Sri Lanka basically has no fuel left. They’ve had to halt fuel sales because of the extreme lack of any fuel in the country.
Sri Lanka announced a two-week ban on fuel sales for all non-essential services starting from June 28, as the island nation faces its worst economic crisis in 70 years. pic.twitter.com/GlGfyUWeCk
— South China Morning Post (@SCMPNews) June 28, 2022
Sri Lanka suspends fuel sales for two weeks as economic crisis worsens https://t.co/GO8e2I8pVn
— The Guardian (@guardian) June 28, 2022
They’re asking Russia for help.
Sri Lanka is looking to Russia to solve its fuel supply problem, which is now forcing the government to temporarily ban fuel sales to the general public. https://t.co/TyhEU3guLM
— DW News (@dwnews) June 27, 2022
There are a number of reasons why this happened. There was generalized government corruption combined with dumbass “green” environmental policies and the lockdowns stemming from the virus hoax. The end result has been a totally dysfunctional economic situation.
No economy in the world today can properly function without fuel. It is the lifeblood of any economy. What we see happening in Sri Lanka is a preview of what you may start seeing in the West as the economic situation gets increasingly precarious.
