andyoxon
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Fab Foodie said:But what if we run-out of chain-lube
I have an everlasting can of WD-40 for this purpose...well to degunk at least
Petrol Crisis MkII?
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I have an everlasting can of WD-40 for this purpose...well to degunk at least
Yellow Fang
Legendary Member
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I'm quite looking forward to watching the ensuing chaos, in my schadenfreudlicher way.
HLaB
Marie Attoinette Fan
As I free wheeled in to the supermarket I quite enjoyed cruising by the queue to the filling station. It meant the shop was reasonably empty too. Some of the clips on the news were funny too. Capt Mainwaring don't panicYellow Fang said:
andyoxon
Guru
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2008/apr/25/tradeunions.oil
"With panic-buying threatening to break out at the pumps, [energy minister] Wicks appealed for motorists to remain calm. "[Drivers] might have to be patient," he said. "People will have to be sensible and rational..."
"With panic-buying threatening to break out at the pumps, [energy minister] Wicks appealed for motorists to remain calm. "[Drivers] might have to be patient," he said. "People will have to be sensible and rational..."
Fnaar
Smutmaster General
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The very act of saying "Don't panic" and putting it on the news (repeatedly, throughout the day), added to Joe/Joan Average's complete lack of anything interesting to talk about means that panic will undoubtedly ensue!
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
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Well I put £30 into my car today - it was empty - that should last me a month or two...... only filled it to get the free toy Ferrari car - the kids have one each now.
For all the bluff and blustering by the media, Oil tankers have started to arrive at Aberdeen to make up the shortfall from Grangemouth. The UK market is far too important to the oil producers to ignore, so where there is a will there is a way. The other thing is that because of the enormous amount of revenue going into the coffers from fuel duty (70p in the pound), there is no way the government will allow any interruption of its supply (hence the new legislation after the last protests) . The sad thing is that because Government is now so top heavy with spending, it it totally tied to getting this revenue and that means no realistic alternative fron other transport means as public transport is controlled by the private sector and run to make a profit.
