Where did all the fuel go?

[Othen]

Originally Posted by DaveNP

According to some the next shortages will be Christmas foods, I can't help thinking the problem is that 52% of turkeys voted in favour of Christmas and still believe their leader that every future Christmas will be wonderful.

Thank you for that information. As a result I have been out this morn and bought 15 large fresh turkeys so that I have enough to last until Xmas 2036; I'm running out of room with all the toilet rolls I still have from last year and the jerry cans I filled up at the weekend though.

:-)

PS. I voted to remain (not because I think the EU is a good institution, but because I believed our former friends would make life unnecessarily difficult if we left), but I think you inferring that 52% of Britons are turkeys is puerile.

[Cull06]

Originally Posted by Othen

The UK's fuel supply system didn't suddenly break on Thursday last week;
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Well it did for some BP garages and Esso garages. That’s the point. That’s what triggered the rush.

Whilst the Torygraph and Express are reminding you to toe the party line. Behind the scenes poop is hitting the fan and they are literally reversing Brexit to get people back over here driving hgv’s. (Well trying to - I suspect that plan will also fail)

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[Othen]

Originally Posted by Cull06

That’s what triggered the rush to get people back over here driving hgv’s.

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... see, we can both edit each other's quotations selectively and take them out of context :-)

In that case I agree the aim was to re-open the market to cheap Eastern European HGV drivers and so undermine British drivers' wages.

Ho hum.

PS. No apostrophe is required in HGVs in this context.

[Whippy]

Originally Posted by Cull06

Well it did for some BP garages and Esso garages. That’s the point. That’s what triggered the rush.

Whilst the Torygraph and Express are reminding you to toe the party line. Behind the scenes poop is hitting the fan and they are literally reversing Brexit to get people back over here driving hgv’s. (Well trying to - I suspect that plan will also fail)

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No, no it didn't, a spokes man for BP said "we may have to close up to six forecourts to catch up" then the media and the idiots picked it up and ran with it.

[ilmiont]

Originally Posted by Cull06

Well it did for some BP garages and Esso garages. That’s the point. That’s what triggered the rush.
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But the supply chain didn't really break - there was still enough petrol to go around, whereas now there isn't. A missed delivery at isolated sites wasn't going to impact the population.

It wasn't until BP's intent to supply 90% of sites with 80% of capacity became headline news that mass hysteria ensued. Despite that statement clearly showing that virtually everywhere was receiving enough fuel to satisfy usual demand, that's when everyone decided it would be a good idea to sit in queues for hours to topup half a tank which they'd normally take two weeks to use. Then fill up the jerry cans.

If it had never been leaked, it would have been business as usual for virtually everyone in the country - a handful of forecourts closed for 36 hours, then restocked, with Shell, Gulf, Tesco, Sainsbury's etc. functioning as normal. Nobody would have connected the dots.

[Cull06]

Originally Posted by Whippy

No, no it didn't, a spokes man for BP said "we may have to close up to six forecourts to catch up" then the media and the idiots picked it up and ran with it.

Hahaha yes! As I said they had to close a number of garages, as did Esso, because the logistics were failing in the wake of Brexit! That’s the point man! 😂

[Othen]

Originally Posted by ilmiont

But the supply chain didn't really break - there was still enough petrol to go around, whereas now there isn't. A missed delivery at isolated sites wasn't going to impact the population.

It wasn't until BP's intent to supply 90% of sites with 80% of capacity became headline news that mass hysteria ensued. Despite that statement clearly showing that virtually everywhere was receiving enough fuel to satisfy usual demand, that's when everyone decided it would be a good idea to sit in queues for hours to topup half a tank which they'd normally take two weeks to use. Then fill up the jerry cans.

If it had never been leaked, it would have been business as usual for virtually everyone in the country - a handful of forecourts closed for 36 hours, then restocked, with Shell, Gulf, Tesco, Sainsbury's etc. functioning as normal. Nobody would have connected the dots.

That is exactly correct ilmiont. The supply chain for any item is vulnerable to sudden demands, in this case the demand was deliberately manipulated by leaking sensitive information to the media. That was probably done by the Road Haulage Association in pursuit its own political and commercial aims.

Connecting this issue with Brexit, (or coronavirus for that matter) is nonsense, whatever those with an axe to grind might claim.

Alan

[Whippy]

Indeed.

https://news.sky.com/story/supply-cr...ed-to-12418458

[T5R92011]

Why can't the british drive their own HGVs? Is there some kind of special skill required that only sentient beings from europe can attain?

[Cull06]

Originally Posted by Whippy

Indeed.

https://news.sky.com/story/supply-cr...ed-to-12418458

Yes that’s the spirit comrade! 👍