Plea to avoid petrol panic buying

[Lamp]

Great. Another repeat of petrol shortages on the cards

BBC NEWS | Scotland | Strike refinery shutdown complete

 

[Nate]

Went to PC World today to get my Wii Fit on a full tank and noticed how many cars were queuing at the Sainsbury's Station, they were even queuing outside the shop to pay for it. It's so much easier working nights, theres no one on the road and no one at the stations.

 

[Ormorof]

easier yet not to drive wooooo so glad i can walk (or get a train)everywhere i need to go at this point in life

 

[Golena]

easier yet not to drive wooooo so glad i can walk (or get a train)everywhere i need to go at this point in life

I can as well if I need to these days..

Last fuel strike was in the same week I was moving from Sheffield to Scotland.. That sucked!

 

[cHodAX]

I can as well if I need to these days..

Last fuel strike was in the same week I was moving from Sheffield to Scotland.. That sucked!

What sucked? The queues or moving to Scotland?

 

[Nate]

Hijack

Why is this news BBC NEWS | England | Bristol | Giraffe's tongue destroys webcam

 

[Golena]

What sucked? The queues or moving to Scotland?

Mostly the queues..

Although Scotland was cold when you can't afford to have your central heating fixed tbh!

 

[chipper]

ya know i understand there pissed about there pensions etc and i sympathise but whats the point of crippling half the bleedin country do they really think that will garner sympathy with us? now as usual the greedy petrol stations will hike up prices even more than they have been doing and then not chuffin lower em for ages should be measures in place to prevent things like this happening

 

[Lamp]

I agree with Chipper, but to be honest, what else can the workers do ?

Put yourself in the workers positions. You moan, no one listens. What can they do ? They need to take action where everyone will sit up and take notice. And that's to drain every petrol pump from every forecourt.

I'm not saying its right. But I can completely understand where they're coming from. There's nothing better to draw attention to the issue then something that will stop the country moving. Literally.

Then again, a fuel shortage affects the workers themselves. How will they drive to work ? How will their wives drive to Tesco to pick up the weekly shopping ?

I think its wrong to legislate against strikes. But I think the government should have contingency measures in place to deal with situations like this. We're not talking about a few pumps in northern scotland running dry. This could potentially affect the entire country.

 

[Nate]

Surely not all our oil comes from Scotland though.

 

[Lamp]

Surely not all our oil comes from Scotland though.

The closure of the Forties pipeline would lead to the complete shutdown of production in about 65 North Sea oil fields, an expert has warned.

BBC NEWS | Scotland | Tayside and Central | Dozens of oil fields 'face shutdown'

 

[Gorbachioo]

ya know i understand there pissed about there pensions etc and i sympathise but whats the point of crippling half the bleedin country do they really think that will garner sympathy with us? now as usual the greedy petrol stations will hike up prices even more than they have been doing and then not chuffin lower em for ages should be measures in place to prevent things like this happening

If they do nothing no one cares/knows about it. So what else can they do? Sympathy is not what they want.

 

[confused]

Almost paid £1.19/litre today in Rye!

 

[Deebs]

Almost paid £1.19/litre today in Rye!

Christ, I was pissed at 113.9p per litre!

Fucking hate this government and the fuel duty taxes they raise which don't actually get used for the reason they exist. *****. Fucking hate labour.

 

[Lamp]

I thought I was the only Tory here. Glad to here someone else thinks New Labour is a fucking joke.

 

[Chronictank]

I thought I was the only Tory here. Glad to here someone else thinks New Labour is a fucking joke.

Shame the tories cant get their act together and field a proper candidate :/, that coupled with the fear of a new thatcherite getting into power i think ensures they wont really win a majority
Lib dems wouldnt know what to do if they actually got into power
so people will just vote labour for the sake of it or abstain altogether

I used to be pro-labour but the current government is driving this country into the ground

Hopefully next election it will be a bit more of a even split so they cant just bully policy through, but there is no real representation for the working/middle class now

 

[Amphrax]

I remember when petrol use to be 52p a litre Now I have to pay 1.19 per litre. Its a fecking joke...

