From: boron_elgar@hotmail.com   
      
   On Fri, 1 Oct 2021 16:46:08 +0100, "Kerr-Mudd, John"    
   wrote:   
      
   >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).   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)