Gasoline shortages will begin. The busiest fuel stations require multiple gas deliveries a day. US mail and package deliveries will stop. Deliveries to hospitals and nursing homes will stop leading to shortages of supplies such as syringes and catheters. Many major manufacturers, such as computer manufacturers, rely on “just in time” manufacturing and without those they cannot continue their work and cannot continue to employ many people.
Gas shortages will continue to grow to lead to skyrocketing price increases and long lines at the pumps. Grocery stores will stop receiving food deliveries thus causing to the start of food shortages.
The situation will become even worse. Gas stations will completely run out of fuel. ATM’s will run out of cash and banks would be unable to complete transactions. Trash will begin to pile up in the cities and neighboring suburbs leading to toxins and infectious organisms leaching into the soil, causing disease. Container ships, railways, and planes will cease operations. Food shortages will lead to public panic, looting, and hoarding. Food essentials, such as bottled water, powdered milk, and canned milk, will completely disappear.
All personal vehicles will remain still due to the lack of gasoline. People will not be able to get to grocery stores for food, get to work for an income or receive medical care. Hospitals will begin to run out of oxygen reserves.
Our clean water supply will begin to run dry. It’s important to remember that humans cannot live for more than a week without sustainable clean water.
The clean water supply will be completely gone and the only source of clean water will be through boiling. This will lead to an increase in gastrointestinal disease which will then exhaust the medical system that is already terribly overloaded.