Panic buying of petrol!

[Nosha123]

A colleague has heard rumours of queues forming at the local petrol station and despite my please not to go out and panic buy (she has half a tank in her car) she has!!!! Madness.... I only have a quarter tank full at the moment and have no intention of stopping for fuel until it is near empty - but now I'm worried that if everyone panic buys.. I'm going to be left with no transport!
Can everyone out there please NOT panic buy petrol... I really dont think the stikes will end up with petrol stations empty - but if we all panic buy then it certainly will! Why cant people see that!

[CheekyChops]

It is only affecting Shell garages anyway which account for roughly 1 in 10 petrol stations...

[Nosha123]

I know.. so why the panic... and why has she gone to a Sainsburys Station to queue up! My Husband also had to queue yesterday at a non-Shell garage but he actually had an empty tank so geniunely needed to fill up!!!
We need to spread the word so people dont all go and use up all the petrol!

[R1Geezer]

The basic problem here is that people don't believe politicians so when they say there is no need to panic buy, the puiblic hear "go out and panic buy".

PMSL, last week they where moaning about the price, this week because there is some potential for a shortage they'd sell their grannies for a gallon of 4 star!

What do we learn from this children??
- Petrol is too cheap
- Politicians are full of sh1t!

[Panic Button]

Actually, panic buying now will spread demand over a longer period and possibly reduce the risk of major shortages.

Those who have full tanks now can go longer without having to buy again.

[R1Geezer]

Oh dear Panic oh dear, I do hope you don't have any serious responsibility anywhere. I'm sure one of our learned lefties will expand.

[Panic Button]

No, you expand please

[Rtaxron]

Is the meeting still going on about the strike action for tomorrow, haven't heard anything today about it?

[Nosha123]

I think they said on the news that by the end of the day there will be confirmation as to whether or not it will still happen. So if it doesn't.. all those silly panickers have been queuing for nothing! he he he

If it does go ahead.. I'll run out of petrol somewhere near home and have the day off work!!!

[R1Geezer]

"Actually, panic buying now will spread demand over a longer period and possibly reduce the risk of major shortages. "

Ok so panic buying is good, right oh so all the fuel in the country is bought and in the tanks of cars! are you with me?

"Those who have full tanks now can go longer without having to buy again. "

Yes they can, however when they want to buy there will be no more because everyone will now be panic buying so the fuel will run out quickly

So lets recap shall we, there is not enough fuel to go around but we will sell as much as possible as quickliy as possible, all gone, solves the issue or rationing I grant you.

Good job they didn't try that with food in the 2nd world war. I know, stuff rationing, let's all pig out for 6 months and then we'll be full up for longer.

Oh dear Oh dear Oh dear!

Own up Panic, I won't gloat!

[Panic Button]

I normally run my car until it is empty, then fill it right up.

However this would have meant me needing to fill about next tuesday.

I therefore decide to fill yesterday, on an empty forecourt (I prefer to think it was prudent purchasing, not panic buying, despite my username)

There is no problem currently in the supply chain, so the increased demand that I and many others create now is replenished at the stations easily. We have therefore assisted the industry to get ahead before any problems.

I do not need to refuel now for some time., and as my tank is full, will not need to fill next week during any possible time of pressure on the forecourts.

[R1Geezer]

and when everyone else does the same........ keep digging!

[redcrx]

oooh panic buying, thatll shove the prices up again, great.

Mr CRX overheard someone today saying that theres another price rise at weekend, anyone know if this is true?

[david1702198]

why is it that in Venezuela they can produce their own oil and sell it for 25p a litre and yet in this country, where we have also our own oil, we pay 1.25p a litre, i know that both countrys are a bit different but you would think the same sense would apply. the government is too fukin greedy thats why. they say the government could afford to slash around 20p a litre off the caost but why dont they do it?they tried to increase the cost in venezuela by the equivalent of around 5p per litre and they rioted!! theyve got the right idea i think!!

[originalang]

I'd wish people would calm down too Nosha. My son's in Ashton, Manchester, they've rung round quite a few petrol stations including supermarkets and they've all run out of diesel. He doesn't know whether to risk using what diesel he has to come home to Liverpool for the weekend as he planned in case he can't get any to go back for work. He said they can see from work the queues of cars pulling into Sainsburys forecourt and out again when they realise they've got none.

[Disco Fever]

Filling my van now costs a whopping �70 so I wont be filling it to the brim so that'll save some diesel for the next person...