SEVERE OIL AND GASOLINE SHORTAGE
A vision from the LORD: 4:00 a.m., February 14, 2003, Atlanta, USA.
During my prayer time, a vision came to me by the Spirit of God: I found myself in a gas station holding a gas nozzle in my left hand and a napkin on my right. I held out the gas nuzzle to the napkin and attempted to pump gas into it. Instead of gas, only a few drops of water came out.
Could this mean a shortage of gasoline? Will gasoline prices go up? Is America about to experience a severe shortage of energy?
America is indeed experiencing a shortage of gasoline and energy right now. According to a survey by the American Automobile Association, in the month of February 2003, regular unleaded gas prices averaged $1.66 a gallon in the United States. By the first week in June 2004, the nationwide average was well over $2.00. As of March 17, 2008, the average price was $3.20. As of this printing, they have gone over $4.00 a gallon. Where is America headed in terms of gas prices: $5.00, $10.00, or $250.00 a gallon? Is the nation prepared for this level of energy crisis? The bottom line of this particular vision is that there will be an energy shortage. It was this vision that prompted me to suggest that America go into a strategic partnership with some friendly oil-producing nations, including Nigeria, to fill our needs in time of emergency.
Should you be concerned about oil and gasoline scarcity? We all should be concerned about possible shortages of oil and gasoline because we are presently living on borrowed time. Tight global supplies, geopolitical uncertainties, and increasing demand, were the primary elements generally pushing up the price of gasoline. But now other elements, such as terrorism, are also directly affecting our oil and gasoline supplies.
February 7, 2006:
Exxon-Mobil Senior Vice President, Stuart McGill, said that the United States will always rely on foreign imports of oil to feed its energy needs. Referring to what he called the “mis-perception” that the United States can achieve energy independence, Mr. McGill said that it is simply not feasible in any time period relevant to our discussion today to become energy independent. His comments came days after President Bush promised to help America “kick its addiction to Middle Eastern oil.”
Apart from natural disasters, which are bound to increase with global warming, there is also the war in Iraq, coupled with growing instability in the Middle East. With persistent anti-American sentiment in the oil producing nations, there is more than enough reason to be concerned. There is an ever-increasing demand for oil and gasoline, especially in America, China, and India. America currently consumes twenty-one million barrels daily— a quarter of the world’s supply.
Today, the oil industry is more threatened than it has been in decades. Between 2003 and 2006, there were intermittent terror attacks on the oil industry. Right now, all eyes are on the following nations:
• Saudi Arabia, where suicide bombers stormed the world’s largest oil processing plant (February 2006)
• Nigeria, where militants kidnapped four foreign oil workers but released them after nineteen days (January 2006)
• Iraq, where insurgents have blown up pipelines from the country’s northern fields, halting the flow of oil to Turkey’s terminals for shipment abroad (January 2006)
• Many more adverse things have happened since 2006 until now.
You should be concerned, because a major and prolonged scarcity of oil in America will lead to unbearable situations, like the shutting down of schools, closing of postal services, grounding of transportation systems, and closure of production companies. As you pray that winter never comes, food prices will skyrocket, and the economy may simply grind to a halt. And what will happen to other sectors of the economy, including Real Estate? Listen to what the experts have to say: In 2006, Susan M. Wachter, professor of Real Estate at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania asserted that anything that causes the economy to go into recession will cause the Real Estate market to go under. And anything that causes the Real Estate market to go under will probably cause the entire financial market to go under as well. Now you know why we all should be genuinely concerned about a shortage of oil and gas.
