Mo1959
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Hope so!
Drago's murder deathkill slaughter massacre panic petrol buying watch!!!
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Drago
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- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
Rain? Surely thats why hats were invented!
🤠 Exactly
ClichéGuevara
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Drago
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- Suburban Poshshire
Except the panic buyers are using theirnhats as fuel containers!
deptfordmarmoset
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- Armonmy Way
All the local stations are empty and have been so for 2 days at least. Late yesterday afternoon, eastbound traffic on the A2 was at a virtual standstill as the queue outside the empty-and-closed-in-any-case-until-8-this-morning-pumps stretched back far enough to render all traffic stationary. Cars couldn't get out of the Sainsburys car park either because panickers had blocked all the exit routes. Surreally, many drivers in the Panic Lane had left their engines running....
I've got 80 miles' worth in my tank. My daughter up in Bexley has 88 and it's no easier to find fuel in her neck of the woods. This looks like it's going to last for a fair while.
I've got 80 miles' worth in my tank. My daughter up in Bexley has 88 and it's no easier to find fuel in her neck of the woods. This looks like it's going to last for a fair while.
ClichéGuevara
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- Kingston upon the River Hull
Pale Rider
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Crisis, what crisis?
I put £57 worth in the Cmax yesterday without the need to queue.
It's only a Ford hatchback, which at least indicates I was in genuine need of a refill.
Were I being uber responsible, I could have put in half that amount which would have lasted a couple of weeks, although my usual habit is to wait for the fuel light to come on then fill the tank.
I passed two petrol stations on a short journey this morning, no queues at either.
I put £57 worth in the Cmax yesterday without the need to queue.
It's only a Ford hatchback, which at least indicates I was in genuine need of a refill.
Were I being uber responsible, I could have put in half that amount which would have lasted a couple of weeks, although my usual habit is to wait for the fuel light to come on then fill the tank.
I passed two petrol stations on a short journey this morning, no queues at either.
Andy in Germany
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- Freiburg im Breisgau
Absolutely. I think that's something we forget in a car culture: Hats are a sort of portable roof when you don't have a car. I find an Akubra invaluable for improving matters when commuting in wet weather.
Carefull, we've agreed on something...
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ClichéGuevara
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If push comes to shove[sic], I'll just use my daughters car.
Cycleops
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- Accra, Ghana
This could soon become a common sight around petrol stations and anywhere there’s some fuel in the U.K..
Pale Rider
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A bloke on GB News said the current situation is an example of a phenomenon known as the bullwhip effect.
Apparently, fluctuations in retail demand produce ever increasing effects further up the supply chain, creating an uneven wave like a cracked bullwhip.
He also said it can be difficult to flatten the wave again.
Demand decreases once all the panic buyers are satisfied, the supply chain responds to that, but the process can repeat itself when all those buyers fill up again in a few weeks.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullwhip_effect
Apparently, fluctuations in retail demand produce ever increasing effects further up the supply chain, creating an uneven wave like a cracked bullwhip.
He also said it can be difficult to flatten the wave again.
Demand decreases once all the panic buyers are satisfied, the supply chain responds to that, but the process can repeat itself when all those buyers fill up again in a few weeks.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullwhip_effect
Brandane
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- Costa Clyde
Daughter's car? Yep, ok we believe you....
Seeing your post I thought Aha! A chance to correct @ClichéGuevara 😉 Sadly however, the litre conversion is from US gallons and not the Imperial that I’d hoped😁
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