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

[Mr Celine]

I've still not seen any queues. Locally most people use their cars frequently enough that there's no point filling up because they've got a trip planned some time in the future - in the ordinary course of their driving they'd have used it up by then anyway.

One worrying side effect I saw in central Scotland at the weekend is the amount of diesel on the roads. Presumably eejits have been over filling their tanks because of the 'shortage'. On the 270 degree slip road between the M9 and M90 there was so much diesel on the corner you could smell it.

 

[ClichéGuevara]

There are a lot fewer petrol stations than there used to be. I live on one of the main roads through Pompey, so a fairly high traffic area. Twenty-odd years ago there were three petrol stations in a mile long stretch. Now there's one, right opposite. Next nearest is a Shell a mile and a half north. The one opposite has been dry most of the past week, or manic. Ditto with the Shell when I've passed it. There was another station a mile west- gone. On the whole of Portsea Island, there are 12 petrol stations, plus another five in the city limits. For 150,000 residents, many with multiple gas-guzzling ****mobiles that they must use for even short journeys (next door neighbours a case in point- they drive an SUV to the nearest McDonalds, under a mile away). Few stations and lots of twattery= this situation.

But the ones that remain are bigger.

 

[Tenkaykev]

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But the ones that remain are bigger.

Or further away...

 

[Reynard]

I tried them once. Tasted like Lucifer himself had gone for a Forest Gump on my tongue.

Dunno 'bout that, but I'd rather have eaten my boot soles...

I only use Maris Piper tatties to make chips.

 

[Dogtrousers]

But the ones that remain are bigger.

Or further away...

Hang on, you've got me confused now.

 

[mudsticks]

Did a few miles in West Devon on the weekend, on main roads and minor, all the fuel stations seemed to be operating as normal.

 

[theclaud]

It's interesting how only people who can't afford one themselves refer to then thus.

LOL I can't afford this either but I'm inclined to be much nicer about it. Thanks for the trip back to the playground tho.

 

[cougie uk]

But the ones that remain are bigger.

I can't recall seeing a petrol station add extra pumps ?
Or do you mean that it's mainly the smaller petrol stations shutting down ?

 

[Dogtrousers]

LOL I can't afford this either but I'm inclined to be much nicer about it. Thanks for the trip back to the playground tho.

Careful ... It has more than 8 gears and disk brakes. A picture of a bike like that on here tends to attract cries of "more money than sense". "Not Proper Cyclists!"

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Your mention of “ Premium Unleaded” has got me pondering on what will be the differentiator when Electric Vehicle charging stations become more prevalent. Perhaps they could take a leaf out of the Hi Fi book and offer “ 100% oxygen free cables” for a smoother running Motor, or “ These aren’t just any electrons, these are Marks and Spencer electrons “ with Waitrose offering “ Duchy Original Organic currents “

Fast charging and slow charging I’d imagine

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Electric car owners shouldn’t get too smug though. We don’t have nearly enough generating capacity for all the fossil fuel cars to be replaced with electric

 

[StuAff]

But the ones that remain are bigger.

Not round here…the lost ones were as big, so tank and pump capacity has gone down heavily.

 

[Dogtrousers]

Electric car owners shouldn’t get too smug though. We don’t have nearly enough generating capacity for all the fossil fuel cars to be replaced with electric

Or the various elements required to make the batteries and the specialist electronics, magnets, motors etc.

 

[FishFright]

Electric car owners shouldn’t get too smug though. We don’t have nearly enough generating capacity for all the fossil fuel cars to be replaced with electric

The amount of electric the oil refineries use to make petrol etc is astonishing and a major part of its costs.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

The amount of electric the oil refineries use to make petrol etc is astonishing and a major part of its costs.

But not nearly as much as needed to propel all the e cars