There’s been a lot going on this last year, with COVID-19, lockdowns, quarantining, working from home and more, but it looks like there could be yet another thing coming this Summer to make it worse. In an Instagram post from CNN, which they link back to this article, they are saying that there are not enough tanker truck drivers needed to deliver gas to gas stations.
However, many American’s aren’t buying this information, and have already said that this is just “fear-mongering” from the media giant. Is there some truth to their statements?
“There isn’t a looming shortage of gasoline — it’s the tanker truck drivers needed to deliver the gas to stations who are in short supply. Somewhere between 20% to 25% of tank trucks in the fleet are parked heading into this summer due to a paucity of qualified drivers, according to the National Tank Truck Carriers, the industry’s trade group. Vacation hotspots are most at risk of shortages, and there were some sporadic outages reported in Florida, Arizona and Northwest Missouri during the recent Spring Break period, said Tom Kloza, chief oil analyst for the Oil Price Information Service. Tap the link in our bio to learn more how the situation could affect your summer plans.”
With A Shortage Of Truck Drivers, CNN Suspects Gas Stations Could Run Out Of Gas This Summer – Is There Any Chance Of This?
In CNN’s article, they have a quote from Ryan Streblow, the executive vice president of the NTTC,
“We’ve been dealing with a driver shortage for a while, but the pandemic took that issue and metastasized it. It certainly has grown exponentially.”
After over a year of quarantining and being shut down, people will be looking to get outside and on the road this Summer.
What do you think? Is there a chance we could see a gas shortage? Let us know in the comments below.
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