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

smk77

PeteHerts wrote: »

Surely this is relevant for 2 reasons.

1. Because if the fuel is going to run short then you should grab it now.

And therefore causing a fuel shortage when there may not have been otherwise...

PeteHerts

smk77 wrote: »

And therefore causing a fuel shortage when there may not have been otherwise...

Many if's, but's and maybe's but everybody has point of view and should at least know what's going on to make up they're own minds.

devizes18193

http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Fuel-strike-39will-bleed-pumps.4000827.jp

Hintza

Looks as if it becoming a self fulfilling prophesy out there. Just filled up and although there was not a queue as such the cars were two deep at our 8 pump filling station when on a normal Sunday I would expect at least two free pumps at any time.

amcluesent

Ineos bought Grangemouth (and loads of other industrial plants) on borrowed money. Fact, a huge amount of the UK's petrol production is in the hands of the 'Northern Crock' of the petro-chemical industry.

Hintza

On a slightly more amusing note Rock Radio does a five word weather forecast which they try to make amusing todays is:-

"Great weather for panic buying"

anewman

We ought to get the refinery workers to strike over taxation on fuel, looks like there's no legal interventions designed to stop that. Although lorry drivers are supposedly terrorists or something.

pinkfluffybabe

Hintza wrote: »

Looks as if it becoming a self fulfilling prophesy out there. Just filled up and although there was not a queue as such the cars were two deep at our 8 pump filling station when on a normal Sunday I would expect at least two free pumps at any time.

Same here, my local Morrison's was queued two deep right out onto the entrance roundabout. I usually fill up on a Sunday and it's never busy.

jeannieblue

I went for petrol today - because I needed to, my light was on. I'm not being scared mongered into anything.

It would also seem that the rest of my area feel the same - petrol stations not busy.

peediedj

as the refinery in grangemouth is gonig on strike soon and they supply all of scotland and north england,down to yorkshire,we could all be struggling for fuel,someone said tesco,s fuel comes from holland,so will be unaffected is htis true?