But where is all that extra fuel going?
It is not driving more
Fuel cans/containers are in short supply or unavailable.
I don't see people fill up large number of petrol containers at the servo.
In short I don't think people are buying more fuel than they usually do. Maybe less as more people might be car pooling, taking public transport
[OT] Well your observations don't appear to match the statistics released by the industry, comments by transport operators and the government.
I know of several people people who would fill up only every 2-3weeks, letting their tanks reach almost zero before refilling. Now they are topping up a couple times a week.
There are around 20m registered vehicles in AU.
If each of them have even a small 10l more in the tank than usual that's a load of extra fuel purchased, not necessarily used.
I would expect the panic top up demand to wash through the system after a month or two as everyones tank is full every day and the transport operators catch up to fill all the bowsers.
Of course the ships have to keep coming as well.
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