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The local farmers came with 1000l+ tanks for diesel, foreigners with multiple gas cans, etc., and the local logistics couldn't handle the pressure.

hirako2000 7mo ago
Could also be that they didn't have sufficient reserve and would rather blame hijackers?
- ajsnigrutin 7mo ago
  They're blaming the lack of cisterns to transport gas from storage to individual gas stations, because everyone went to get gas, and some hoarded a lot of it example: https://www.zurnal24.si/slovenija/bralec-v-soku-mirne-vesti-je-natankal-za-1500-evrov-dizla-456276 https://www.zurnal24.si/slovenija/bralec-v-soku-mirne-vesti-... I mean... we also have a huge factory making toilet paper here, and we had the same toilet paper crisis during covid... everyone suddenly needed 10 packs of toilet paper for some reason.
  - hirako2000 7mo ago
    Rest assured the toilet papers fiasco didn't only affect this corner of the world.
  - trinix912 7mo ago
    Yes. When people saw that some stations were out of it everyone and their mom brought out their old beaters and canisters and refilled those too, just in case.
margalabargala 7mo ago
Foreigners were coming to Slovenia just to buy gas? In such quantities that it strained infrastructure? That definitely sounds like something that happened. As if "multiple gas cans" wouldn't still be well under the 50 liter/day limit.
- edgarvaldes 7mo ago
  No numbers provided, but from TFA: >In Slovenia, this has resulted in so-called "fuel tourism", as drivers from neighbouring countries, particularly Austria, take advantage of the lower, regulated prices here.
  - margalabargala 7mo ago
    "Drivers" doing this isn't solved by a 50 liter limit.
- Detrytus 7mo ago
  Well, Slovenia is a small country and has land borders with many others. Imagine that gas in New Jersey was $1 per gallon cheaper than in New York and Pennsylvania. I guess a lot of people would drive to NJ gas stations.
  - ajsnigrutin 7mo ago
    Yep And i'm saying that as a guy who drives to italy to buy pasta, booze and parmesan cheese. Two bottles of jack daniels and the cost of gas is covered by the price difference (well... not anymore).
    - lostlogin 7mo ago
      A European buying American booze? I thought that had stopped?
      - School-Cotton 7mo ago
        Not at all. Some Europeans have indeed boycotted American goods but Europe is still a very important market for Jack. I suspect these boycotts are far less common than you would believe from reading Reddit and so on. The vast majority of people in any country don't really care about politics and just buy whatever they like.
      - 7mo ago
selimthegrim 7mo ago
Did they not have rationing based on odd/even number plates in 1980s?

hirako2000 7mo ago

Could also be that they didn't have sufficient reserve and would rather blame hijackers?

ajsnigrutin 7mo ago
They're blaming the lack of cisterns to transport gas from storage to individual gas stations, because everyone went to get gas, and some hoarded a lot of it example: https://www.zurnal24.si/slovenija/bralec-v-soku-mirne-vesti-je-natankal-za-1500-evrov-dizla-456276 https://www.zurnal24.si/slovenija/bralec-v-soku-mirne-vesti-... I mean... we also have a huge factory making toilet paper here, and we had the same toilet paper crisis during covid... everyone suddenly needed 10 packs of toilet paper for some reason.
- hirako2000 7mo ago
  Rest assured the toilet papers fiasco didn't only affect this corner of the world.
- trinix912 7mo ago
  Yes. When people saw that some stations were out of it everyone and their mom brought out their old beaters and canisters and refilled those too, just in case.

margalabargala 7mo ago

Foreigners were coming to Slovenia just to buy gas? In such quantities that it strained infrastructure? That definitely sounds like something that happened. As if "multiple gas cans" wouldn't still be well under the 50 liter/day limit.

edgarvaldes 7mo ago
No numbers provided, but from TFA: >In Slovenia, this has resulted in so-called "fuel tourism", as drivers from neighbouring countries, particularly Austria, take advantage of the lower, regulated prices here.
- margalabargala 7mo ago
  "Drivers" doing this isn't solved by a 50 liter limit.
Detrytus 7mo ago
Well, Slovenia is a small country and has land borders with many others. Imagine that gas in New Jersey was $1 per gallon cheaper than in New York and Pennsylvania. I guess a lot of people would drive to NJ gas stations.
- ajsnigrutin 7mo ago
  Yep And i'm saying that as a guy who drives to italy to buy pasta, booze and parmesan cheese. Two bottles of jack daniels and the cost of gas is covered by the price difference (well... not anymore).
  - lostlogin 7mo ago
    A European buying American booze? I thought that had stopped?
    - School-Cotton 7mo ago
      Not at all. Some Europeans have indeed boycotted American goods but Europe is still a very important market for Jack. I suspect these boycotts are far less common than you would believe from reading Reddit and so on. The vast majority of people in any country don't really care about politics and just buy whatever they like.
    - 7mo ago

selimthegrim 7mo ago

Did they not have rationing based on odd/even number plates in 1980s?