Some of our local filling stations were closed at the weekend. I had to buy some Premium Diesel (£2.00 a litre) at one that was still open, as that was all they'd got - but most of its pumps were locked. There are some faint indications on the web this might be frequent situation in the SE at the moment.
The protests at fuel depots are being reported.
Are the shortages so localised that they aren't news yet? Or is this a deliberate thing to try and reduce panic buying? Or what?
Why aren't empty filling stations being mentioned on the news
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Trinucleus
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Re: Why aren't empty filling stations being mentioned on the news
No problems round here
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I filled up in London on Thursday and Lytham on Sunday. No problems.IvanV wrote: Mon Apr 04, 2022 12:28 pm Some of our local filling stations were closed at the weekend. I had to buy some Premium Diesel (£2.00 a litre) at one that was still open, as that was all they'd got - but most of its pumps were locked. There are some faint indications on the web this might be frequent situation in the SE at the moment.
The protests at fuel depots are being reported.
Are the shortages so localised that they aren't news yet? Or is this a deliberate thing to try and reduce panic buying? Or what?
Re: Why aren't empty filling stations being mentioned on the news
No problems here, not very far from you Ivan, so I think it must have been either very localised or a very patchy thing.
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veravista
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Re: Why aren't empty filling stations being mentioned on the news
Asda and Sainsburys had no diesel at the weekend, but all the smaller local filling stations were fine - just a few localised supply issues hopefully.
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Our local Sainsbury's had no fuel today (Midlands) but just noticed in passing so don't know about others.
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Little waster
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Speculating wildly but isn’t this what you would expect to see in a scenario where JIT supply chains are starting to break down even though there is no significant underlying issues with supply and demand?
Brexit/COVID/Russia (permed in whatever combination suits your political outlook best) has dumped huge handfuls of sand into what was a finely-tuned machine.
Brexit/COVID/Russia (permed in whatever combination suits your political outlook best) has dumped huge handfuls of sand into what was a finely-tuned machine.
This place is not a place of honor, no highly esteemed deed is commemorated here, nothing valued is here.
What is here was dangerous and repulsive to us.
This place is best shunned and left uninhabited.
What is here was dangerous and repulsive to us.
This place is best shunned and left uninhabited.
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Trinucleus
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Re: Why aren't empty filling stations being mentioned on the news
Right I've filled up, you can post on Facebook now
