>>Whether it is drivers, OPEC, tankers, or even Greta blockading the refinery, IT IS A SHORTAGE.
By the government's logic there can never have been a shortage of petrol because there was always plenty in the ground.
In your list of causes you missed out so-called panic buying, or as I call it, perfectly rational behaviour. As soon as a shortage is announced, anybody sensible who needs fuel, or will do, makes sure they get there first.
My car is about 1/4 full presently, which at the moment is about a week's worth. The boss's was also low, so when I woke at 5.30 this morning I got up and went to Tesco. There were 15 cars queueing at 6am. No Momentum, and while I was there they announced that diesel was running out. I filled up with E10.
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