‘We consider every mile we drive’: how fuel shortages are affecting readers worldwide

From a shop owner in India to a community worker in New South Wales, rising fuel prices are forcing people to ration oil usage

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Alagesan, 35, needs liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) to run his roadside drink and snack shop in Coimbatore, India, but with the fuel shortage since the US-Israel attacks on Iran, he worries his business could fold.

I am far away from the Middle East, but my life is affected," he said. The gas cylinder is not available because of the war. I don't know what to do."