How are you preparing for the worst case scenario in the following weeks?

I've been planning to get solar panels for a while now, and the war and oil hike pushed me to pull the trigger this month, even though the quote I got went up because of material costs. I also stocked up on canned goods, like there's a typhoon coming. As for my vehicle, I have a BYD, so no long-distance trips for now so I can use it as a pure EV (I still have a full tank since March 01, even though I've already driven 500km).

2 gas na binili namin, pinuno na ang palabigasan.  ang problema ko talaga eh kuryente 😭 ang mahal kasi magpakabit ng solar 🥹

For EV users like you, ano magiging difference kaya sa charging consumption pag nag spike na rin ang meralco charges?

Saktong preparation lang muna kami ng non perishable goods and medicine. Siguro saka na kami gagawa ng mas malaking decision kapag mukang papunta na talaga sa worst case scenario.

i dont stock foods na. we've experienced lockdowns ng ilang taon and di naman tayo kinulang sa fresh meats, seafoods, vegies, fruits. may induction stove din kme. this year may kinonvert ako time deposit to savings (nung madalas earthquakes) para in case of emergencies may cash. in disasters and emergencies cash is king. kita naman natin dun sa mga foreign nationals who tried to escape mideast via land travels, cash lang ang tinatanggap. and yes magtipid tipid kse magmamahal lalo bilihin.

Hi if u dont mind meron bang vids nung mga foreigners na umaalis sa middle east thru land borders? I mean saan location nila? Is it getting worse ba?

Anong company ka kumuha ng solar? Gusto ko din for the longest time kaso nag kukuripot ako kasi di biro yung laking halaga sa pagpa-solar. Pero kelangama na🥲

No specific vids i can link pero I suggest you search up about palestinian refugees and esp the ones that were helped by the PH DFA to get here.

Hindi naman talaga mawawalan source ng food. Problem is taas talaga ng presyo 🥲

Bumili kami ng power station nung nakaraang linggo. Back up power lang just in case something happens. Buti nalang that time may promo sila na kasama na yung 45w solar panel sa purchase.

Pinupuno na cupboards at fridge paunti unti. Dati weekly or weekend stocks lang ang binibili, but upping our stock good for two weeks' worth. For gasoline, nagpapakarga na kahit malayo pa sa empty. Dati 1 bar nalang bago magpagas. The government says supply is 'good for 60 days', pero hindi naman stock yun ng gobyerno. Those are stocks of private oil companies like Shell, Petron, etc. Nobody knows if and when magsisimula ang hoarding.

Bumili kami generator. Actually dati pa pero di pa talaga namin nagamit. Nagstock na rin kami gas sa Jerry Can.

Interested to hear the answer too.

true kaya no need mag panic buying.

sa youtube lang napanuod ko. mostly foreign nationals either stranded tourists or expats from dubai and qatar. pero our ofws naman helped by our ph embassy. for the foreign tourists/expats, yung mga accounts nila sa land travels, they have to pay all land transpo driven by locals by cash. not sure now if meron na from tour agencies para pwede na card payments.

Steady lang. From what i’ve learned during the pandemic, hindi rin nakakatulong yung pag-overthink. Never naman kami naka-experience ng shortage so i guess we’ll just cross the bridge when we get there. I’ve had my 2 cars on full tank over the weekend though. Maybe i’ll just monitor the situation and make adjustments if necessary.

It's like the 1970s and after 2005.

Hindi shortage ang kalaban kundi price increase in a few weeks/months

Try niyo po sa Sun&Arao Solar. May FB page sila

Overthink overthink kayo. Kayo lanf din masstres kaka overthink niyo. Di pa kayo natuto nung pandemic

Kaya na nagpasolar ako, kasi expected ko din na tataas din ang meralco, although at a slower pace. If you look at our electricity generation, most come from coal and nautral gas, and some genset (diesel), so hindi sya as affected as gas and diesel for cars. Coal comes from australia and asian countries kaya mostly affected tayo sa diesel and natural gas.

