Causes of fuel shortage

Causes of fuel shortage

Boris!


After a year of lockdowns and working from home. Fuel needs slumped. World wide there was a glut of fuel and prices hit the floor. Production eased.

People told to work from home. The air was cleaner the countryside recovered. Less litter and dumping.

Public transport companies went bust and handed back contracts to government.

People using public transport, found a seat, was comfortable, and not crowded. They had to sanitize and wear masks for the journey.

City centres were clean, free of litter, homeless, and traffic jams. We can't have that!



Tory donors like Wetherspoons needed the day time economy. In response eat out to help out. A second spike, a rise in deaths, and further lockdown.

Now with the second jab and ending furlough back to normal.


The public do not want crowded tubes and trains so have taken to the car. Work from home discourages and staff force back into the office. Many staff working from home moved to the country, to houses with gardens and space to work.


The result, more cars on the streets, more congestion , less rail and tube commuters, fewer buses, more fuel needed.


With less HGV drivers (Covid or Brexit or both) Fuel runs short. When it comes to delivery  of fuel, Rural garages with low turn over sacrificed for busy garages in towns, . More fuel needed to find a garage in town. The rural folks fill up because there is no fuel locally, pressure on town garages and they begin to run out. City garages and service station experience higher fuel demands, some run out. People ask if any one knows where you can get fuel on social network sites. Media hear about it, Media storm and panic.


Response from Boris, blame the drivers for filling up and panic buying. No need to panic. British public now aware there is a government shit show, panic buy.


What should have happened , delay driving people back into the office until infrastructure is capable of attracting commuters to train and bus. Lower prices of public transport. Train HGV drivers to replace and restore fuel and food supplies. Open up and support essential sectors first. Slow ending of lockdown. Preplanning precludes piss poor performance.


That didn't happen, we have more sickness, hospitalisation and daily deaths, a crumbling infrastructure.



First steps should have been, back to working from home, and furlough, not bring in the Army and tell everyone not to panic.


Collect your toys, Time to go Boris