Live data from Hacker News

Global shortage has led to motor oil rationing at Costco

guessingheadlights.com

41–50 of 225 posts

Re: Global shortage has led to motor oil rationing at Costco

#41

Things are really about to hit the fan. The world has been surviving off of strategic petroleum reserves, but those are quickly hitting the bottom. The US last reported at 285M barrels[0]. There is a legal floor of ~250M, after which it is reserved for government national defense. Usage has been all over the place, but the drawdown has been somewhere in the region of 1M barrels per day. Public analyses have said that…

It’s doubly bad now China is back buying oil.

Re: Global shortage has led to motor oil rationing at Costco

#42

Things are really about to hit the fan. The world has been surviving off of strategic petroleum reserves, but those are quickly hitting the bottom. The US last reported at 285M barrels[0]. There is a legal floor of ~250M, after which it is reserved for government national defense. Usage has been all over the place, but the drawdown has been somewhere in the region of 1M barrels per day. Public analyses have said that…

Trump will 100% ignore the defense reserve. Congress won't stop him either.

Re: Global shortage has led to motor oil rationing at Costco

#43
post #20
post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Patriots love their big trucks. More oil = owning the lib vegans.

Lots of people haul things. The US is huge compared to what most people expect. Big trucks can be a necessity depending on what you do for a living/your way of life.

Right, but seeing trucks obviously not set up for towing or hauling is becoming more common nowadays. With the level of luxury trims available on some trucks now, it's obvious that they aren't a necessity anymore.

This is on top of trucks prioritizing 4 door models and taking bites out of the truck bed

Re: Global shortage has led to motor oil rationing at Costco

#45

Things are really about to hit the fan. The world has been surviving off of strategic petroleum reserves, but those are quickly hitting the bottom. The US last reported at 285M barrels[0]. There is a legal floor of ~250M, after which it is reserved for government national defense. Usage has been all over the place, but the drawdown has been somewhere in the region of 1M barrels per day. Public analyses have said that…

It’s doubly bad now China is back buying oil.

Not at volume yet. How quickly they return and what volumes will determine how fast oil prices go up.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49368661

(oil futures market participant)

Re: Global shortage has led to motor oil rationing at Costco

#46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is there really nothing that has oil in it that at some point needs changing?

It does, plenty of things inside the EV require all kinds of oils, just the maintenance cycle isn't gallons and gallons every x months. You are looking at years. I got service centers trying to rotate my tires every 3k miles because "ev". The oil change as well, oh you need to change oil every 5k because... because why?

By "plenty of things" you mean one thing with a 10yr service interval?

Re: Global shortage has led to motor oil rationing at Costco

#49
post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Correct. ~140k miles on my 2018 Model S, tires, wipers and wiper fluid, and one battery pack heater replaced (deprecated, no longer used in newer builds) are all that have been done. Motors are lubricated at manufacture and sealed for life. https://ev-lectron.com/blogs/blog/tesla-electric-vehicle-pow...

Same here. Got a 2017 Model S. Only wiper fluid and tires and had to change out break disks in the front but besides that, nothing.

I’m still on the original brake discs and rotors luckily but will likely need to replace them soon from corrosion and warping versus consumption. Which is very cool imho.

Re: Global shortage has led to motor oil rationing at Costco

#50
post #20
post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Patriots love their big trucks. More oil = owning the lib vegans.

Lots of people haul things. The US is huge compared to what most people expect. Big trucks can be a necessity depending on what you do for a living/your way of life.

Lots of people haul things everywhere. Driving a truck as your main vehicle because you haul something twice a month is ridiculously wasteful, of money foremost.

I have a small trailer, rent a bigger one or van when needed.

Post reply on HN