The Pip statement:
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By the time of the invasion of the Low Countries by Germany in May 1940 the RAF had converted approximately 25 % of it's total fighter force to 100 octane fuel use. The subsequent escalation in air activity and demands placed upon Fighter Command over the next two months put great strain on both the 100 octane fuel stockpiles and aircraft modified to use the fuel. Against the backdrop of total war the RAF found that it's reserves of 100 octane fuel was well below the level considered necessary for widespread use, for any sustained length of time.
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As can bee seen the above is total nonsense.
"By
11th July 1940 the RAF had 343,000 tons of 100 octane in store, and the rate of importation was such that
stocks rose to 424,000 tons by 10th October, 1940 after
22,000 tons had been issued during the Battle. Derek Wood and Derek Dempster, The Narrow Margin. The Battle of Britain and the Rise of Air Power 1930-1940 (Hutchinson, London 1967. First published 1961), p.101-102. Importation from BP at Abadan alone was sufficient to meet this consumption. Bamberg, The History of the British Petroleum Company, p.244"
Less than 6% of the July stock was used during the BoB, so hardly well below the level considered necessary for widespread use.
NZ, this is from the link you posted.