Fuel crisis

Self fulfilling prophecies are facinating! They can cause crashes on the stockmarket, pumps to run out of fuel and supermarket shelves to be devoid of toilet paper.

Like a combination of Chinese whispers... (or more politically correct: the telephone game) and the butterfly effect, a conversation topic "Perhaps we could run out of fuel if..." can easily morph into, "We will run out of fuel" which passes on incredibly quickly through word-of-mouth and social media. A tinder-box flaring out of control, and no-one can stop it.

Let's just hope that when people have filled up their tanks and realise that storing petrol isn't usually a safe idea, it all calms down and blows away.

We've seen this before, we'll see it again.

Disclaimer:

Some of the news articles on this website have been provided by third parties. Any views / opinions expressed in any article on this website don't necessarily match the views / opinions of the website owner.

Contact the website owner if you have any issues regarding a news article, remembering to quote the ID of the article (shown below the subject).