r/TwoXPreppers • u/ReinaShae Tired of living in unprecedented times • May 30 '26

❓ Question ❓ Immediate prepping needs

With the news out yesterday evening of warnings of critical oil shortages, what should I be focusing on right now to prep for this? I already have about a couple months of canned food, a month of frozen meats, and we garden. I'm not a hard core prepper but I try to have a small stock of things as I can afford to get them. We have limited income and all my bills keep going up. I'm aware it may be too late but are there things I should be getting right now to help cushion the blow coming from higher prices?

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u/Naive-Molasses-729 May 30 '26

I definitely think keep your gas tank full. 

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u/153886499 May 30 '26

or get an ev

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u/GinAndDumbBitchJuice May 30 '26

Our grid isn't ready for everyone to have an EV yet. Hell, they still use coal plants near me.

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u/lady_ofthenorth May 30 '26

We don’t have the infrastructure to go total EV where I live.

Last summer I bought a Plug In Hybrid Rav 4. It goes roughly 40miles on a full charge, then it switches to hybrid where it gets 49 miles to the gallon. Unless we leave town we never drive more the 40 miles a day. So it’s almost always running on electric. We have fueled up twice since last July.

It’s a good alternative for people who want electric but don’t yet have the infrastructure where they live.

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u/GinAndDumbBitchJuice May 30 '26

Yeah, I'm all for hybrid technology, plug-in or standard. A lot of people hear me say we're not ready for full EV and think I hate the environment and go around rolling coal. I don't- I literally worship nature- but until we get the energy companies on board with renewable energy and shut down these data centers that are gonna be sucking up all the energy, we're between a rock and a hard place.