Panic buying fuel

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Stupid, selfish people have run most of the petrol stations dry in my area panic buying fuel. I usually get my fuel on a friday but I'll be lucky if I can get any and I cartainly can't afford to fill up my landrover completely.

I do about 300 miles a week, going to work, back and forth to my horses and the odd journey in between but I am of the opinion that if I can't get any diesel then I will cycle to and from the yard and not go to work, simple!!

I refuse to get caught up in the hysteria especially as the tanker drivers are'nt even on strike yet. However is does make you realise how much we rely on fuel to go about our every day lives.
 
im afraid im one of those stupid people - my car was near empty and my horse is a 2 hour walk away on diy on a yard we have only just moved to and i dont know anyone - hes literally in the middle of nowhere. So yes I panicked and filled up this morning - In my defence I wasnt panicking about the possible strike but about how its plastered all over fb and on the news that the petrol stations are running dry!

I live in the middle of nowhere and petrol stations are few and far between - a nightmare :(
 
all our local are out! if i have no fuel mum or dad will drive me to work (2 mornings about 8miles away) then cycle home!
i AM NOT panic buying!
 
I would like to add that I live in the middle of nowhere and work in the middle of nowhere too but I still refuse to get caught up in this mayhem!
 
Brilliant move by a few overpaid politicians (or their advisers). Divert attention away from the embarrassing 'come dine with Dave' story and deflect the flack onto a hate group; in this instance it is a union but I guess Bankers or Civil Servants would have worked almost as well.

Well, the Mondeo will get the petrol it needs for next week put in the tank tomorrow. It gets done that way every week 'cos wages go in on a Friday and they usually evaporate by Monday. The Shogun will get enough diesel put in it to get to the yard on the days that the Mondeo and I won't be around.

I will not be filling up a Jerry Can, an illegal act anyway, won't be storing fuel in the garage or anywhere else at home and I certainly won't be doing a 'topping up' that's really guaranteed to make things difficult.

I wouldn't mind but there is no strike called and folk are doing the headless chicken act. Think I'll walk down to the local and have a chill.
 
I pulled into a petrol station this morning to get a paper and some sweets and there were no cars on the forecourt. I thought, at least no panic buying in this area only to notice that the reason there were no cars was because there was'nt any fuel!

Once this possible tankers strike is sorted and we're all back to normal, Bottled water will be the next commodity people start panic buying!
 
GeeBee45 said:
Brilliant move by a few overpaid politicians (or their advisers). Divert attention away from the embarrassing 'come dine with Dave' story and deflect the flack onto a hate group; in this instance it is a union but I guess Bankers or Civil Servants would have worked almost as well.

Well, the Mondeo will get the petrol it needs for next week put in the tank tomorrow. It gets done that way every week 'cos wages go in on a Friday and they usually evaporate by Monday. The Shogun will get enough diesel put in it to get to the yard on the days that the Mondeo and I won't be around.

I will not be filling up a Jerry Can, an illegal act anyway, won't be storing fuel in the garage or anywhere else at home and I certainly won't be doing a 'topping up' that's really guaranteed to make things difficult.

I wouldn't mind but there is no strike called and folk are doing the headless chicken act. Think I'll walk down to the local and have a chill.
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stupid people panicing and stupid people for voting for this shower or the other lot the last time !! anyone who votes for the main partys deserve all they get, wish people would think before voting not just put the cross next to who mum and dad voted for and yes a great way of burying the fact they are shiesters and not fit to run a bath...
 
No probs at my local garage, but allegedly no fuel in any of the stations in Shrewsbury?!

Admit I did fill 1 jerry can for my quad as reliant on it to drive round the farm to feed the horses - don't care about the car so much as will ride to the shops if necessary!!!!

Utter madness......
 
Miketdt - a fire officer was on the radio this morning explaining that a jerry can holds 20 litres of fuel and the legal limit is 2x 5 litre petrol cans to be stored in domestic settings.

I think the daft politician meant fill a petrol can not realising that a jerry can refers to a specific quantity.

The situation here is mixed -some places sold out, others ok!

We run a pet food delivery service and no fuel would mean no business! Just hoping it all blows over without any action.
 
I put fuel in the truck yesterday as it was almost empty. Didn't fill it but did put a bit extra in. I don't consider it panic buying...more protecting my interests.

I'm more concerned about this weekend as I have a 400 mile round trip to do and don't want to run short before I get home.

Unfortunately we're all dependent on fuel in one way or another whether we like it or not.
 
I went out yesterday morning passing the nearest petrol station 10 miles away. Laughing at all the idiots queing. On the way home however my very thirsty jeep needed a drink, all but one of the pumps were empty and I had to join the que for the last remaining working pump. It's utter madness. What WILL happen WHEN they DO go on strike?
 
I went to buy fuel for my truck yesterday and sat 40 minutes in a queue. I wasn't panic buying, just putting fuel in me truck as usual, like I do once every 2 weeks to cart the horses about!

They said they were shutting the night pumps at 10pm whether there was fuel left or not, as on the CCTV, it showed people there all the night before filling 45 gallon drums in the back of trucks!! Talk about a bomb in your garage...!

Some people are just plain loonies. OH (recovery driver, fills his van tank everyday, sometimes twice, depending on the mileage he does) got stuck behind a couple of old dears putting £3 to top up their car, then got upset when the garage told them they couldn't fill all the millions of fuel containers they had in the boot 'but I bought them especially!'....they were allowed to fill 2 of them.
 
