Fuel

[clipperjay]

Every year, every time, panic buying bunch of dicks more addictive than crack!
Come monday the stations will be full and back to normal?
 

[Jay]

How would the government and fuel stations be making a killing over this, exactly? 

[clipperjay]

I'm waiting for the independant petrol stations to put up there prices so we can boycott them and they go out of business I remember that happened to a family run business a few years back greedy fkers!

[VW BUSH]

How would the government and fuel stations be making a killing over this, exactly? 

They have just sold out all their fuel and will probably do well for the next week or so while this threat of a strike loom.
+ The increased foot fall in there shops will mean overall retail sales will be up.....
On this increase of fuel sales the government will of course take the lions share in duty, not to mention the other duties paid on petrol station goods.
If the strike does happen then maybe some losses will be incurred, but then the customer will buy more of what is available.........
Damage will occur if we get to rationing through a fuel shortage at the supply end not through supplies not getting delivered due to strike action

[mcgee9t2]

How would the government and fuel stations be making a killing over this, exactly? 

this is what im thinking. its not asif the fuel has a use by date and if it isnt used by the end of the weekend you have to drain your tank, they were still gonna spend the money on petrol just not right now...


also anyone hear about that lass that cought fire de-cantering petrol out of a jerry can, at first i felt sorry for her, then heard she was decantering it next to her cooker as she was cooking dinner, i mean how stupid do you have to be ffs. i hope she gets better and makes a speedy recovery still but no longer has any sympathy from me, we all make stupid mistakes ect but thats just rediculous...

[VW BUSH]

How would the government and fuel stations be making a killing over this, exactly? 

this is what im thinking. its not asif the fuel has a use by date and if it isnt used by the end of the weekend you have to drain your tank, they were still gonna spend the money on petrol just not right now...

They have spent it early and most will then brim their tanks at the next available pump for fear of running out rather than making a tank last for a long period of time.....
Panic buying makes people rich end of

[clipperjay]

How would the government and fuel stations be making a killing over this, exactly? 

They have just sold out all their fuel and will probably do well for the next week or so while this threat of a strike loom.
+ The increased foot fall in there shops will mean overall retail sales will be up.....
On this increase of fuel sales the government will of course take the lions share in duty, not to mention the other duties paid on petrol station goods.
If the strike does happen then maybe some losses will be incurred, but then the customer will buy more of what is available.........
Damage will occur if we get to rationing through a fuel shortage at the supply end not through supplies not getting delivered due to strike action

Does that mean if I fill my tank up to full, I will use more petrol than I normally do, or just drive around showing people I have fuel  
Or will people just stop using their cars for abit untill the panic is all over?
 

[VW BUSH]

No, but the panic buyers will fill up at half a tank on Monday and so on until the strike blows over.
Petrol sales will be up for the month, sales going up means more money and profit.......
The reason the stations are empty is cos they sold all the fuel, my local has been emptied twice in two days.
At 1.46 a litre that's serious money changing hands

[jeynesey]

lolz.

[jeynesey]

I filled up yesterday, at 11.55am. Local tesco. Joined a queue of about 5 cars, there was a woman diverting derv cars to the one pump with no queue as unleaded had ran out there. (Had to shamefully admit I use the dark pump) 

As we left the forecourt it was about 12.10 and people had obviously rushed out at lunch. The queue was about 30 cars long into the road. Idiots.