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Critical shortage may sideline Diesel trucking
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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…


TOPICS: Agriculture; Business/Economy; Food; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: blackrock; cfindustries; def; diesel; dieselexhaustfluid; flyingj; shipping; trucking; unionpacific; urea; ureafertilizer
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To: qaz123

Farm combines use it too judging from the farm videos I watch. The farmers always has a comment about it too. I read that DEF gives better fuel mileage but...

Search found: “DEF will freeze at 12F and start to decompose at 86F”

“If the DEF is stored at ambient temperatures of 75 F with no major periods of exposure to heat over 86 F then the batch of DEF will last roughly two years. If a package of DEF is exposed to periods of heating the fluid will last approximately one year”


81 posted on 05/27/2022 9:29:24 AM PDT by minnesota_bound (Need more money to buy everything now)
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To: citizen; 4everontheRight; 4Liberty; 5thGenTexan; 45semi; 101stAirborneVet; 300winmag; ...
“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% (32.5%)Urea fertilizer and 33% ( 67.5% deionized water) 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.
“ (Parenthetical corrected information comes from Wiki )

”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. “

”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.."
"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… “

(My Comment): The article continues with an inside look at some of the principal people, corporations, inter-locking management,
and their closeness to the presidents inner circle and decision makers.
Is this just incompetence, or planned and intentional and outright sabotage of the nation and the food and commodities transportation system ?
“The New Green Deal” is just a tool, and may be a ploy to revolutionize and the bankrupt the structure of the economy.
If you are unhappy now,.. how are you going to feel when the price of gasoline and diesel reaches $10.00 or more a gallon ?
It is coming more and more into reality !
The Socialists and Communists that participate in the World Economic Foundation (WEF) have stated publicly : “You will own nothing, and be happy”.
Are you happy now ?
Will you be happier when the Diesel trucks stop moving to the warehouses, or the box trucks fail to distribute food and other commodities to your local grocery store ?
Do you believe the national decisions that are being made are being done by the empty suit, ..or by his advisors ?

82 posted on 05/27/2022 9:31:07 AM PDT by Tilted Irish Kilt
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To: jonascord

I was talking about truck drivers. I’m pretty sure Obama doesn’t care.


83 posted on 05/27/2022 9:33:40 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Florida: America's new free zone.)
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To: citizen
"Who controls the food supply controls the people;
who controls the energy can control whole continents;
who controls money can control the world . “

Source : https://itsamoneything.com › money › henry-kissinger-control-food-energy-money

" Food Control Genocide.
On Dec. 10, 1974, the U.S. National Security Council under Henry Kissinger completed a classified 200-page study,
"National Security Study Memorandum 200: Implications of Worldwide Population Growth for U.S. Security and Overseas Interests."
The study falsely claimed that population growth in the so-called Lesser Developed Countries (LDCs) was a grave threat to U.S. national security.... "

Source: https://larouchepub.com › other › 1995 › 2249_kissinger_food.html

84 posted on 05/27/2022 9:44:16 AM PDT by Tilted Irish Kilt
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To: citizen
Unknown author. Check

No link. Check

Inabilty to make paragraphs. Check

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Panic!

85 posted on 05/27/2022 9:44:25 AM PDT by Mr.Unique (My boss wants me to sign up for a 401K. No way I'm running that far! )
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To: unlearner

Where’s the electricity to charge the batteries going to come from?


86 posted on 05/27/2022 9:46:04 AM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: Sequoyah101
In the first place, charging stations are stupid.

The only way, due to available technology, is to build cars that operate similar to the diesel electric locomotives. An engine on board that drives a generator.

I have a neighbor that has a Toyota that generates its own electricity. There is no provision for and no need for a charging station and there is no waiting for anything.

I don't know all of the details as to its design, but I do know that an engine designed for a specific set of parameters can be made to be much cleaner and much more fuel efficient than one that must operate over a very wide range of power requirements.

87 posted on 05/27/2022 9:46:07 AM PDT by old curmudgeon (There is no situation so bad that the federal government can not make worse.)
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To: Mr.Unique

Sometimes there’s wheat in with the chaff.