What is this fear-mongering shit lol >My other friends started buying BYDs and installing solar panels and grids in their houses. Sadly, di ko pa afford. maisingit lang ano

Mejo mahal sa akin kasi european un gamit pero 365k for hybrid 7kw system with 14kwh battery

For instances like this, lucky talaga nasa province. I'm from the province. Nakakatakot ang shortage pero since sanay kami sa kahoy atsaka sa uling, yung concern namin is more sa pag increase ng prices. 🥹 Marami ding fresh meat, veggies and fruits kaya food wise, parang wala pang panic buying dito or at least that feeling. Makakatipid ka din sa electricity since medjo mahangin din. Pero ramdam pa rin namin ang mahal ng bilihin. How much more ang nasa city 🥹

Anong masama in buying EVs and installing solar panels? Kahit naman walang gera ngayon, it’s sustainable in the long run. Wala naman mawawala if we are preparing. We are not encouraging panic buying and hoarding. Bruh

OA naman.

Why do you think tumataas ang presyo ng 1 commodity? Anyway, good on you OP that you are prepping. We have different situations. Personally, i am just being watchful and that’s good enough for me.

What’s up with the scaremongering though? Do you honestly think aabot sya sa ganyang sitwasyon?

May stockpile na kami ng pang gatong sa dirty kitchen namin hehe

There is nothing wrong, pero to connect it sa situation ngayon? Like come on now You may not be encouraging, but fear-mongering na yang ginagawa mo. Hindi yan maganda

What do you mean by fear mongering when fuel prices are literally increasing at this moment. Binomba na ang largest oil infrastructures. News are telling us walang balak mag ceasefire ang Iran, US, and Israel. May misleading ba sa sinabi ko? Nangyari na. Hindi mangyayari pa lang. Do you expect na walang consequential effect yan in a few days or weeks? Maybe they will cease fire anytime soon and maybe may roll back din sa fuel. Maybe not. There is nothing wrong with preparing as long as you don’t hoard.

mabubuhay ka nyan basta may pagkain, may magtatanim may magtitinda, mahal nga lang. kung wala kang gasolina magbike ka, maglakad, may options naman, masyado tayo naattach sa wants, yung mga tao noon ano lang ba needs nila para mabuhay diba?

Yung Spanish government dinadaaan ang foreigners papuntang Oman saka lilipad pauwi, since masyado pa ding delikado sa Dubai. Pero ngayon tinatarget na din ng Iran ang Oman like wtf, walang US bases doon.

Buti nakagawa yung asawa ko ng solar kaya malaking tulong ngayon, planning to upgrade na din paunti unti.

Wow u mean we get palestinian refugees already?

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Thank you for saying this. Ako yung isa sa mga taong nag ooverthink pero tama ka sa sinabi mo na hindi nga nakakatulong to. We have enough money and magtitipid na nga lang as much as possible

Ironically, galit na galit ang r/ph redditors dyan when I opened up solar power while they are pushing their non-existent nuclear since the 80's. They didn't know how important is having solar right now and on the future along with EV's and inverter applicances. Some even told me Leviste, as if he's the inventor of solar panels. lol

No net metering needed. Masisimot ko lahat ng harvest ng Solar panels, since my battery din me. Additional fees din kasi un net metering, and mura lang bili ng meralco (7php/kwh) so might as well utilize everything harvested.

Alin power station po?

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Hindi naman lahat ng gas natin imported from middle east [https://wits.worldbank.org/CountryProfile/en/Country/PHL/Year/LTST/TradeFlow/Import/Partner/by-country/Product/27-27\_Fuels](https://wits.worldbank.org/CountryProfile/en/Country/PHL/Year/LTST/TradeFlow/Import/Partner/by-country/Product/27-27_Fuels) May price increase but there won't be massive shortages. Over-sensationalised lang yan ng media.

That is not my point. Hindi ko naman sinabi na bumili sila ng EVs and nagpa install ng solar grids just out of panic and rash decisions. If you view EVs and solar grids as long term investments because they reduce costs over time, then war or no war, the financial logic stays the same. The reality is that many people (like me) were already planning to invest in these cost saving assets long time ago. The current global tensions just pushed them to act sooner as a PRECAUTION for the worst case scenario. Sadly, for people like me who haven’t saved enough yet, can’t do the same.

