this post was submitted on 23 Mar 2026
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Live countdown to NZ fuel depletion. Reserve gauges, Pacific vessel tracking, Polymarket odds, demand analytics, and scenario modelling.

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[–] MadPsyentist@lemmy.nz 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

ChatGPT sure does love that dark electric teal theme. Cool site! Cheers for the link

[–] rimu@piefed.social 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I do not feel great about linking to an obvious AI slop site but on the other hand I love me a good doomsday clock!

[–] absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Riding my bike too work tomorrow.

[–] philanthropicoctopus@thelemmy.club 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

Are we genuinely looking at zero petrol by late may?

Edit: sorry just saw petrol is late June

[–] rimu@piefed.social 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Oh no, there will be petrol. If you can afford $5 per litre.

[–] Sunshine@piefed.ca 1 points 2 days ago

Damn and I thought $2.56 per litre NZD was bad in BC.

[–] philanthropicoctopus@thelemmy.club 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yeah I saw the projection of $4.80

Is it likely we will hit the level four of the traffic light system? Ie, only emergency and public transport vehicles?

[–] rimu@piefed.social 1 points 1 week ago

If there was a 1% likelihood of your plane crashing, would you board it? Even low likelihood things are worth planning for, if the consequences are severe.

It really depends on what happens in the next couple of weeks. If more oil/gas infrastructure is damaged then expect an extended emergency that lasts for months or years.

Humans are creative, we all want things to work out and capitalism is more resilient and flexible than I've expected in the past so there could be positive surprises too. Maybe the Ukraine war will stop and Russia will sell us lots of oil and gas, who knows.

[–] ranok@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Doubtful, this page only counts ships that are in the water with AIS tracking, so ships confirmed that haven't left yet are treated as non-existent.

[–] absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz 1 points 6 days ago

Yep, they state that on the site.

Specifically saying that MBIE tracks ships that they cannot.

[–] Ilovethebomb@lemmy.nz 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

If we stopped buying it, yes. We do have a steady stream of fuel being shipped to the country though, so this is normal.

Although just over a month of supply in the country is less than I thought.

Bit nerve wravking watching this all unfold eh. I've got a young family and I'm the sole earner. It'd break me if I was able to ensure they have everything they need