Some social media users are falsely suggesting the U.S. will run out of diesel fuel in 25 days.
A Nov. 4 Instagram post presents screenshots of multiple tweets. “BREAKING: According to the Energy Information Administration, the US only has 25 DAYS OF DIESEL SUPPLY LEFT,” reads a screenshot of one.
The post caption lays out what it claims that would look like: "Diesel Trucks can’t move, food shortage, water crisis, power grid affected, rolling blackouts and just in time for the Purge Laws to take effect in January when people have no heat, food, water, and/or evictions piling up."
The post garnered more than 7,000 likes in four days. Other versions of this claim also are circulating on social media after Tucker Carlson initially made this assertion on Fox News.
But the U.S. isn't a month away from running out of diesel, experts say..
The most recent data at the time of the post showed that the U.S. had a “25.8 day supply” of “total distillate," a petroleum category that includes diesel. That’s the lowest inventory since 1951, according to the EIA.
However, that doesn’t mean that the U.S. is going to run out in 25 days like the posts assert. This quantity is continually being replenished by ongoing production and imports.
USA TODAY reached out to the social media users who shared the posts for comment.
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