This is what an embargo feels like

[Pototan]

I know the US has plenty of fuel. The price may spike to an inconvenient level, but you shouldn't run out.

Here in the Philippines, where I spend 11 months a year (I'm returning to Boston for two weeks at the end of April), we are counting the days until we run out and more closely resemble Cuba than to the US,

The prices at the pump have more than doubled in 30 days. Deisel is the equitant of $7.50 a gallon. Gasoline is $6.75. this in a country where the minimum wage is just $1.20 an hour.

But, to my point, not being able to obtain fuel, at any price, is no different than an embargo. As bad as it is, it's about to get much worse.