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Title: Scotland Without Fuel For Upto a Month
Post by: hrh_dave on April 19, 2008, 16:51:52
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/tayside_and_central/7356235.stm (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/tayside_and_central/7356235.stm) Just noticed this....... A bit scary........................
Title: Re: Scotland Without Fuel For Upto a Month
Post by: Range Rover Blues on April 19, 2008, 18:13:42
Great, shall we open a book on the peak price of fuel in the next 3 months then?

£2 a litre anyone?

I can't see the demand for fuel slowing so it'sll have to be brought in by road from the south and Europe, though I imagine Gordon is sweating about how much more tax revenue he's not going to have to squander.
Title: Re: Scotland Without Fuel For Upto a Month
Post by: KingWolf on April 19, 2008, 19:48:41
I've just filled up for tomorrows Laning, £50 from half a tank...!!!! I for one am seriously feeling the pinch with the increased fuel prices lately. If things get much worse I may be forced to change my beloved Disco... :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(

Mark.
Title: Re: Scotland Without Fuel For Upto a Month
Post by: beast5680 on April 19, 2008, 19:49:31
we,ll have to close the border keep the scots from nicking our fuel  :lol: :lol:
Title: Re: Scotland Without Fuel For Upto a Month
Post by: python on April 19, 2008, 22:01:19
hoii. thats no fair.  :-. [-X
Title: Re: Scotland Without Fuel For Upto a Month
Post by: Hangover on April 19, 2008, 23:12:19
Probably cheaper to run on whisky anyway.
Title: Re: Scotland Without Fuel For Upto a Month
Post by: python on April 19, 2008, 23:17:38
yeah, probably,  :lol:
Title: Re: Scotland Without Fuel For Upto a Month
Post by: beast5680 on April 19, 2008, 23:19:47
hoii. thats no fair.  :-. [-X

you want your own government  :lol: you can have your own trouble with them an all :lol:
Title: Re: Scotland Without Fuel For Upto a Month
Post by: Range Rover Blues on April 20, 2008, 02:06:40
hoii. thats no fair.  :-. [-X

you want your own government  :lol: you can have your own trouble with them an all :lol:

 :lol:snigger :lol:

As aklways I think it will be Joe Public who suffers, or should that be Jock McPublic :-k
Title: Re: Scotland Without Fuel For Upto a Month
Post by: python on April 20, 2008, 07:01:41
i think this is just the begining for us all, it will travel south, thats for sure, the whole country has turned to sh.t. there has to be a social breakdown at some point. everyday something else goes wrong.  :shock: when's the next feul protest? anyone fancy a big convoy of 4x4's?  :-k
Title: Re: Scotland Without Fuel For Upto a Month
Post by: Jas278 on April 20, 2008, 09:54:26
anyone fancy a big convoy of 4x4's?  :-k


Sorry cant afford the fuel........ :police:
Title: Re: Scotland Without Fuel For Upto a Month
Post by: python on April 20, 2008, 10:17:19

Sorry cant afford the fuel........ :police:
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 :joker: :boohoo:
Title: Re: Scotland Without Fuel For Upto a Month
Post by: redhand on April 20, 2008, 10:28:29
Speaking of government money grabbing. Just found out that they donated 60 million to flood relief after last years floods. but made an extra 170 million in VAT payments from all the repair work that's been carried out. So a 110million pound earner for GB then.
Title: Re: Scotland Without Fuel For Upto a Month
Post by: python on April 20, 2008, 10:39:58
more money to send to another country then?  :doh:
Title: Re: Scotland Without Fuel For Upto a Month
Post by: beast5680 on April 20, 2008, 13:39:52
more money to send to another country then?  :doh:

no we,ll use it to rebuild hadrians wall  :lol:
Title: Re: Scotland Without Fuel For Upto a Month
Post by: python on April 20, 2008, 13:43:30
rebuild it quick, hope you guy's all dont have passports..  :twisted:
Title: Re: Scotland Without Fuel For Upto a Month
Post by: V8MoneyPit on April 21, 2008, 11:23:29
more money to send to another country then?  :doh:

no we,ll use it to rebuild hadrians wall  :lol:

Being marred (sorry, married!) to a Scot, that would mean the in-laws would be on the other side of a big wall...... Hmmmmm. I can do a bit of bricklaying.... when do we start?   :twisted: :lol:

As for the fuel situation, there are predictions from inside sources for £1.50 per litre within 6 months. I cannot imagine how this can possibly be sustained. In the past, people would pay whatever it cost to keep driving their cars. Now, more and more people are actually finding it difficult to afford to put fuel in them.

Vive la revolution!
Title: Re: Scotland Without Fuel For Upto a Month
Post by: NiceBlueWellies on April 21, 2008, 11:32:16
anyone fancy a big convoy of 4x4's?  :-k


Sorry cant afford the fuel........ :police:

Since when?  8-[ ;)
Title: Re: Scotland Without Fuel For Upto a Month
Post by: littlepow on April 21, 2008, 12:05:14
more money to send to another country then?  :doh:

no we,ll use it to rebuild hadrians wall  :lol:

Being marred (sorry, married!) to a Scot, that would mean the in-laws would be on the other side of a big wall...... Hmmmmm. I can do a bit of bricklaying.... when do we start?   :twisted: :lol:

As for the fuel situation, there are predictions from inside sources for £1.50 per litre within 6 months. I cannot imagine how this can possibly be sustained. In the past, people would pay whatever it cost to keep driving their cars. Now, more and more people are actually finding it difficult to afford to put fuel in them.

Vive la revolution!

Price rise will come south from the Scots faster than a government policy change!

