Petrol tanker drivers to go on strike

~Divine~Wind~ · 30 Mar 2012 at 15:17

Filled up at Asda again from half a tank to full.
No real massive queues just as busy as normal.

I normally only brim the tank from empty when it's needed but if the local places run out then I cant get to work.

clv101 · 30 Mar 2012 at 15:20

markweatherill said:
I JUST REALISED. I don't know if anyone has thought of this, but...

if you were in Government and found you needed to raise some revenue quickly, how better than to engineer a panic buy of the most heavily taxed commodity available?

£££££££

When does the treasury actually get the money though?

Basher · 30 Mar 2012 at 15:20

markweatherill said:
I JUST REALISED. I don't know if anyone has thought of this, but...

if you were in Government and found you needed to raise some revenue quickly, how better than to engineer a panic buy of the most heavily taxed commodity available?

£££££££

They're just bringing forward people's purchases, not creating new ones :confused:

BuToNz · 30 Mar 2012 at 15:21

mattyg said:
They're gonna make naff all next week then when the oap's cars are parked up at home with full tanks.

And with the recent fuel tank drilling's I'm sure the gangs will be loving it. What a bloody mess the government have made.

Basher · 30 Mar 2012 at 15:29

BuToNz said:
And with the recent fuel tank drilling's I'm sure the gangs will be loving it. What a bloody mess the government have made.

It's more down to people being idiots than anything the government has said/done.

ubersonic · 30 Mar 2012 at 15:31

BuToNz said:
And with the recent fuel tank drilling's I'm sure the gangs will be loving it. What a bloody mess the government have made.

peterattheboro said:
I can't see that because people would have bought fuel anyway when they were running low. Most people have just filled their cars earlier than they would have but the government has caused a load of unnecessary chaos.

Erm, it was the unite union who voted for a strike, and it was the media who reported on it...

merlin · 30 Mar 2012 at 15:32

The panic buying will lift 1st quarter GDP a touch - possibly enough to stave off the UK going back in recession on the back of 2 quarters negative.

This being engineered/half engineered is not as completely ludicrous as it sounds.

Joe T · 30 Mar 2012 at 15:34

Basher said:
They're just bringing forward people's purchases, not creating new ones

Different tax years though. Short-sighted organisations (there are many out there) often try to make one year look better, while making the next year's target even harder to reach.

BuToNz · 30 Mar 2012 at 15:38

ubersonic said:
Erm, it was the unite union who voted for a strike, and it was the media who reported on it...

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/u...ol-advice-as-woman-suffers-burns-7602990.html

You obviously don't know why people are doing it. Have a read.

Basher · 30 Mar 2012 at 15:38

Joe T said:
Different tax years though. Short-sighted organisations (there are many out there) often try to make one year look better, while making the next year's target even harder to reach.

But when will they get the tax revenue from this fiasco?

MooMoo444 · 30 Mar 2012 at 15:39

Wonder if the panic buyers feel silly now

[TW]Fox · 30 Mar 2012 at 15:43

Simon said:
20litres would be nice right now wouldn't it

merlin said:
Lol

Called into Sainsburys Portsmouth, queued up for 5 minutes, brimmed with Super Unleaded :cool:

mattyg · 30 Mar 2012 at 15:45

merlin said:
The panic buying will lift 1st quarter GDP a touch - possibly enough to stave off the UK going back in recession on the back of 2 quarters negative.

This being engineered/half engineered is not as completely ludicrous as it sounds.

Good call would love a leaked memo on that.

Simon · 30 Mar 2012 at 16:15

lordrobs said:
post full of sense.

You are an engineer?

[TW]Fox · 30 Mar 2012 at 16:19

lordrobs said:
People complaining about the "morons panic buying" when getting fuel themselves. How come everyone else is a moron?!

Presumably:

a) Those buying fuel with the same pattern as usual = not morons
b) Those rushing out to buy fuel randomly = morons

The two people in front of me today both put less than £20 in...

Gaijin · 30 Mar 2012 at 16:21

[TW]Fox;21585448 said:
The two people in front of me today both put less than £20 in...

That doesn't necessarily mean they are panic buyers - I and many I know don't brim the tank every time I visit a petrol station.

Lopéz · 30 Mar 2012 at 16:24

I've had to fill up 3 times in 24 hours - had a hire car all week for work that needed fuelling yesterday and then filling again before I returned it, and the 205 has been sat empty outside the house all week too.

I have non-panic bought £150 of fuel in the space of a day

[TW]Fox · 30 Mar 2012 at 16:25

Gayjin said:
That doesn't necessarily mean they are panic buyers - I and many I know don't brim the tank every time I visit a petrol station.

Some of them must be or there wouldn't be such huge queues!

ci_newman · 30 Mar 2012 at 16:26

Gayjin said:
That doesn't necessarily mean they are panic buyers - I and many I know don't brim the tank every time I visit a petrol station.

But £20 is barely 15 litres, even less with diesel. In my case, that's a 1/3 of a tank and around 100 miles.

Simon · 30 Mar 2012 at 16:27

[TW]Fox;21585488 said:
Some of them must be or there wouldn't be such huge queues!

The queues are as much of a result of only one station having fuel left now.

People all have to go to the only one with fuel rather than one of 8 in the area for example

Petrol tanker drivers to go on strike

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