Fuel Crisis, potential impact on away travel

Well, there is a shortage, after all, it doesn't matter if you have enough fuel at the depots, if you don't have enough drivers to get them to the petrol stations then there is a shortage. And the oil companies were prioritising which stations would be getting petrol and who wouldn't because they haven't been able to deliver to them all (And as someone whose Dad used to work in the Oil industry, specifically the logistical side I can tell you that even when there aren't driver issues they operate on more of a just in time basis for refilling stations supply rather than trying to keep them full as much as possible)

Ofc by having to take the actions of prioritising which stations get refilled it's made it worse. When we have a world that's so connected if some stations shut because they don't have supply it spreads like wildfire and causes panic.

This is going to become more common though. Even without Brexit and covid having an impact Europe has had an HGV issue for decades. Numbers have been falling all across Europe year on year and not enough has been done by any country to try and turn that around. The current perfect storm of situations has just brought it into to everyone's attention

 

That should be illegal at any time let alone in times like this. Filling up your tank is one thing but the only reason for anyone to need to fill up even 1 jerry can is if you have run out of fuel and need to take it back to your broken down car

 

You need to think about being less judgemental. There are legitimate reasons for filling up a green petrol can other than having run out of petrol. For example, I fill up my own petrol can with E5 every 2 or 3 weeks during spring and summer to power my mower, strimmer etc and the othe garden equipment. Maybe that should be made illegal in your world?

 

So your mower takes multiple jerry cans does it? That's complete bullshit and you know it

 

Please don't misquote me. I said I fill up my petrol can (singular) every 2-3 weeks for all of my garden equipment. You on the other hand said the only legal reason for filling up a petrol can was because the car had run out of petrol. That just isn't the case. Just admit you over exaggerated the point.

 

I said doing what that guy was doing should be illegal, which is why I made the point about the legitimate reason for filling up a single one