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Summer Gas Shortage Likely for Dumbest Reason
As if you needed more doom and gloom to kick off this week, the National Tank Truck Carriers (NTTC) lobby has confessed that its fleet will go into the next few months operating well below capacity. That means there’s a very good chance that some parts of the country could see gas shortages over the summer. While we’re praying that this doesn’t come with with the deluge of less-than-desirable automobiles that followed the infamous 1973 oil crisis, a similar spike in fuel price is likely as gasoline becomes sporadically difficult to find.
NEW YORK (CNN) Millions of people stuck at home for more than a year are expected to hit the road for much-needed post-pandemic vacations this summer. Good luck finding gas.
Not that there s a looming shortage of crude oil or gasoline. Rather, it s the tanker truck drivers needed to deliver the gas to stations who are in short supply.
According to the National Tank Truck Carriers, the industry s trade group, somewhere between 20% to 25% of tank trucks in the fleet are parked heading into this summer due to a paucity of qualified drivers. At this point in 2019, only 10% of trucks were sitting idle for that reason.
Fuel shortages could occur at gas stations this summer due to tanker truck driver availability Share Updated: 6:02 PM EDT Apr 27, 2021 By Chris Isidore, CNN Business Bloomberg Millions of people stuck at home for more than a year are expected hit the road for much-needed post-pandemic vacations this summer. Good luck finding gas. (Angus Mordant/Bloomberg/Getty) SOURCE: Bloomberg Share Updated: 6:02 PM EDT Apr 27, 2021 By Chris Isidore, CNN Business Millions of people stuck at home for more than a year are expected to hit the road for much-needed post-pandemic vacations this summer. Good luck finding gas.Not that there s a looming shortage of crude oil or gasoline. Rather, it s the tanker truck drivers needed to deliver the gas to stations who are in short supply.According to the National Tank Truck Carriers, the industry s trade group, somewhere between 20% to 25% of tank trucks in the fleet ar