> an []immediate[] effect on availability, as people stockpile Actually, that is a specific thing that this method does help with: if people stockpile in a giv

> an []immediate[] effect on availability, as people stockpile Actually, that is a specific thing that this method does help with: if people stockpile in a given month, it has no immediate effect on me, because my gas tank still has gas left in it. It might cause non-immediate problems, but a lack of local buffers doesn't help with that, and I've at least bought weeks or months of time for those problems to clear up.