Tanker Driver' Strike

[gynn]

Originally Posted by ToffeeGuy

And to think, people laughed when I bought that solar powered car. I knew, just knew, I would use it one day. Who's laughing now?

Is it possible to keep sunshine in a jerry can in the shed, for those long Accy winters?

[Boeing Guy]

Well I have heard of Buckets of sunshine, but I don't think that's what you wanted Gynn.

Bucket of Sunshine - ARRSEpedia

[Neil]

Originally Posted by Eric

I used to buy it for 40 cents a gallon ... guess all that shows is how old I'm gettin' But I was driving a '69 Dodge Charger with a 383 Magnum, six pack of carbs, headers ... that beast would pass anything but a gas station ... so the cheaper the better when you are getting about 12 miles to the gallon.

Is it 3.79 litre US gallons or real English 4.56 litre ones that you use?

[Neil]

Originally Posted by accyman

i asked tonight and accy asda didnt run out of fuel today and has a delivery later tonight but the ques were big earlier today with panic buyers

I filled up at Asda at about 8.30am this morning with no problem and no queue

[Eric]

Originally Posted by Neil

Is it 3.79 litre US gallons or real English 4.56 litre ones that you use?

Honestly Neil, I can't remember. It's been over forty years since we went metric.

[Eric]

Originally Posted by BERNADETTE

Not for all of us Eric

I was just reading one of the "Taxi" threads ... I can't ever remember taking a cab in Accy. It was the bus or the train (you know you are getting old when you remember when the train fare from Accy to Ossy was three ha'pence single) And if you had dropped all your brass in the Black Dog, it was Shanks' pony all the way home. And only once did I fall into the cut

[chrissy]

Originally Posted by davemac

went shopping at Asda, hyndburn road,this afternoon and the petrol station was closed off with cones. Just wondered if panic buying exhausted supplies, dont know for sure as there was nothing posted to say why

Yea the two garages near where I live in St Annes are closed and now there is a mile long of cars blocking the road near Morrisons, the nearest other garage in Blackpool. Still. Im with the strikers, theres enough madness on the roads without making the tanker drivers rush to make deliveries....sheer madness and dangerous

[Neil]

Originally Posted by susie123

The Fire Brigade Union secretary "stressed it was against the law to store more than 10 litres of petrol in two 5 litre plastic containers in the home — a full-sized jerry can holds 22 litres." according to the Evening Standard. But a jerrycan is not a plastic container and expressly designed for holding and pouring fuel so not illegal.

Jerry cans are marked as 20 litre, the extra space is for expansion.
Our cars are both diesel. I would not store large amounts of petrol at home, we usually have a 5 litre can for the mower/pressure washer.

There is no restriction on how much diesel you can store at home. Oil burning heating boilers burn red diesel so many homes could have around 2000 litres of the stuff at home usually in a plastic tank these days.

[Ken Moss]

Originally Posted by gynn

Does petrol in jerry cans go off over time? Turns to a gooey mess, perhaps?

Yes, it does.

We empty all our fuel containers in November and don't refill them over the winter season because our gardening machinery runs abysmally if we use petrol that is even a few months old.

The fuel companies must be laughing all the way to the bank this week.

[Neil]

Originally Posted by Ken Moss

The fuel companies must be laughing all the way to the bank this week.

They will be yes but those that filled up and dont usually wont be buying any for a while so its swings and roundabouts.

I think the government are pulling a fast one. Everyones cars will be full so a strike over Easter will have little impact but the truck drivers are being blamed anyway.

Its people like me who have to fill up every week that would have a problem if there were real shortages.

[Eric]

Originally Posted by Ken Moss

Yes, it does.

We empty all our fuel containers in November and don't refill them over the winter season because our gardening machinery runs abysmally if we use petrol that is even a few months old.

The fuel companies must be laughing all the way to the bank this week.

Can't you guys buy gasoline stabilizer over there? I use it in my bike when I store it for the winter. Some brands claim to be effective for two years.

[Eric]

Sorry ... "petrol stabilizer"

[Ken Moss]

Originally Posted by Eric

Sorry ... "petrol stabilizer"

Sounds like someone has gone native, and what's with the 'z'???



It's not something I've heard of to be honest but the only thing we tend to use during winter is the chainsaw, the blower and the hedge cutter so one 2-stroke petrol can tends to be enough at any one time instead of the seven or eight we usually have on the go with the fleet in summer. All the tools get serviced during winter so to be honest it is a good opportunity for us to run down stocks of everything and buy fresh supplies in February when we start up again.

Fortunately, I had just filled all our cans on Tuesday ahead of this little announcement but if there really does end up being a fuel shortage we'll be pretty knackered in terms of garden maintenance as everything runs on petrol.

The government's timing just doesn't smell right on this one, I'm afraid.

[garinda]

Originally Posted by Neil

They will be yes but those that filled up and dont usually wont be buying any for a while so its swings and roundabouts.

Agreed.

People aren't going to drive further than they need to, just because their tank's are full.

Some might drive less. Fearing a strike, and not wanting to waste any.

Though the government will have got a £32 million early cash injection in fuel duty, after yesterday's scaremongering.

PETROL QUEUES: £32 million fuel duty bonus from panic buying - AA (From South Wales Argus)

[accyman]

read today that 67% is fuel duty and then the government gets vat on top of that as an extra earner

governments past and present blame the price of a barrell of oil ,a war going on or now irans nuclear policy and seem to think that the %67 fuel duty isnt part of teh problem at all

5 years ago it was 87p per litre theres absolutely no excuse what so ever for teh prices we are paying today other than motorists are an easy target.

how much revenue must the government genearte through the motorists either directly or indirectly?

fuel tax
fuel vat
road tax
insurance
M.O.T
parking fees
parking fines
speeding fines from cameras and mobile units

they should be giving us fuel for free to keep us on teh road so they can keep screwing us