Ottawa Police Ordered to Return Fuel to Truckers: Contaminated?
Word got around quickly about the Ottawa police seizing fuel from protesting truckers. Legal action was taken and a judge ordered the Ottawa police to return all the propane, gasoline and diesel fuel that was seized from the truckers.
But the Ottawa police have a trick up their sleeves.
The Plot Thickens... Or Becomes Watered Down
Just as sneaky as it was to attempt to seize (steal) the trucker's fuel and propane, it's even sneakier to use that opportunity to sabotage the efforts of the truckers.
Once the protesters received the fuel back again, thankfully they were smart enough to TEST the fuel to see if it was ok.
The fuel was returned to the truckers, some of you have seen that there's videos on that on Youtube showing all the fuel that was confiscated by police, then returned. There's also, there's only one problem with that: my friend Sam. She works down at the Coventry base camp and her job is to test fuel and receive fuel.
They tested it and just about every jug that was returned by the police was half full of water.So the diesel and the gasoline that was returned by police was, most of it, was half-full of water.
According to this testimony, the police attempted to sabotage the truckers by potentially damaging their trucks with a mixture of water and fuel.
The short version:
The long version:
The video shows the extent to which our society is based on trust. Most people trust that the gas station is selling actual gas. We trust the scales at grocery stores.
Of course there systems in place to calibrate the scales and test the gas. But the people were able to trust.
What are we going to do when the things that we were once able to trust gradually break down?
Absolutely, our civilization only functions on trust. Trust that contracts will be upheld, statements are true, ingredients are pure. Once institutions are put in charge of testing and calibrating scales, it opens the doors for corruption. There is a myth that well funded big institutions (especially those with an established a good name) are somehow incorruptible and infallible and cannot be bought or bribed. Of course we trust in the great institution and corporations of our society, how could we not? They are the "pillers" of our society. Once the individual is eliminated and replaced with a "collective", there is no longer an individual's name, a hand to shake, eyes to look into. Just trust the system. Or even better, trust "trustless" blockchain contracts. "We'll only deduct your "fair share" in taxes from your UBI, trust us."
What I find fascinating is that this group of organized Truckers had an individual in place to test fuel - no institution or government agency required. Just "Sam" whose job it was to test the fuel.
I think this Trucker camp might be a microcosm of what will have to be done someday as trust in the system breaks down: less reliance on corrupt institutions and broken systems and more reliance on individual people like "Sam". Or "Joe". Or "Bill". Whoever it is who has the skill and/or resources to help with a situation, and yourself offering skills and/or resources that Sam or Joe or Bill might need.
There will always be a trusted (even if underground) economy with EQUAL WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
It is not that surprising. It is likely that independent gas stations test every load of fuel that they purchase.
What has actually happened is that there is so much testing taking place in the supply chain that the end consumer no longer has to measure things.
A problem with an underground economy is that such economies lack the systematic testing of the open market. In such an economy, people have to depend on their ability to measure the product.
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