88 posted on 05/27/2022 9:50:29 AM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: AlaskaErik
I don’t see a limit imposed by Home Depot. I just put 10 in my cart and it was allowed.

Why do you want to ruin a good conspiracy? ;)

The only limit that I saw online is to what is on hand at the store. I could order 10 at my local.

89 posted on 05/27/2022 9:52:02 AM PDT by Mr.Unique (My boss wants me to sign up for a 401K. No way I'm running that far! )
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To: citizen

Bttt.

5.56mm


90 posted on 05/27/2022 9:55:23 AM PDT by M Kehoe (Quid Pro Joe and the Ho need to go.)
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To: Alberta's Child
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjsUkFUU2BA

It is educational.

91 posted on 05/27/2022 10:00:23 AM PDT by jonascord (First rule of the Dunning-Kruger Club is that you do not know you are in the Dunning-Kruger club.)
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To: qaz123

Hi.

“Used here in the US. The truck I’m driving has a 10gallon tank of it.”

I know a few ltl truckers. After a certain year/make there is a light in the cab that goes on regarding the DEF. (Something about getting low and cold?). Can harm the engine.

5.56mm


92 posted on 05/27/2022 10:01:07 AM PDT by M Kehoe (Quid Pro Joe and the Ho need to go.)
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To: Tilted Irish Kilt

Hexanol can be made from Methane using a catalyst. While it does not meet the requirements of DEF it can serve as a similar function.


93 posted on 05/27/2022 10:06:51 AM PDT by taxcontrol (The choice is clear - either live as a slave on your knees or die as a free citizen on your feet.)
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To: Mr.Unique
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjsUkFUU2BA

Care to comment?

94 posted on 05/27/2022 10:11:49 AM PDT by jonascord (First rule of the Dunning-Kruger Club is that you do not know you are in the Dunning-Kruger club.)
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To: taxcontrol
taxcontrol :" Hexanol can be made from Methane using a catalyst.
While it does not meet the requirements of DEF it can serve as a similar function."

That's good to know !
Whose requirements ? Federal Dept. of Transportation (Buttadege ?) ?

95 posted on 05/27/2022 10:13:56 AM PDT by Tilted Irish Kilt
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To: citizen; All

Thanks much for the information. I’ve learned a lot.

DEF seems to be another in a lengthening line of items necessary for maintaining a modern, healthy society - items in short supply.

It’s like the fanatics in charge look to how many things they can blame on the Ukraine war, knowing the main media will give them Russia Russia Russia cover.


96 posted on 05/27/2022 10:14:51 AM PDT by citizen (Thieves of private property pass their lives in chains; thieves of public prop. in riches and luxury)
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To: citizen
… 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.." "It appears Blackrock is spearheading the dismantling of the US system on behalf of the Globalists.

Need we know more?

97 posted on 05/27/2022 10:18:17 AM PDT by immadashell (New Planned Parenthood slogan: Black Babies’ Lives Don't Matter!c)
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To: Mr.Unique

Well, that was most un-helpful.
Btw, there are paragraphs, with no blank line between them.


98 posted on 05/27/2022 10:20:08 AM PDT by citizen (Thieves of private property pass their lives in chains; thieves of public prop. in riches and luxury)
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To: Tilted Irish Kilt

The goal when inserting Biden into the White House was to end America as a we the people Republic. The WEF and globalist are pressing the destruct button and the DEF cascade start is being done right before our eyes. These devils mean to kill off 85% of the world population and America poses too much threat to their agenda, so we the people must be destroyed. America must be drown in civil chaos so the great reset can take place. They are about to end cash and convert us all into digital accounts manageable by the central oligarchy.


99 posted on 05/27/2022 10:21:06 AM PDT by MHGinTN (A dispensation perspective is a powerful tool for discernment)
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To: Tilted Irish Kilt

I still do not know why injecting this fluid into the exhaust system is a good thing. Does it chemically alter the exhaust mixture into something more benign to the atmosphere?


100 posted on 05/27/2022 10:25:49 AM PDT by citizen (Thieves of private property pass their lives in chains; thieves of public prop. in riches and luxury)
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