
Will the federal government proceed to stop deliveries of food and starve Americans over a extreme emissions regulation?
Where are the thousands of DEF enforcement police needed to monitor and shut down all the truckers who would disable the sensors so they can keep driving and delivering what Americans must have to survive?
Will this foolish EPA requirement lead to the starvation of millions?
Not sure why anyone would waste their time reading something sourced from “Facebook/Unknown.”
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