“Every day you have to fill up with gas.
Otherwise you don't work.
And if you don't work, you can't eat.
Yacine's equation is simple, basic, but effective.
He is a delivery man on a scooter and he confides to us his exhaustion in the face of the shortage of gasoline throughout the country.
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“It's a hassle for us.
Two hours to fill up with gas… We're in France, even in Algeria, it's not like that,” says Yacine.
An observation shared by Elias who is worried about not being able to work at all for lack of black gold in the tank.
"For three or four liters of gasoline, we struggle and as soon as we arrive at the station it is too expensive" he confides.
In front of the few open Parisian stations, some of which display exorbitant prices, the queues of two-wheelers are impressive.
And some are also taking advantage of the crisis by reselling gasoline to the black market, as Elias explains.
“There are drivers who deliver and who keep a little for themselves and who resell afterwards.
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In the streets of the capital, however, the shortage is doing the business of the deliverers... By bike.
“We enjoy as long as there are no scooters!
exclaims Mohammed as he pedals.
For now the gasoline shortage does not affect those who deliver to the strength of the calves.
In any case as long as the restaurants are supplied.
Find our report with Parisian delivery men at the top of the article.