Scotland will get hit hard, they'll start to get fuel from North England. That'll cause Northerners to sneak into the Midlands for fuel and the Midlands will raid the south.

So all you Southerners best get up here and help get this wall back up! :P
Title: Re: Scotland Without Fuel For Upto a Month
Post by: K2 on April 24, 2008, 01:32:26
My OH just got me 2 Jerry Cans of Diesel up the back of Dundee as none near us and I was running on empty with the Disco. It cost £1.60 a litre :shocked: :shocked: But there was no option as I need to get to the horses to feed them. Cannot wait for the Celica's insurance documents to arrive as she can run on optimax which there is plenty of.
Title: Re: Scotland Without Fuel For Upto a Month
Post by: Range Rover Blues on April 24, 2008, 02:01:23
Has the gouging started then :(
Title: Re: Scotland Without Fuel For Upto a Month
Post by: K2 on April 24, 2008, 02:09:23
Well some are putting on limits of £10 only (which lasts for ages in a Disco Not) At this rate there will be an uprising. The farm were I keep the nags has ground to a standstill as he cannot get diesel either so I suppose the vultures will charge what the like :evil:
Title: Re: Scotland Without Fuel For Upto a Month
Post by: Yoshi on April 24, 2008, 02:41:37
Apparently its going to hit here as well as grangemouth supplies cumbria as well  :evil:

Thats going to make things fun!
Title: Re: Scotland Without Fuel For Upto a Month
Post by: hrh_dave on April 24, 2008, 09:46:39
The overpriced local jet station in Haddington is currently queded down the road and has been for the past 2 days.... Went and got fuel at Asda dunbar last night, no que and no restrictions.... Thankfully..... as it costs me about £11 a day to get to work and back. And the strike talks seem to have broken down....I dont think we will see the real effect of it till monday or tuesday when 2 days without fuel deliveries will have hit........
Title: Re: Scotland Without Fuel For Upto a Month
Post by: zebidee on April 24, 2008, 10:12:29
Diesel up the road from us in Auchterarder has hit £1.20 a litre ... I heard that in Aberdeen it's reached £1.40 (but that could just be rumour-mongering).

If it hits £1.45 it'll be over £100 a tank for me :-(

Not fun.

Z~
Title: Re: Scotland Without Fuel For Upto a Month
Post by: python on April 24, 2008, 10:34:44
theres a gararge not too far from me thats already selling its petrol at 1.45 a liter, dont know what the diesil costs.its owned by indian's. so its going to get reslly bad soon as there charging anything they like now. we need a blockade. the whole motoring public needs to stand up and fight now. :evil: france doesn't put up with this cr@p.
Title: Re: Scotland Without Fuel For Upto a Month
Post by: Range Rover Blues on April 24, 2008, 12:51:07
The Gov't will already be suffering from the tax they won't get to rip you off for this month, probably new legislation or something like delivery drivers.  What with no-one moving house any more or buying christmas presents, or dying, they are already way short of the sums they planned to squander this year, even with the rise in the price of road fund licence.
Title: Re: Scotland Without Fuel For Upto a Month
Post by: hrh_dave on April 24, 2008, 19:18:31
On the way home from work tonight nipped into Asda Dunbar for ciggs..... on the way out there was a que of about 10 cars for fuel..... Got fed up of waiting so took a nice senic route over the freshly seeded ground...... hey ho..... :) Thankyfully Im heading south for the weekend in the morning so I can import some fuel on Sunday :)
Title: Re: Scotland Without Fuel For Upto a Month
Post by: Disco Matt on April 24, 2008, 19:46:22
It's been 1.22.9 here for ages now - mind you we do have a local chain (the only two garages are owned by the same people) which has been abusing their monopoly for years.

 
Title: Re: Scotland Without Fuel For Upto a Month
Post by: lee celtic on April 24, 2008, 20:25:10
They could use recycled chippy oil,

If it wasn't for the Hi Mars bar content....


I'll get my coat :twisted:
Title: Re: Scotland Without Fuel For Upto a Month
Post by: kizz81 on April 25, 2008, 00:25:55
does this have anything to do with the 5p rise in fuel since last week? my bank account really cannot take any more fuel rises  :evil:
Title: Re: Scotland Without Fuel For Upto a Month
Post by: Range Rover Blues on April 25, 2008, 01:40:55
Probably, it's proffitering or the yanks call it gouging.

It was a serious imprisonable offence during WWII.  See, not everything is progress :(
Title: Re: Scotland Without Fuel For Upto a Month
Post by: V8MoneyPit on April 25, 2008, 13:58:28
Probably, it's proffitering or the yanks call it gouging.

It was a serious imprisonable offence during WWII.  See, not everything is progress :(

Quite right. There is absolutely no way that the price increases in the last few days can be a reaction to global prices. It can only be getting ahead of the game and making some extra profit while they can.

I do remember last time there were serious fuel shortages a local garage tried selling at £10 a gallon. He hasn't been able to sell fuel since. Nobody will go near him.
Title: Re: Scotland Without Fuel For Upto a Month
Post by: beast5680 on April 25, 2008, 19:43:23
On the way home from work tonight nipped into Asda Dunbar for ciggs..... on the way out there was a que of about 10 cars for fuel..... Got fed up of waiting so took a nice senic route over the freshly seeded ground...... hey ho..... :) Thankyfully Im heading south for the weekend in the morning so I can import some fuel on Sunday :)

thats called smuggling in some parts you know [-X
Title: Re: Scotland Without Fuel For Upto a Month
Post by: python on April 25, 2008, 19:52:44
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