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Comment Re:Did not UK also have a surge in Electricity pri (Score 1) 210

More basically....

What's causing a fuel shortage over there?

First I've heard of this.

The press.

1. One oil company (BP) announced they had temporary trouble delivering to 5 of their gas stations, due to lack of tanker drivers.

2. Fox News-level journalism turned that into "MASSIVE FUEL SHORTAGE!"

3. Panic buying

Comment Re:Did not UK also have a surge in Electricity pri (Score 1) 210

No, gas prices surge.

And even if electricty prices surge then:
1) even doubling would make home-charging still massively cheaper to run an EV *per mile*
2) a tripling of the electricity price in the UK (starting to approach fue prices in the UK) and the whole country would have to turn their lights off, not just driving about.

The electricity price surged because gas-fired power stations.

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