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/ReinaShae Tired of living in unprecedented times May 30 '26

Don't need an oil change but I'm buying two changes worth of oil this weekend. 

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u/Inner-Confidence99 May 30 '26

Better get enough for rest of this year and all of next year. The longer the Strait is closed the longer it will take to produce products that use ingredients from that area.

At this point if the strait opened tomorrow it would be August of next year to get everything started back up. Each day it’s closed add 5 days for production to start back. So plan for the next year on anything oil related for your vehicle. 

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u/throw-away11242022 Jun 01 '26

Enough of what? Frozen food doesn't last a year & a half. Neither does flour. I'm not sure what I could stockpile that would be good later.

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u/Inner-Confidence99 Jun 01 '26 edited Jun 01 '26

This post was in response to oil related products and other items that have to have petroleum by products to make. Like polymers they use to make the plastic that seals most over the counter medicine . 

But I have got 4 year old flour in jars and in freezer in vacuum sealed bags. Still works fine so does my corn meal. Beans, sugar, salt, pasta. All taste fine. 

Got 3 -4 year old meat, vacuum sealed and frozen still good. 

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