Just check the comments above. They assumed my friends bought EVs and have solar panels installed out of sheer panic. As if it’s not a long term investment, war or no war. They don’t realize many people are already eyeing these assets even before the war happened. Sadly, many people din don’t have the resources to pull the trigger now.

We switched to induction cooker the xiaomi last month. It can cook even bulalo. Pero damn ung bill namin sa meralco from 3k naging 8k. Ang OA

Ecoflow river 2 pro binili namin.

Hirap lang with fossil fuels, interconnected e. Pag nagtaas ang oil, magtataas din ang coal and gas, and all consumer goods follow suit. E ang kuryente natin mostly coal galing Indonesia, and LNG from Malampaya.

You are correct. But for how long and how much, we don’t know. Even if you stock up right now, your stock will be used up eventually. Then you will be forced to buy at market price after that. Or the current prices would hold up, and this could be over soon. No one knows (aside from trump). You do what’s the best for you. Good luck!

Good to hear! Mas madali magdedisyon kapag hindi emotional. Best is to stay calm and adaptable so we can easily make adjustments. Sama-sama tayong magtitipid! :)

We're investing in more induction cookers kasi LPG is expensive na sobra. For heavy cooking, my family still enjoys the traditional over fire via charcoal approach because it's accessible sa province namin and the seniors enjoy it. We also started to plant our own vegetables. Maliliit lang like pechay, onion, etc. In terms of entertainment, tinuruan ko ang special needs nephews ko na maglaro the way it was for me (batang 90s alright!) para bawas screen time, bawas kuryente. I know it wouldn't be significant energy savings pero meron pa rin, and we also made sure to stay in one room para yun lang may AC. Sa gabi nalang bubuksan yung iba pag matutulog na. If kaya icommute ang errands, commute is cheaper. Gas is for longer trips. Whatever happens, we can endure it. ❤️ Ika nga, it won't be our first rodeo to scarcity, and definitely not the last.

Mukang mgnda nga meron ba yan sa lazada po?

Live below your means... yan ang ginagawa ko now

Basically chill lang.. Haha plus syempre may stocks din kami ng canned foods like tuna etc at if ever mag lockdown ulit or kung ano man trip nila edi ayos. Dami kong backlog games eh atleast matatapos ko na din ulit hahaha

Yes! I used to regularly buy food from them. If you are in QC, they have Little Gaza Kitchen

Hindi ko alam if na-timing lang samin pero pasalamat din ako at laging bumabagyo sa Albay kaya naka prep ako ahead. Meron kaming ecoflow powerstation before pa tapos nagpakabit kami ng solar last December (after nung bagyo 1 week kami walang kuryente). Tapos yung lpg namin akala ko naubusan na kami ng stock, kaya ang ending may 2 na kaming extra at nabili namin siya ng hindi pa nagiincrease yung prices. Then last week naman, nag grocery kami sa s&r (non perishable and household supplies) na good for 1-2 months habang mababa pa yung gasolina kasi medyo malayo to samin para matagal pa bago kami makabalik ulit.

Im in uae, hotels and restaurants are already doing layoffs and furloughs or non working days without pay

We have a friend stationed in Dubai na pinauwi na ng company nila sa Pinas this week via Emirates. Ok naman daw, from Dubai pa rin nanggaling flight nila.

Kaso nung pandemic lahat ng essentials pwede gumalaw kasama na dun ang mga food transport. Paano kung nag patuloy pagka simot ng gas natin? Paano makakapunta ang mga supplies sa bilihan?

Then were doomed! Thing is, we will not run out of gas. We will buy at a higher price. Higher gas prices will lead to more expensive tanspo and logistics. And that could lead to higher prices. Keyword here is “could”. We are all speculating. For some people’s peace of mind, they stockpile. But personally, I would rather watch out first.

Etong kapitbahay ko laat week lang first week march or 2nd nagpainstall ng solar ..kainggit

Not meant for soup ang xiaomi induction huhu. Taas ng kain nya

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my co worker na american, meron silang bunker, pero sobra nmn yunh mga yun... ang natutunan ko sakanila is pwede mo isolar panel lahat ng appliances at solar-on-demand na mga gamit

Saw also sina Erwan dito ata dumaan pa-Pinas.

Yung office namin naisipang magpa-RTO hahahaahahah