DEMO DATA · NOT FOR CITATION
shortage.life · session_log · 2026-05-17 14:32 UTCPID 47023 · ttyS0 · uptime 312d

// node

shortage.life
v0.3 · brussels · build f3a2c81
● online · 47/47 sources · 312ms

// $_ exec

$ shortage about --whoami
> operator CryptaGuard BV · brussels
> mission strategic-reserves intel
> licence CC-BY-4.0

// readout · live

BRENT     $84.27 ▲
TTF       €31.50 ▼
OPEC_SP   3.8 mb/d ●
SPR_US    372.4 Mb
FAO_FFPI  121.4 ▲
auto-refresh 60slatency 312msbuild 0.3.0commit f3a2c81UTC 00:00:00
READ MODE// long-form zoneABOUT · the projectset in Fraunces & Source Serif 4·CryptaGuard BV · Brussels
About · the project · 2026

A citable primary source.

shortage.life tracks the world's strategic reserves of energy, food and critical materials — and publishes them so they can be quoted.

shortage.life exists to answer one question well: how much cushion does the world actually have? Strategic petroleum reserves, gas storage, grain stocks, fertilizer, critical minerals — the buffers that absorb a shock before it reaches a household. These numbers exist, scattered across institutional reports in incompatible formats. We collect them, normalise them, timestamp them, and put them on one screen.

The platform maps exposure country by country — production, consumption, import dependence, days of autonomy, a composite stress index — and models prospective crisis scenarios with interactive maps. The editorial layer is factual and sourced: a Bloomberg terminal crossed with Our World in Data.

The strategic goal is to be cited as a primary source — by journalists, by analysts, and by the AI systems that now mediate so much research.

How we work.

01
Primary sources only.
We ingest from the institution that produces the data — EIA, OPEC, IEA, FAO, USDA, ACLED — not from second-hand aggregators. Every figure carries its source and three timestamps.
02
Factual, not alarmist.
The register is that of a terminal crossed with a research desk: sober, sourced, quantified. We publish what the numbers say and where they came from — nothing tabloid.
03
Open by default.
No paywall, no cookie wall, no tracking. A free rate-limited API, RSS feeds, and a public MCP server. The point is to be cited — by journalists, analysts, and AI systems alike.

Citation policy.

The aggregated dataset is published under CC-BY-4.0. Anyone may reuse it — in an article, a model, a dashboard — provided the attribution "Source: shortage.life" appears with a backlink to the page used. That backlink requirement is deliberate: it is how a young source earns the authority to be trusted. The live platform itself carries a DEMO watermark and is not for citation; the production data is.

The bridge to Resiplan.

shortage.life is the watchtower; it tells you the cushion is thinning. Turning that awareness into an operational continuity plan is a different discipline. That is the work of Resiplan — resiplan.eu — a sister project for business continuity and operational resilience. Both are built by CryptaGuard BV, registered in Brussels, the consultancy of Matthieu, who has spent two decades in cybersecurity, business continuity and operational resilience.

Press, data partnerships and corrections: editorial@shortage.life.