Originally Posted by
Gasman
When X, Y and Z sells fuel to A,B,C,and D. Then X says no more fuel for B,C and D. Than B, C and D now have to buy more fuel from Y and Z to keep up with demand. This makes a shortage and prices go up because Y and Z dont have as much to sell and needs to keep some for themselves so raise to price to keep some.. Now if X was the biggest supplier of fuel... Even if D didnt buy much from X to start with D has to share what they normally buy because B and C need fuel because B and C used to buy a large percentage of fuel from X.
Supply and demand.