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?
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.
The funny thing, in late November of 2019 I finished a big job at work and took in about an extra $1,000 take home pay. I decided to spend that on non-perishable household supplies that I ordered in bulk. Amazon had this deal where you’d get fairly large amounts off when you set up auto-renewing orders. So I did that with like $500 worth of stuff that would re-order in 60 days. Bath soap, toothpaste, deodorant, shampoo, laundry detergent. Some of those things I’m actually still working on today. I remember thinking “Toilet paper? Should I add a bunch of toilet paper? Nah, what do I need to hoard toilet paper for?”