Fuel shortage?

[flango]

No issues at all around here never has been apart from the t*ssers queuing up and blocking main roads.

 

[Bobby Dazzler]

I must have timed it just right last night. I needed to refuel both cars yesterday (going on holiday today) so I was getting twitchy.

I was really lucky though, the first fuel station had only V-Power unleaded which is exactly what I wanted. The second had petrol and diesel but once on the car park the V-Power diesel pump didn't have a queue, so I was in and out quickly.

This morning I saw lots of fuel stations with "Max £10" or "No diesel", so I was lucky...

 

[Seamster15]

Not good - Petrol Accident: Woman Suffers 40% Burns When Fuel Ignites While Transferring It To Containers | UK News | Sky News but there was always gong to be a incident....

 

[Bellow]

Last night's TV reported motorists turning around and following fuel tankers to their destination. I wonder if any followed an empty one back to its depot!

Seriously though, the government's mouthing has led to national fuel shortages when none were necessary. Some governance that is. And who stands to lose most? The small businesses that are supposedly the economy's saviour.
Party political interests before the public's - shameful.

 

[Beetnik]

I'm following ministerial advice and keeping my tank topped up. Trouble is, by the time I get back home, I can squeeze another two quids worth in so have to return. I've been to the petrol station 7 times now since yesterday tea time. All the queuing is really beginning to hack me off. Where are all these people coming from?

 

[silver_star]

This morning I saw lots of fuel stations with "Max £10".

How are the "63" owners going to get on? Surely a trip to one of those stations would be counter productive?

 

[martin_a]

Easter strikes ruled out

BBC News - Fuel strike over Easter ruled out by union

No can everyone please change their pants and carry on?

m.

 

[markjay]

Not good - Petrol Accident: Woman Suffers 40% Burns When Fuel Ignites While Transferring It To Containers | UK News | Sky News but there was always gong to be a incident....

"She was pouring petrol from one container to another, but we do not know what those containers were and why she was doing it."

 

[martin_a]

"She was pouring petrol from one container to another, but we do not know what those containers were and why she was doing it."

According to the beeb she had the gas on at the same time.

 

[@MARK]

UNITE to Francis Maude: 'We did have a plan to bring country to a halt. Unfortunately, your government beat us to it.'

Made me smile

 

[silver_star]

Or looking at it another way compounding the problem. All we need now is for them to go on strike just as all the fuel stations are dry...

 

[Spinal]

The annoying part is... I need to drive a stupidly thirsty people carrier to Bristol tomorrow! Which means I'll need ~£150 of fuel... and all the stations near me are either dry, rationing or have queues stretching back hours...

Time to buy a car that will do WVO methinks...

m.

 

[Howard]

Is it a 9 litre supercharged drag racing people carrier ? Because £150 of fuel from uxbridge to Bristol is pretty poor

 

[Spinal]

Is it a 9 litre supercharged drag racing people carrier ? Because £150 of fuel from uxbridge to Bristol is pretty poor

and back...

so about 240 mile to get there and back. Plus some driving around there to get to the dune-buggying and paintball sites... so say about 300 miles.

This thing does about 20mpg on a motorway run, so that's about 15 gallons, or about 75 litres. At £1.4 a litre, it's about £105 - so £150 was a slight overestimate... but not by that far

M.

 

[martin_a]

and back...

so about 240 mile to get there and back. Plus some driving around there to get to the dune-buggying and paintball sites... so say about 300 miles.

This thing does about 20mpg on a motorway run, so that's about 15 gallons, or about 75 litres. At £1.4 a litre, it's about £105 - so £150 was a slight overestimate... but not by that far

M.

Slight? It's nigh on 50% over the top. Are you Francis Maude perchance?

Still -there will be no strike so all sorted now!

m.

 

[Spinal]

50% is a good parachute Worst-case scenario and all that

Plus, if I had bought fuel from one of the touts selling it from their jerrycans, it would work out to more than £150

M.

 

[Deleted member 37751]

Made me smile

That has to be the quote of the decade!

 

[Harrythedog]

Why have garages set up maximum limits of £15 to £20. Surely we'd all be better off with a £30 to £40 MINIMUM spend to stop the numpties putting small amounts in. If you can fit £40 worth of fuel in then you obviously need it Simples

 

[wemorgan]

Why have garages set up maximum limits of £15 to £20. Surely we'd all be better off with a £30 to £40 MINIMUM spend to stop the numpties putting small amounts in. If you can fit £40 worth of fuel in then you obviously need it Simples

I'm too young to remember but I'm sure this method was tried and tested during/after WW2.

 

[BTB 500]

And of course the union has now stated that there won't be any strike before Easter

BBC News - Fuel strike over Easter ruled out by union

Absolutely unbelieveable (in the article above)

a woman, in her 40s, was transferring petrol between containers in her kitchen because her daughter had run out of fuel.

The cooker was on and the petrol fumes ignited. The woman has been treated for her injuries at Pinderfields Hospital in Wakefield.