In a lot of ways we have superabundance now, but few can see it. When half the food is thrown in the bin in the UK this is superabundance. Planning is required to exploit any resource, but people have become too weak and dumb. If a dumb population explodes at an exponential Malthusian rate without planning then you're going to have scarcity. The problem isn't abundance it's lack of planning and innovation. The essentials of life are abundant- you can make a solid sub-zero shelter out of plastic and spray foam.

Hi Canem Malum,
I see that fuel scarcity has now prompted all these fuel saving methods...

AI Overview
The International Energy Agency (IEA) has issued a 10-point plan for member nations like Australia to conserve fuel amidst Middle East conflict-driven supply disruptions, focusing on reducing oil demand through remote work, lower speed limits, and increased public transport usage. These emergency measures aim to reduce oil consumption and ease pressure on global energy markets.
The IEA's 10 Recommendations for Fuel Conservation:

Work from home: Implement remote work up to three days a week to reduce commuting.
Lower speed limits: Reduce highway speed limits by at least
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Encourage public transport: Promote bus and rail to reduce private car use.
Car-free Sundays: Implement Sunday car restrictions in large cities.
Alternate road access: Introduce odd-even number-plate rotation for driving in cities.
Increase car sharing: Promote vehicle occupancy to lower fuel consumption.
Promote efficient driving: Encourage eco-driving practices for cars and commercial vehicles.
Reduce air travel: Limit business flights in favor of remote meetings.
Avoid high-speed travel: Promote high-speed train alternatives to flights.
Shift to electric cooking: Replace LPG cooking with electric alternatives to free up fuel.

Why does it look like the exact same things they say we should do to limit the effects of climate change...
I think maybe they're planning for superscarcity all along, not superabundance

The Qatari's aren't feeling much superabundance this week

So far this war has been costly for the Gulf states.
Because their main ally the United States could not defend them against the Iranian missiles strikes.
Because President Trump prioritises the security needs of the Israelis above the security needs of the Qataris.
Qatar Gas CEO says 'We incurred a $20 billion loss at the facility we built for $26 billion two years ago.'
But the Qataris may find themselves living with a budget deficit which will put huge financial strains on the country for some time to come as they rebuild their gas supplies capacity to pre-war levels.
But ultimately it will be cheaper and safer for the Qataris to ask the Americans to remove their military bases from Qatar to prevent a reoccurrence or repeat of such an indefensible and vulnerable situation.

http://x.com/FUADH78666/status/2035085934887145600

They obviously built it to provide gas for the Europeans after they cut themselves off from cheap Russian gas.

Armchair Critic- There is an abundance of fuel in the world, but most of it is like the children's blocks, "the fuel block doesn't fit in the fuel hole". Some of the fuel blocks are even able to be part of a fuel cycle. Rocket fuel's for example could potentially be used in cars, with the right configuration. Think of running a car from alumina or al + o2, simple stuff, pick up an o2 generator/ concentrator from Bunnings. But the dumb envious "progressives" force too much red tape on industry, and don't know how to run businesses, and so there is little innovation, and little advantage to risk.

A man can be 2 metres from water but die because he doesn't know it

Aries54 is wrong- People are not the ultimate resource, as Ayn Rand (and Nietzsche) said, thought is the ultimate resource, but not all people think.

Armchair Critic said "Why does it look like the exact same things they say we should do to limit the effects of climate change...
I think maybe they're planning for superscarcity all along, not superabundance"

Answer- Good question. Yes I came to the conclusion that Woke Marxist's create scarcity a while back, while claiming to care about the poor and slavery. To be fair Libertarian's do their share of tricky business to keep competition out of their affairs, by illegitimately creating red tape. Ayn Rand criticised this, but sadly she isn't immune from corruption. Ayn Rand seems to get a lot from Nietzsche who seems to be one of the purer ones, that speak and act as one motion. The original political system Traditionalism (Nietzsche might call it the knightly code) is different than Woke Marxism and Libertarianism.

It almost seems as if "The Greens" could be complicit in energy scarcity, or might see advantage in it. Isn't it the Greens that are blocking nuclear energy, what else are they doing??

If humans are free of need, but some try to hide this fact, and create scarcity, what does that mean?? Who are the slaves free-ers, and who are the slave masters?