There will not be a shortage of fuel, however, there may be problems in getting it into the petrol stations as has already been publicised roughly 2000 tanker drivers supply all of the petrol stations in the uk (8787 in 2010). So if large numbers of petrol stations sell out of fuel then at the pumps it may appear that there are shortages as they may take longer to receive deliveries.
There will not be a shortage of fuel, however, there may be problems in getting it into the petrol stations as has already been publicised roughly 2000 tanker drivers supply all of the petrol stations in the uk (8787 in 2010). So if large numbers of petrol stations sell out of fuel then at the pumps it may appear that there are shortages as they may take longer to receive deliveries.