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Re:Cities try to phase out gas stoves but cooks are pushing ... by taejo on Monday July 19, 2021 @08:51AM (#27882066)
Or, depending on local attitudes and media, any amount of dysfunction can have an immediate effect on availability, as people stockpile in response to fears of disruptions that never materialize at all :(
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Re:Cities try to phase out gas stoves but cooks are pushing ... by a1369209993 on Monday July 19, 2021 @09:56AM (#27882690)
> 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.

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