From: boron_elgar@hotmail.com   
      
   On Thu, 30 Sep 2021 11:50:53 -0700, Snidely    
   wrote:   
      
   >Michael Trew explained :   
   >> On 9/29/2021 10:06 AM, 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.   
   >>   
   >> (Snip)   
   >>   
   >>> But it's almost impossible for almost everyone to radically change total   
   >>> gasoline purchases without driving a whole lot more. People rarely have   
   >>> any significant gas storage capacity -- at most they might top off the   
   >>> tank of a car they don't drive very often. But otherwise, if you burn   
   >>> ten gallons a week of gas, you won't be buying significantly more than   
   >>> that. There's no way to fit 30 gallons in a 10 gallon tank.   
   >>   
   >> As I see it, and what happened in the US, many more people bought fuel than   
   >> normally would in that time period, also in larger quantities than normal.    
   I   
   >> saw videos of people in the US filling 55 gallon drums and more with fuel.   
   >> IMHO, the pumps should shut off after a "reasonable" amount of fuel, maybe   
   30   
   >> gallons.  Much more than that is excessive for a fuel trip.   
   >   
   >30 gallons?  You don't drive a pickup, do you?  And you never hire a   
   >UHaul to a move.   
   >   
   >/dps   
      
      
   DH's 2019 Silverado 1500 has a 25 gal tank. Previous one (2015, IIRC)   
   had a 30 gal tank.   
      
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