Drago's murder deathkill slaughter massacre panic petrol buying watch!!!

[Brandane]

What, are you forecasting a shortage of Tennent's

That would be the end of civilisation as we know it

Tennents? These days it's nothing more than re-branded Carling .
Anyway, no self respecting Scots person would drink lager.

 

[Dolorous Edd]

According to a tweet by the Torygraph - it's only going to get worse in future as we've lost so many petrol stations apparently.

Businesses close when there's not enough trade - not when there's too much trade.

 

[tyred]

Tennents? These days it's nothing more than re-branded Carling .
Anyway, no self respecting Scots person would drink lager.

The fact that my local off-licence charges less for a tin of Tennents than they do for a tin of Coke possibly explains it's popularity with certain sections of society...

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

Ah, Vitamin T as the kids call it.

 

[Tenkaykev]

Really?

And what happens if the breweries can`t get the stuff they need to make beer or whisky 🍻

I've just checked, Wilko still do home brew kits and paraphernalia, time to stock up 🍻🍻

 

[glasgowcyclist]

Anyway, no self respecting Scots person would drink lager.

I quite like a bottle of St. Mungo, by West. It's not like that fizzy piss from the big T.

 

[mjr]

There have to be some advantages in living close to Grangemouth

There may be something to that. I think there are refineries near the Humber which would explain Yorkshire recovering quickly, whereas North/West Norfolk is wind farm shore stations and gas terminals and still seems short of fuel.

 

[mjr]

Businesses close when there's not enough trade - not when there's too much trade.

As people switch to electric cars, more fossil fuel stations will close. Oil car owners will suffer worse "range anxiety" because they can't recharge at home and have to go to a fast charger.

 

[byegad]

I've just checked, Wilko still do home brew kits and paraphernalia, time to stock up 🍻🍻

I expect to see the BEEB report panic buying of Home Brew kits by Saturday. IT WILL BE ALL YOUR FAULT! 😆

 

[carpiste]

According to a tweet by the Torygraph - it's only going to get worse in future as we've lost so many petrol stations apparently.

The reason why petrol stations are closing has nothing to do with the demand for fuel. Like alcohol, pubs have closed for other reasons than demand. Fuel and alcohol are still highly desirable.
However, in the case of pubs they have closed by the dozen every day as a direct result of folk being able to buy inexpensive booze from Bargain Booze and the like as well as Supermarkets COVID hasn`t done them any favours either!
In relation to petrol stations, the tax paid on fuel is such that the only way they can make money is from selling food, drinks and all those rubbish gifts and gadgets they have. Unfortunately for them people can also buy that kind of stuff for a fraction of the cost from the same supermarkets where the cheap fuel can be had.
This would happen under whatever political party was running the country because fuel prices and taxes will not come down!

 

[I like Skol]

Well, day 7 of the fuel panic buying crisis. The media tellmus things are easing out there. Are you good folk seeing any evidence of this?

Mrs Skol filled our family chariot to the brim at the local petrol vendor last night, no trouble.
I'm now all set for a lads weekend of mountain biking in North Wales with enough fuel to get there, drive around the various venues, and perhaps most importantly, get home again afterwards.
Maybe life can once again get back to 'normal', or the 'new normal' or at least go on?

 

[Drago]

Demand for road fuel is dropping in the UK, peaked about 2016 and has declined slightly year on year since.

The AA did some maths a while back, and for them the results seemed plausible for a change. They calculated that rises in fuel duty had gone past the break-even point, and any further rises would actually bring in less revenue, not more, as people tried to avoid it with ever more economical cars and simply driving less.

But the drop in demand is nowhere near 35%.

But one should also consider that a drop in forecourt numbers by 35% has not resulted in a drop in pump numbers by anywhere near that amount. The closures are usually smaller independent stations where the shop is less profitable, and new forecourts tend to be larger supermarket types with 2 or 3 times the number of pumps. As a consequence the number of available pumps has only dropped slightly (id tell you by precisely how much but i don't remember where I read all this, butnit was only a couple of percent) so the reality isn't quite doom and gloom for dino drinkers just yeat.

 

[SpokeyDokey]

I expect to see the BEEB report panic buying of Home Brew kits by Saturday. IT WILL BE ALL YOUR FAULT! 😆

No, no and thrice no - I think in ceratain media quarters it will be he with the Tousled Hair's fault - not going any further as I am respecting Cafe rulz.

 

[Drago]

Boris has just been on tv. He said there is nomshortage of gome brew equipment and that we should not panic buy! It'll all be gone by lunchtime!

 

[Illaveago]

The government are talking b******s!
Or local Sainsbury's has run out again so that will more than likely mean that Morrison's will be empty and so will the other filling stations .

I wish those Insulate Britain peeps would come and sit on the roundabout on the M4 .