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margalabargala • yesterday at 9:43 PM • 5 replies • view on HN

Foreigners were coming to Slovenia just to buy gas? In such quantities that it strained infrastructure?

That definitely sounds like something that happened.

As if "multiple gas cans" wouldn't still be well under the 50 liter/day limit.

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iammjm • yesterday at 9:53 PM

Slovenia is a small country with 2 million people, bordering countries with a total of over 82 million people. The neighbors are also relatively rich countries, such as Austria and Italy

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throwawaytea • yesterday at 11:27 PM

My family with 3 people, two dirt bikes, and a gas generator for camping owns four 5 gallon gas cans. So I alone without trying can fit 80L without even filling up my car.

edgarvaldes • yesterday at 9:46 PM

No numbers provided, but from TFA:

>In Slovenia, this has resulted in so-called "fuel tourism", as drivers from neighbouring countries, particularly Austria, take advantage of the lower, regulated prices here.

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Detrytus • yesterday at 9:46 PM

Well, Slovenia is a small country and has land borders with many others. Imagine that gas in New Jersey was $1 per gallon cheaper than in New York and Pennsylvania. I guess a lot of people would drive to NJ gas stations.

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