Fuel Strike In Scotland 27th & 28th Could Cause Shortages All Over The UK!

PeteHerts

I know this may not be a normal grab it now topic but a planned strike at a fuel depot in Grangemouth in Scotland on the 27th & 28th of April is predicted to cause problems with supplies in Scotland and the North of England for up to a month at the very least and possibly the whole of the UK so it may be an idea to fill up beforehand just incase.
No doubt the garage prices will be going up to take advantage of this!

mountainchrisriver

There was an identical post on here that rightly got moved onto the motoring board as it has no relevance to quick grabbit now...


http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=869451

PeteHerts

mountainchrisriver wrote: »

There was an identical post on here that rightly got moved onto the motoring board as it has no relevance to quick grabbit now...

Surely this is relevant for 2 reasons.

1. Because if the fuel is going to run short then you should grab it now.
2. I would suspect more people read this board rather than the motoring one so the message is reaching a wider audience.

saintscouple

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TRUSt_NO_1_2

mountainchrisriver wrote: »

There was an identical post on here that rightly got moved onto the motoring board as it has no relevance to quick grabbit now...


http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=869451

Yes I posted it.

I was going to post it about 4 weeks ago,but decided not to as I knew it would be deleted or moved.
When I read the article on BP Scottish refinery...I thought..it's starting...

There have already been recent instances of two refineries shutting down, in USA I think, for what is believed to be crude shortages.The excuse given was unplanned maintenance.
China have been taking increased amounts of crude oil and refined oil to stock up for the Olympics,and there is a global shortage of oil that will get progressively worse.

I find it hard to believe BP would shut down a refinery for one month over a pension dispute.Surely the loss in revenue would be massive.They are printing money at the moment.If they can't afford a pension scheme ...who can ?

My suspicious mind tells me that they are taking this opportunity to blame a pension dispute (and maybe also get a cheap pension deal done) in order to resolve a potential near term shortage in crude supplies.Shut the refinery down and let stocks recover.

Conor_3

It's not a BP refinery.. It WAS a BP refinery.

pinkfluffybabe

Generally speaking, media telling people there is going to be a shortage leads to there being a shortage as everyone rushes out to top up despite not needing petrol quite yet.:rolleyes:

PeteHerts

pinkfluffybabe wrote: »

Generally speaking, media telling people there is going to be a shortage leads to there being a shortage as everyone rushes out to top up despite not needing petrol quite yet.:rolleyes:

Catch22 really cos if they never said anything then people would say why wasn't they told or warned.

anewman

Is the strike in relation to petrol taxation? If not, why not?

pinkfluffybabe

PeteHerts wrote: »

Catch22 really cos if they never said anything then people would say why wasn't they told or warned.

Quite. I was meaning more sensationalist headlines e.g. the title of this thread

PeteHerts

pinkfluffybabe wrote: »

Quite. I was meaning more sensationalist headlines e.g. the title of this thread

Why is everybody having a dig at me today :rotfl: