Why are people scrambling for petrol?

cattom

Personally I have not rushed out to sit in a que for hours to get a few gallons of diesel. I didn't panic buy any thing in the lock down crisis and I haven't panic bought in this crisis. can't be doing with it. I just buy what I normally buy, and if its not there, then I'll go with out.

Flight3287462

Talking to older drivers they are finding that the requirement to take 35 hours of CPC training (Certificate of Professional Competence) every 5 years too onerous and if it lapses stops them being able to take on part time work.

deejaybee

I am a courier ( albeit i only do 40 or so miles a day )

Got enough fuel for this week, as i did my normal fill up before the media whipped up this current madness. Hopefully it calms down so i am able to continue making a living.

born_again

jimbo6977 said:

BP either engineered or leveraged a very short term supply issue in a minuscule number of their rip-off filling stations, with the help of the rabidly anti-Brexit BBC and the wind-up merchants at the Currant Bun and the Daily Wail, into a mass panic with the aim of forcing the shysters in government to allow in thousands of underpaid East European drivers. 

It could well be a cynical ploy by BP to boost their short term income.
BP sites round us are 9p a ltr dearer than supermarkets. They are also the last sites round us that seem to have fuel. Which is very strange given they started the ball rolling..

02 Nov 2021

Third quarter results and dividend announcement

Mmm. Bet they have great sales figures....

motorguy

born_again said:

jimbo6977 said:

BP either engineered or leveraged a very short term supply issue in a minuscule number of their rip-off filling stations, with the help of the rabidly anti-Brexit BBC and the wind-up merchants at the Currant Bun and the Daily Wail, into a mass panic with the aim of forcing the shysters in government to allow in thousands of underpaid East European drivers. 

It could well be a cynical ploy by BP to boost their short term income.
BP sites round us are 9p a ltr dearer than supermarkets. They are also the last sites round us that seem to have fuel. Which is very strange given they started the ball rolling..

02 Nov 2021

Third quarter results and dividend announcement

Mmm. Bet they have great sales figures....

Not sure how that would work - people will just go wherever they can get petrol.  Cant imagine theres a massive amount of brand loyalty to BP, and certainly nothing strong enough to stop people nipping to wherever has fuel for a fill or two.

Also, i'd imagine fuel sales arent fantastic anyway, given so many people now WFH 

troffasky

born_again said:

BP sites round us are 9p a ltr dearer than supermarkets. They are also the last sites round us that seem to have fuel.

Perhaps those two things might be related.

wolvoman

motorguy said:

Reginald74 said:

One thing that these situations bring out that is worse than the panic buyers is the smug moral superiority of the people who call them idiots.

Many of those in the queues will genuinely need fuel, as demonstrated by some posters ok this thread. Wafting past, nose in the air, calling them all idiots and lemmings serves no purpose.

Let's look instead at the government actions that have led us here and sling the mud at the right target.

?

Yeah NOT buying in to the hysteria is obviously much worse than sitting for hours to get petrol unnecessarily. 



Of course theres a small percentage who actually do need the petrol and have got surprised by the sudden demand but lets not kid ourselves - the vast majority are there because they're panic buying unnecessarily.  Just like they did with bog rolls and paracetamols.

I received data this morning on basket spend from several hundred filling stations. The average spend per transaction has plummeted. Mode spend for weekends is usually around £40-£50. This past few days it has been down at £16-£17.
Make of that what you will

ontheroad1970

wolvoman said:

motorguy said:

Reginald74 said:

One thing that these situations bring out that is worse than the panic buyers is the smug moral superiority of the people who call them idiots.

Many of those in the queues will genuinely need fuel, as demonstrated by some posters ok this thread. Wafting past, nose in the air, calling them all idiots and lemmings serves no purpose.

Let's look instead at the government actions that have led us here and sling the mud at the right target.

?

Yeah NOT buying in to the hysteria is obviously much worse than sitting for hours to get petrol unnecessarily. 



Of course theres a small percentage who actually do need the petrol and have got surprised by the sudden demand but lets not kid ourselves - the vast majority are there because they're panic buying unnecessarily.  Just like they did with bog rolls and paracetamols.

I received data this morning on basket spend from several hundred filling stations. The average spend per transaction has plummeted. Mode spend for weekends is usually around £40-£50. This past few days it has been down at £16-£17.
Make of that what you will

Combination of two things could be at play - filling stations rationing the amount of fuel, and people topping up their tanks when they already have three quarters of a tank, just in case.

Ganga

Flight3287462 said:

Talking to older drivers they are finding that the requirement to take 35 hours of CPC training (Certificate of Professional Competence) every 5 years too onerous and if it lapses stops them being able to take on part time work.

I am retired now but had to get my CPC to enable continuing to work at the time ,what a waste of about 6 hours every other week ,a paper pushing exercise to generate money for the Gov dept. 

macman

ontheroad1970 said:

wolvoman said:

motorguy said:

Reginald74 said:

One thing that these situations bring out that is worse than the panic buyers is the smug moral superiority of the people who call them idiots.

Many of those in the queues will genuinely need fuel, as demonstrated by some posters ok this thread. Wafting past, nose in the air, calling them all idiots and lemmings serves no purpose.

Let's look instead at the government actions that have led us here and sling the mud at the right target.

?

Yeah NOT buying in to the hysteria is obviously much worse than sitting for hours to get petrol unnecessarily. 



Of course theres a small percentage who actually do need the petrol and have got surprised by the sudden demand but lets not kid ourselves - the vast majority are there because they're panic buying unnecessarily.  Just like they did with bog rolls and paracetamols.

I received data this morning on basket spend from several hundred filling stations. The average spend per transaction has plummeted. Mode spend for weekends is usually around £40-£50. This past few days it has been down at £16-£17.
Make of that what you will

Combination of two things could be at play - filling stations rationing the amount of fuel, and people topping up their tanks when they already have three quarters of a tank, just in case.

More the latter I suspect. Where rationing is in place, it's generally set at a £30 maximum.(all EG stations, for example).