From: admin@127.0.0.1   
      
   On Fri, 01 Oct 2021 10:28:22 -0400   
   Boron Elgar  wrote:   
      
   > On Wed, 29 Sep 2021 14:06:26 -0000 (UTC), Howard    
   > wrote:   
   >   
   > >I've read a bunch of articles blaming "panic buyers" for the   
   > >gasoline shortages in the UK following stations not receiving   
   > >deliveries. That's basically BS, isn't it? It sounds like it's   
   > >basically conflating anger over closures with panic buying, when   
   > >they're two very different things.   
   > >   
   > >British fuel company reps are acknowledging the major distribution   
   > >problems but keep saying it's a problem of panic buying, and the   
   > >press keeps repeating that line.   
   > >   
   > >The main evidence seems to be long lines of drivers -- but isn't   
   > >that what you would expect when supplies fall short?  I'm not seeing   
   > >anything beyond anecdotal claims that people are filling up more   
   > >than they "should" be.   
   > >   
   > Snip rest of good background...   
   >   
   > I heard both EuroNews and BBC reporting and each seemed to imply a   
   > Perfect Storm with several aspects all contributing varying bits and   
   > pieces to the resulting lines and lack of gasoline.   
   >   
   > Some of these have whole backstories themselves and some are just   
   > contributory straws that broke or strained another system that might   
   > have been at or near the edge, either singly or in combo, and the   
   > overlap is mighty, but no one seems to have done it alone...   
   >   
   > -Pandemic   
   > -Lack of drivers   
   > -Brexit   
   > -Rise of oil prices   
   > -Broad supply chain disruption   
   > -Panic buying   
   >   
   >   
   Panic Over (for now).   
      
   --   
   Bah, and indeed Humbug.   
      
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