 

[chipper]

If they do nothing no one cares/knows about it. So what else can they do? Sympathy is not what they want.

read my post i didnt say they shouldnt amd they may not want our sympathy but if they dont have that its unlikely theyll garner our support either, prices already bleedin gone


ill never vote conservative whats the point they all the bleedin same only give a shit about stayin in power and not giving a fuck about the country wants/needs the whole god damn system is corrupt the lot of em should be locked up.

ill be voting for a minority party least they can then be heard.

 

[Binky the Bomb]

If we had all voted monster raving looney, we'd all be riding camels, which don't require petrol.

 

[cHodAX]

If we had all voted monster raving looney, we'd all be riding camels, which don't require petrol.

yeah but just imagine, 4 camel toes per person ain't pretty!

 

[Lamp]

ill never vote conservative whats the point they all the bleedin same

Multiply that philosophy by X million voters and you wonder why nothing ever changes ! Why do you think Labour is STILL in power ? Cos people keep voting for em.

But you can vote for whoever you like based on whatever reaons and logic you decide. Thats what a free vote's all about I suppose.

 

[chipper]

seriously lamp whats gonna change under conservatives or lib dems for that matter?

they all spout there policy bollox and still do sod all that they promised to. the politics stay the same its just the name of the party that changes.

 

[cHodAX]

If I thought for second I could get beyond voter apathy and the blind devotion to the three party system I would stand for election tomorrow. The problem is that alot of people have had stability in thier jobs over the last 10 years under Labour and cannot see beyond that. Gordon Brown broke his own economic rules before the 2005 election by extending the current economic cycle and guess what boys and girls? That cycle ended this year. What the economy is now experiencing is a combination of Brown's fuckup, American's sub-prime mortgage crash, the bio-fuel drive forcing up food prices and the incredible growth of China sucking up all the resources it can lay it's hands on.

If you think it is bad now you are in for a shock, 12 months down the line is going to be much rougher for our service and banking based economy. House prices will drop 20% in much of the country, flat prices will drop by up to 40% and reposessions will go through the roof. All those poor bastards who overextended themselves with mortages at 4/5/6 times annual salary will be out on the street. We have already seen a 10% cost of living increase this year alone, the government continue to fiddle the figures though and tell us that inflation is under control. Pure bullshit, food prices have gone up, fuel prices have gone up, council taxes have gone up, car taxes up, tv licence up, are you noticing a trend? The only thing not going up is salarys for the bottom 70% of the workforce, not even cost of living rises based on inflation.

 

[Dukat]

I think that, while obviously the giraffe was in the wrong for licking the camera to death, the owner of the camera also bears responsibility for placing it within reach of the giraffe in the first place.

I also think the giraffes owner should've done something about the situation before it became an issue too.

You could also lay partial responsiblity at the makers of the camera, for making something that would fall apart when licked by a giraffe.

That said, I still maintain that the giraffe was the one who is mainly at fault here, he obviously is the one who needs to learn that things within reach are not always lickable. indeed, I think that we should advocate a complete re-evaluation of the giraffe education system and introduce non-licking incentives and a strict zero tolerance policy. This way we can teach giraffes that it just isnt on to go around licking other peoples stuff*.

I think that this is a problem that should've been addressed long ago tbh, the camera could've been saved if it had! the giraffe would'nt be in trouble and everyone would've been happy!

I blame it all on video games tbh, giraffes these days just think that because they can go around licking stuff in video games, they can do it in real life, if video games werent showing giraffes how to do it they wouldnt even know how to in the first place! these 'lick simulators' should be banned! infact i think i'll write a letter to the mother of a video game creator right now!!!

*obvious exceptions apply!

 

[Nate]

and I still only get 23p per litre for work....stingy *****s.bi|bos

 

[Hawkwind]

RFOL full tank in a Toyota Land Cruiser this morning 110 UAE Dirhams = 14.50 GBP

I thought North Sea Oil was one of the highest grade oils in the world. As such it is used mainly in the production of lubricants. So why would the pipe closing affect petrol??

