It's funny how (fuel shortages)

Greebo said:
And you have just panic bought yourself! Easy to be critical but harder not to follow the crowd.



To be fair I know people who couldnt get to work because all the local petrol stations within 20 miles had no fuel so I dont blame people for looking out for themselves.

Our bulk fuel people rang up today to see if we wanted fuel as its going to be another 6p per litre next week.

Wonder when we will high £2 per litre? May?



Will be only 15 litres once it hits £2 ;)
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Of course. I'm not really criticising.
I did it with food before the food issues hit. I'll do it when I think I need to.

You can pretend it's not going to happen. But it always will. I'd rather be in at the start than at the end.

We are all selfish and look after ourselves and family at the end of the day and things we care about
 
413x said:
Of course. I'm not really criticising.
I did it with food before the food issues hit. I'll do it when I think I need to.

You can pretend it's not going to happen. But it always will. I'd rather be in at the start than at the end.

We are all selfish and look after ourselves and family at the end of the day and things we care about
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Same here. With the food shortages, I said to my lass before it even started, "I bet there will be shortages within a month" so for the next month we basically doubled our shopping and stored toilet rolls, pasta, rice, and lots of tinned stuff. Was glad we did when the shelves then became bare later on. We have already started replacing these stocks again so we are ready.
 
Greebo said:
Same here. With the food shortages, I said to my lass before it even started, "I bet there will be shortages within a month" so for the next month we basically doubled our shopping and stored toilet rolls, pasta, rice, and lots of tinned stuff. Was glad we did when the shelves then became bare later on. We have already started replacing these stocks again so we are ready.
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I had similar. Gf was mocking saying its not going to happen.
Why take the chance? Especially if its things you will use.

Fast forward a month and she was glad I did!

Soon as people start talking about it. It's going to happen.
 
Feek said:
I normally fill up when I get to about a quarter full but was passing an empty forecourt earlier and brimmed the car, despite having about half a tank left.

My fuel usage has plummeted since I started working from home, nearly five years ago but generally I do what I've always done which is fill up when I get down to about a quarter of a tank. I'd never dream of just part filling a tank, wouldn't even consider it.
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Same here last night pumps were busier than usual 9pm tank is never filled to the top but it is now and I remember why - car is noticeably heavier with all that sloshing about you're simply burning fuel carting all that weight about but when you need a car for work you simply can't afford to risk running out should last a week at least hopefully things will have calmed down a bit by then... yeah right.

Greebo said:
And you have just panic bought yourself! Easy to be critical but harder not to follow the crowd.
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Unfortunately its a domino effect you simply can't afford to say "I'm not going to do what everyone else does" because you'll find when you go for your regular top up you'll find that all the pumps are dry, its daft its inexecusable but it is what it is.
 
Well we discovered at work this morning some nice people syphoned our bulk fuel diesel tank at work and left a sign saying "no fuel blame Putin"!

First time ever we have had our fuel stolen.
 
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So I filled up Thursday at a different time of the day than I would normally, so maybe these things usually occur at this time of day.

One station happened to be closed for unrelated reason (I was little worried as I approached and saw it was closed.)
A second station only had half the pumps operational and did have a queue. I'm not sure if those pumps were just malfunctioning or if they were dry
The third place did have a bit of queue but they may have been short staffed. I did however notice that they did have a queue on my way home today.
 
Maccy said:
Massive queues around here just now so yup people are panic buying again. Fools.
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Amazes me that people panic by anything as they are not just making things worse for others they will also be screwed once their supplies run out and then start wondering where everything is and why has the price gone up again.
 
Raiden85 said:
Amazes me that people panic by anything as they are not just making things worse for others they will also be screwed once their supplies run out and then start wondering where everything is and why has the price gone up again.
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I, as others have done, did my "panic buy" earlier this week. I saw it more as doing my shopping a bit early. The car was nearly empty but, when I went to the garage this week, I bought more fuel than I usually do, just in case.

To be fair, the covid shelf stripping should have taught people a valuable lesson. If you rely on other people to be sensible, you'll be disappointed.
 
I wonder if the people, queuing for an hour of fuel, are the same ones who wouldn't dream of waiting 30mins to charge an EV.
Has anyone mentioned the joys of EV's yet?:eek:
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With electricity prices going up anyway, i'm sure they will cash in rise to reflect wholesale costs using the russians as an excuse.:(
 
Why do people want to panic buy Russian crude oil?

And panic buying will just make the situation worst in a quicker time for everyone you absolute muppets.
 
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Went shopping at Morrisons this morning - about four cars at the pumps -I just drove by -Panic filled up two weeks ago.
 
I'm astounded that the people who panic bought and stock piled items genuinely think that they did the right thing because there were shortages. I wonder why there were shortages despite everyone in the industry saying "we have no issues with supply chains".

You created the issues with your behaviour, you didn't "predict it".
 
m4rmite said:
I wonder if the people, queuing for an hour of fuel, are the same ones who wouldn't dream of waiting 30mins to charge an EV.
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you didn't note that the Texas ev owners during the flood and power outages couldn't get to the nearest town, that increased sales of petrol generators for those and household fridges etc.

with fuel prices and prior covid restrictions I should have downgraded the car insurance annual mileage - I'm sure the insurance company will make a donation to relief fund though.
 
jpaul said:
you didn't note that the Texas ev owners during the flood and power outages couldn't get to the nearest town, that increased sales of petrol generators for those and household fridges etc.

with fuel prices and prior covid restrictions I should have downgraded the car insurance annual mileage - I'm sure the insurance company will make a donation to relief fund though.
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Sorry i didn't realise texas was in the uk.
And i take it you also know that petrol/diesel stations also don't work if flooded
 
Pretty sure that if things got really dire, lots of (not all obviously) of people now have the capability to work from home, saving fuel for those that most need it. Similarly to save fuel you can opt to not carry out certain journeys via a car, or share you car with friends/neighbours if you are going to the supermarket etc. or even good old fashioned car sharing to work if you have someone on your route.

Maybe it is time the current generation start to apricate what they take for granted, I can't imagine how well some people would cope with true war time rationing.
 
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