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		yifanl on Sept 27, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Pumps run dry at gas stations in Britain The media may have made the problem appear a little faster, but they can't be the actual cause of the shortage, the supply strain existed well before the first headline was ever pushed.

simonswords82 on Sept 27, 2021 [–]

Yes the strain was there but if you publish front page news every day that the pumps are "running dry" then you're going to cause a spike in demand.

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