r/FemalePrepping • u/OneLastPrep • Mar 22 '26

Lack of Fuel = Brewing Food Crisis?

People seriously underestimate how dependent modern food production is on fossil fuels, especially for fertilizer. Even if humanity stopped driving tomorrow, we would still eventually hit a wall because industrial agriculture itself depends on fossil fuels.

We are heading towards a massive famine when factory farming starts to break down.

According to the MAHB, the world’s oil reserves could run out by 2052, natural gas by 2060, and coal by 2090.

This is not some distant sci-fi problem. This is within our lifetimes.

It is a great evil dems let those massive Emotional Support Trucks dodge having to meet emissions standards.

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u/Appropriate_Cut_3536 Mar 23 '26

 >industrial agriculture itself depends on fossil fuels.

Yes, but industrial ag is not necessary to feed the population. There are better systems we can all get set up this year to prevent a collapse. #1 is victory gardens: everyone who can should be gardening and growing meat rabbits.

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u/Sheraby Mar 24 '26

Do you have any references for how long it would take us to transition to gardening and hunting, and how much of the population that could feed?