Diesel engine oil shortage predictions, will it happen?

OK TY DRT.....considering you don't put many miles on a year + you still use syn. makes me think a decent % of at least ind. truckers are using it or should be using it if they live + drive their rigs mostly in the northern half of the USA + into Canada (from nov. to march that is) + lets put it this way if the diesel oil runs low or out by nov. due to no more additives to make the oil whole + someone was selling 0w or 5w online at amazon or others + a trucker had to pay more for it but had little to no choice if he wants to keep running he would leave his normal 15w tempor. at least to buy that stuff but considering he would prob. have to pay around double for the syn. that it is WAS normally worth ....which means if he was running 15w that would mean at least 3x the normal cost to fill up his crankcase but i would suggest to him if + when this happens later this year....You are getting the Best oil out there at the right time of the year with a long change oil life + with the lack of truckers, front end snow clearing loaders farm eqip. on + on you will be able to charge 2-3-4 times for you services for people desp. enough so in every likelihood that trucker or whatever will still come out on top $ + i have heard + know of somebody who has bought up a sheet load of syn. in anticipation of that coming shortage to sell back later this year + i am sure there are others out there esp. sellers on Amazon, Ebay + local online + i see that getting syn. 0w + 5w on Amazon even now is getting very scarce + the prices are hugely inflated + we are only in the middle of July not Nov. so its going to be interesting.....the early bird gets the worm more then ever here so Buy Buy Buy i suggest to everyone while you can + while you can is already not really true at all as explained in my opening thread post esp. esp. for syn. GL getting that in any quantity right now...not to mention the shortage of UREA from Russia + China that i believe will make DEF not out completely at any time later this year + next but in short or very short supply also so BUY that also guys while you legit can right now because if that runs short as you all know with your 2010 + later machines that will be a lot more sudden of a problem then the oil.

 

It will be Gold pretty soon DRT if things get as bad as i + many predict but well see....your forethought will convince your wife to never doubt you again LOL. Maybe you can sell some of the oil to oil starved truckers + other diesel equipment operators at a nice profit + take your wife to Florida in mid Jan. on a vacation.

 

Interesting that syn. oil has more consumption sometimes...i have never heard that...i guess Diesel engines are like people somewhat aka everyone is different....along with the Brand of oil used that could make a dif. also.
You compared your engine oil 15w40 to10w30....how about your 15w40 vs 5w40 or esp. 0w40 for fuel economy + protection.
Have you actually tried Rotella T6 or Moble Delvac 1.....5w or 0w or some other brand of those 2 top syn. oil?

 

Well that's near impossible to find today either in bulk but esp. in automotive stores....double esp. Rotella + Mobil.
By aug. 19th with nothing being made at factory for nearly 3 months by then it will be impossible + all 15w even will be in sig. thinner supply by then or worse i am hearing from a Napa dealer up here who talks to mostly US sources.