Is that still the case?

Surely most people queuing now do need fuel and the issue is that petrol stations are struggling to catch up on supply.

It's probably been the case that over the last few months petrol station reserves (i.e. the amount they always have left over before a fresh delivery) have been dwindling a bit. As in, demand exceeds supply.

That's not an issue with normal buying behaviour and would have recovered over time. But, with a mass change in buying behaviour and petrol stations being completely emptied, demand exceeding supply is now a big problem.

Hope I'm wrong and supply does exceed demand, I'm just not sure that's the case right now.

Posted By: SimonOTBC on September 28th 2021 at 09:40:11

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currently in a petrol station queue .... (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, Sep 28, 09:29:07
- Do you think Dog has run out of petrol? Maybe it's why he hasn't found Laundire? (n/m) (General Chat) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Sep 28, 11:17:32
- Got four cans other day doing my part wont need to waste petrol going to station (n/m) (General Chat) - Tony From Wroxham, Sep 28, 10:09:52
  - Didn't you want Farke to get canned? (n/m) (General Chat) - usacanary, Sep 28, 11:45:53
  - I got 5 cans (General Chat) - Under soil heating, Sep 28, 10:54:54
- I filled up on Friday for a trip to Berkshire yesterday (General Chat) - jamesward, Sep 28, 10:05:56
- I thought they were getting the army in to help (General Chat) - SCC 28, Sep 28, 09:33:18
  - I always wondered, driving that bus the same route all day... does it get boring? (n/m) (General Chat) - Pixelman, Sep 28, 12:23:10
  - You own a bus? (n/m) (General Chat) - usacanary, Sep 28, 11:42:05
  - Five day training course (General Chat) - Chicken, Sep 28, 10:10:15
  - How do you expect people to get fuel without queueing for fuel? (n/m) (General Chat) - norwaay, Sep 28, 09:35:13
    - Living in a country without these problems? (n/m) (General Chat) - usacanary, Sep 28, 11:53:22
      - Too right bor.I wish I lived in a country of school shooters,serial killer, (General Chat) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Sep 28, 13:52:59
        
        Sorry, I forgot spree shooters.😓 (n/m) (General Chat) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Sep 28, 14:01:39
        
        No better way to celebrate your independence day than shooting loads (General Chat) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Sep 28, 14:03:43
        
        At least you can drive between shootings tho, tbf. (n/m) (General Chat) - paulg, Sep 28, 14:15:21
        
        There is that tnf.unless it's a drive by, bad news if those chaps run out of petrol. (n/m) (General Chat) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Sep 28, 14:34:44
        
        Good news for those further down the road. (n/m) (General Chat) - paulg, Sep 28, 14:49:55
      - What a load of old gas. (n/m) (General Chat) - Biggles, Sep 28, 13:22:15
      - Do you live in the US? You should mention this more often. (n/m) (General Chat) - norwaay, Sep 28, 12:35:43
    - If you’re blocking the road then move on (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Sep 28, 09:43:01
      - Agreed, the cunts. (n/m) (General Chat) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Sep 28, 10:21:42
        
        Cunts who need fuel to literally go about their business. (n/m) (General Chat) - norwaay, Sep 28, 10:22:27
        
        It can be purchased without blocking roads for other users (General Chat) - SCC 28, Sep 28, 10:25:12
      - By blocking the road, you mean 'being on the road in your car waiting to go somewhere'. (n/m) (General Chat) - norwaay, Sep 28, 10:20:05
        
        They don’t need to wait to unblock the road (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Sep 28, 10:23:50
    - Think the main issue is people queuing for fuel when they don’t … (General Chat) - loz, Sep 28, 09:35:58
      - You've asked them all individually? (n/m) (General Chat) - norwaay, Sep 28, 10:18:43
        
        The army could do that (General Chat) - SCC 28, Sep 28, 10:26:10
        
        😂 (n/m) (General Chat) - norwaay, Sep 28, 10:30:45
      - Is that still the case? (General Chat) - SimonOTBC, Sep 28, 09:40:11
        
        Also, obviously, there are fewer petrol stations that have fuel (General Chat) - norwaay, Sep 28, 10:21:34
        
        but also there should be fewer people needing fuel (General Chat) - jampersands, Sep 28, 10:43:30
        
        See my post above (General Chat) - SimonOTBC, Sep 28, 10:47:17
        
        supply hasn't changed (unless you think the HGV driver shortage is major) (General Chat) - jampersands, Sep 28, 10:57:20
        
        But demand could always have been higher (General Chat) - SimonOTBC, Sep 28, 11:22:14
        
        Driver shortage must have been worse than usual (General Chat) - jamesward, Sep 28, 11:00:46
        
        There shouldn't be any long term change in demand here though (General Chat) - SimonOTBC, Sep 28, 11:28:36
        
        What I'm saying is, supply wasn't adequate (General Chat) - jamesward, Sep 28, 11:51:42
        
        Yes, we're in agreement (General Chat) - SimonOTBC, Sep 28, 11:55:28
        
        Yep (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, Sep 28, 12:08:51
        
        Like the great 2020 bog roll crisis (General Chat) - SCC 28, Sep 28, 11:33:56
        
        I suppose the difference there was people were able to stockpile (General Chat) - SimonOTBC, Sep 28, 11:37:28
        
        My local Shell has been running out every now and then for months (General Chat) - jamesward, Sep 28, 10:50:53
        
        It was the weekend drivers who gobbled all the fuel up (General Chat) - jamesward, Sep 28, 09:45:11
        
        I do wonder if other countries (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Sep 28, 09:57:33
        
        suffer these events (General Chat) - SCC 28, Sep 28, 09:58:50
        
        i suspect they do (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, Sep 28, 10:03:23
        
        The French would be rioting (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, Sep 28, 10:06:09
        
        lol at least there is a bit of entertainment (General Chat) - SCC 28, Sep 28, 10:02:55
        
        That's the third one of those I've seen, as well as the person (General Chat) - jamesward, Sep 28, 10:05:03
        
        The bag one is an old clip from America (General Chat) - SCC 28, Sep 28, 10:06:43
        
        It was usac fueling up his Prius. (n/m) (General Chat) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Sep 28, 10:23:22
        
        Ah, shame (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, Sep 28, 10:08:10
- Haha! Not guilty :-) (General Chat) - SimonOTBC, Sep 28, 09:31:06
- I was down to five miles in the tank (General Chat) - norwaay, Sep 28, 09:30:19

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