Peak oil predicted this sort of thing, given whats also happening in the UK atm with petrol availability and natural gas prices, this is smelling more and more like the 70s only without an OPEC to bribe our way out of it.
There's a global pandemic disrupting everything, it's been in the news, maybe you've heard about it?
Saudia Lying about their oil reserves seems a lot more plausible to me.
The port of LA had a queue of container ships 40+ deep waiting at sea unable to unload for weeks ~a month ago. Are you going to say peak oil caused that too? It's not like those ships were out of fuel.
Im saying the whole thing smells like an oil crisis.
But yeah, downvote me for thinking just maybe there is a lot more to this story than we are being told.
You very much haven't explained how.
> in the UK atm with petrol availability and natural gas prices
Petrol is cheaper than it was a decade ago.
Reduced petrol availability in Great Britain (note: no problems in Northern Ireland) is due to Brexit.