I won't be panic buying. I filled my car on Tuesday morning, as normal, on my way to work (hour commute each way) and have used half so far. I'll fill up again when I would normally fill up....and if ere is no fuel I will work from home.

Horse is walking distance, that's all I care about!
 
Its blooming stupid & I usually fill up on a Friday but I havent got the time to wait about for an hour or so to queue so It will have to be a Saturday morning fill up after the horses have been done... I am not looking forward to it
 
I just put a full tank in instead of half a tank, but that's it. The local supermarket petrol station was crammed, if the queue gets any worse it will start blocking the main road through the town and that will cause trouble! It's already impossible to get in or out of the supermarket carpark itself. The other garage had run out of everything apart from unleaded. I was right on the red line, or I wouldn't have bothered to be honest.

Luckily I don't have to drive other than to get to work, so that tank should last a couple of weeks.
 
I had to fill up this morning as I was on my reserve tank. I usually fill my tank anyway so nothing unusal there. However, the coach company I work for have to fill up daily at petrol stations as we haven't got our own tank at the yard. I couldn't get any anywhere yesterday and prayed that my 1/4 tank of diesel would get the kiddies to school! I'm off today, but my poor husband and some collegues have been up since 4am driving around trying to get some diesel so that they can run a service!!!
 
My husband works as an a estate manager locally and has been told that instead of getting on with his day to day tasks, he is spending the day driving around and buying emergancy petrol for the uber-wealthy son's four vehicles.

Meanwhile I needed to fill my car up - I usually need to fill up every ten-fourteen days to get to and from work/yard and have about 30 miles of fuel left. I refused to panic buy earlier in the week, and am late for work after queuing for half an hours this morning.

I am now in a bad mood which is not appropriate for a payday Friday.

* flounces off to panic buy some stamps and a hot pasty*
 
Husband was scheduled to be in Oxford this morning for a meeting. He got up at 5am and drove round every petrol station in a 8 mile radius and there was no fuel. No petrol, no diesel. With 40 miles left in the car, he came home.

I'm lucky in that, I can and should cycle to work...

Guess the health kick starts next week then.
 
Agree with GeeBee45 on the 'burying bad news' angle.

Just heard on news, a woman has been badly burned pouring petrol from one can to another. People don't realise how explosive the fumes are.

This was all totally avoidable:(
 
Poor woman:(

They may have meant to bury bad news, but to be honest they have just made themselves look completely incompetant and out of touch with ordinary people's lives. It's all very well to say don't panic when you work in London, with good public transport links and if you're a Minister, a car service. It's a bit different for people with no public transport, jobs to get to, children to get to school, doctor's appointments to attend, food shopping to get...

All this stuff about 'just fill up with a full tank instead of half a tank' shows a total lack of understanding of the logistics involved in dealing with the sudden, increased demand for fuel (how many people normally get a full tank?) and basic human nature. I think they are fools, frankly.
 
The whole thing will blow over in a couple of days due to one simple fact.
The usage (not demand, usage) of fuel has not suddenly changed in this country. All that has happened is people are now wanting to drive around with almost full tanks as opposed to half tanks.
Once all these poeple have added the extra fuel which is a one off exercise the demand will return to normal and the queues will disappear.
 
Don't think it counts as panic buying if you've got an empty tank, just buying! I had 9 miles to fill-up on my car's display last night so couldn't afford to drive around looking for fuel. I just phoned my locals until I found one with fuel (the third I tried) and went there. Short wait later I had a full tank and by the time I need to fill up again there probably will be a strike! :p
 
Spudlet said:
All this stuff about 'just fill up with a full tank instead of half a tank' shows a total lack of understanding of the logistics involved in dealing with the sudden, increased demand for fuel (how many people normally get a full tank?) and basic human nature. I think they are fools, frankly.
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Is it just coincidence that they advised this 6 days before the end of the financial year, wonder how the tax coffers look now that they have been boosted by all the panic buying, I've got half a tank left, horse on full livery and can get the train to work, I'll deal with it if and when I have to I normally only have to fill up my tank every 21days or so, this time I may not play the game of how many miles can I go on the red warning though.
 
Naryafluffy said:
Is it just coincidence that they advised this 6 days before the end of the financial year, wonder how the tax coffers look now that they have been boosted by all the panic buying, I've got half a tank left, horse on full livery and can get the train to work, I'll deal with it if and when I have to I normally only have to fill up my tank every 21days or so, this time I may not play the game of how many miles can I go on the red warning though.
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It is a coincidence as they have not got enough brain cells between them to work out the implications to the Treasury.
Politicians should be made to travel on public transport these free cars are a complete waste of taxpayers money they should be like other people and have to pay for their own transport to work, no more freebies. Round here they would have to thumb a lift anywhere off the main road, and obviously no transport after 8.30 pm
If I can't get fuel I will have to stop working as I need the fuel to go to the horse,
 
I'm just going to put my normal £40 in as usual when i need it and if the strike happens i will cycle to the horses and not go to work:p it's so stupid to panic and buy now as the strike hasn't even been called and when they do they have to give 7 days notice, so all those idiots filing up now will have run out by then anyway so what have they achieved apart from doubling the govts income from petrol taxes!!!:rolleyes:
 
£23m up in the tax coffers, at least according to the Indy.

Still, at least the price of petrol has gone down... oh no hang on...:rolleyes:
 
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