hollydolly
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yes well as you know we in the UK had a massive shortage of petrol and diesel this last month and it's still ongoing in some places still.. blamed not on fuel shortage but delivery driver shortage... but if you read this about the USA specifically....it shows that a Gas shortage was and might still be expected country wide in the USInteresting article. It appears that fuel and energy shortages are now or will shortly be a serious problem in many parts of the world.
People planning vacations around the US this summer could be in for a nasty surprise. According to industry experts, gas shortages, especially in vacation hotspots, are looming because of a lack of tanker truck drivers to deliver fuel.
According to the National Tank Truck Carriers (NTTC) – an industry group that advocates on behalf of tank truck companies and has over 200 companies on its books – nearly a quarter of the tanks on its fleet are sitting unused at the moment and waiting for drivers. CNN was first to report the news.
Experts from the NTTC told CNN that the pandemic is primarily to blame for this. As travel came to a standstill and demand for gas dwindled, drivers were left with no work. Many took this "as a cue to retire" rather than retraining to start delivering Amazon packages, for example, Holly McCormick – who heads up the workforce committee for NTTC – told CNN.
https://www.businessinsider.com/us-summer-vacation-travel-threatened-gas-outages-2021-4?r=US&IR=T