vividspecterVictorians and Tasmanians get free public transport as state governments seek to ease surge in fuel demand
Captain Aggravated“surge in demand” or “dip in supply?” Do so-called “journalists” even go to school anymore?
danMaybe there’s a surge in demand because people are hoarding the petrol in Jerrycans, similar to how people were hoarding toilet paper during COVID. Something I still don’t quite understand - the whole world was going into lockdown and some people’s primary concern was gathering enough toilet paper to last a lifetime?
Did Australia also go stupid for toilet paper?
Yeah I still wonder about the TP thing. Kinda fascinating really.
Like there’s always just “enough” but it only takes 1 day for everyone to buy everything thats available on that day to create this illusion of scarcity so everyone bought everything they could get their hands on for the next year.
Weirdly my mrs has been a TP horder since forever so we already had a 2 year supply at the start. We have bidet sprays in both toilets so we dont use that much anyway.
Well, the dip in supply hasn’t started yet, we’re still receiving deliveries that we’re en route before Trump shat himself.
3 weeks ago here in regional WA every farmer tried to order 5,000 litres of diesel. This surge in demand caused the current shortage.
So right now, its a surge in demand, but in a month it will indeed be a dip in supply.