UK buys most of it's petrol grade crude from the Middle East.

 

[Bugz]

If I thought for second I could get beyond voter apathy and the blind devotion to the three party system I would stand for election tomorrow. The problem is that alot of people have had stability in thier jobs over the last 10 years under Labour and cannot see beyond that. Gordon Brown broke his own economic rules before the 2005 election by extending the current economic cycle and guess what boys and girls? That cycle ended this year. What the economy is now experiencing is a combination of Brown's fuckup, American's sub-prime mortgage crash, the bio-fuel drive forcing up food prices and the incredible growth of China sucking up all the resources it can lay it's hands on.

If you think it is bad now you are in for a shock, 12 months down the line is going to be much rougher for our service and banking based economy. House prices will drop 20% in much of the country, flat prices will drop by up to 40% and reposessions will go through the roof. All those poor bastards who overextended themselves with mortages at 4/5/6 times annual salary will be out on the street. We have already seen a 10% cost of living increase this year alone, the government continue to fiddle the figures though and tell us that inflation is under control. Pure bullshit, food prices have gone up, fuel prices have gone up, council taxes have gone up, car taxes up, tv licence up, are you noticing a trend? The only thing not going up is salarys for the bottom 70% of the workforce, not even cost of living rises based on inflation.

Brown's cycle is, on the whole, has nothing really to do with the state of the govt. It is more a political road where Brown can manipulate figures and the such to look in a better light.

I think the world economy's health as a whole is to blame for many of the problems we are facing.

 

[cHodAX]

Brown's cycle is, on the whole, has nothing really to do with the state of the govt. It is more a political road where Brown can manipulate figures and the such to look in a better light.

I think the world economy's health as a whole is to blame for many of the problems we are facing.

Nah that isn't right bud, Brown's extention of the cycle it is a contributing factor to the current situation. He extended the cycle so he could borrow more private money so he didn't have to raise taxes at the last election. That extra borrowing has resulted in 10's of billions extra on the national debt and now the government has had to start finding extra revenue to finance that debt which means higher taxes through the abolition of the 10% tax rate and many other stealth tax rises such as fuel duty. This all stems from those changes he made in 2003 and 2004 which helped to buy Labour the 2005 election with tax sweetners and extra money for public services. We are all paying for that right now and it couldn't have come at a worse time with all the other world economic problems going on. We are seeing large cost of living rises across the board, far beyond the fixed inflation figures the goverment are putting out.

 

[Hawkwind]

Nah that isn't right bud, Brown's extention of the cycle it is a contributing factor to the current situation. He extended the cycle so he could borrow more private money so he didn't have to raise taxes at the last election. That extra borrowing has resulted in 10's of billions extra on the national debt and now the government has had to start finding extra revenue to finance that debt which means higher taxes through the abolition of the 10% tax rate and many other stealth tax rises such as fuel duty. This all stems from those changes he made in 2003 and 2004 which helped to buy Labour the 2005 election with tax sweetners and extra money for public services. We are all paying for that right now and it couldn't have come at a worse time with all the other world economic problems going on. We are seeing large cost of living rises across the board, far beyond the fixed inflation figures the goverment are putting out.

This seems so reminiscent of the last Labour government which left the country owing 20 billion pounds to the IMF. Paid off by the Thatcher Government which everyone so hated.

Post War Labour always have been poor value for money and there has been little or no improvement in sectors they supposedly did spend it in this time around. Health/Education, has it improved? Or have exams just been dumbed down and Waiting Lists massaged.

 

[Binky the Bomb]

UK buys most of it's petrol grade crude from the Middle East.

And this is what people don't realise. The Middle eastern oil is refined and stored in the SOUTH of the country. So unless your in the north of england (just above the NW and NE) then your petrol will be rationed. The rest of us get our fuel from different depots, so were fine.