Why are there shortages?
Panic buying is exacerbating the issue. In fact, while the Colonial Pipeline's downtime is making it difficult to get fuel to the region, the real issue might be a lack of truck drivers to transport fuel from large regional holding tanks to local stations because people are filling up so fast, DeHaan said.
"People are pumping at far, far faster than trucks can deliver it," DeHaan said.
Bloomberg reports the Biden administration may consider waiving the Jones Act, passed in 1920, to allow foreign tankers to transport gasoline and diesel fuel.
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