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Re: Fuel Crisis
Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2012 11:09 am
by kay
test recordings wrote:Those oil companies were lapping it up, prices got raised 7p at least where I was...
Shows how stupid the average British person is, unfortunately... and how calculating politicians are
Isn't it the individual petrol station franchise owners who set the price to sell at?
Re: Fuel Crisis
Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2012 1:12 pm
by cityzen
epochalypso wrote:lol I bet those ministers and oil execs are sitting around in armchairs at this very moment smoking cigars, drinking scotch and laughing at you all
I think that's what they do generally..... every day..... in ever country
Re: Fuel Crisis
Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2012 5:32 pm
by vertex
Blenky119 wrote:40 minute queue at the pumps round my ends yesterday. I'm not even panic buying I genuinely needed to refuel but I did put a little extra in to take it up to a full tank.
Meh, I'm on a quarter of a tank, should last me another day or so.
As the weather is nice I may even use my bike
Re: Fuel Crisis
Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2012 6:27 pm
by jazzamataz
wub wrote:"Hey guys, we're being butt fucked in the media a bit what with our 'cash-for-access' scandal and the Granny/Pasty taxes, how's about a fuel crisis to take the heat off a bit?"
"Genius idea Dave! And all that panic buying & cheeky forecourts charging a bit extra will bump up the economy ahead of the end of Q1 so we might avoid dropping back into recession!"
"Now that's thinking on your feet George!"
"Maybe we can try and turn the public against those pesky unions too. They're a thorn in our side."
"Associate them with Ed too. The public will hate Labour. Two for one. Har Har."
"huh-huh-huh, we're brilliant"
"Shut up, Nick"
True story.
Re: Fuel Crisis
Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2012 6:32 pm
by jazzamataz
oh shit... someone else already mentioned this.
Re: Fuel Crisis
Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2012 8:29 pm
by gwa
i hope my bus pass won't run out of fuel.
Re: Fuel Crisis
Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2012 12:54 pm
by test_recordings
kay wrote:test recordings wrote:Those oil companies were lapping it up, prices got raised 7p at least where I was...
Shows how stupid the average British person is, unfortunately... and how calculating politicians are
Isn't it the individual petrol station franchise owners who set the price to sell at?
Do you think the oil companies aren't going to be asking for a cut even so?
Re: Fuel Crisis
Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2012 2:26 pm
by kay
Usually doesn't work that way. But, it wouldn't be surprising if the oil companies separately raised the supply price for the next couple weeks.
Re: Fuel Crisis
Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2012 3:17 pm
by Muncey
Mortal wrote:
Haha!
Re: Fuel Crisis
Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2012 12:26 pm
by JTMMusicuk
kay wrote:Usually doesn't work that way. But, it wouldn't be surprising if the oil companies separately raised the supply price for the next couple weeks.
apparently fuel prices are going to rise 10p this week, i think you may have hit the nail on the head there like
Re: Fuel Crisis
Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2012 12:38 pm
by dindin
This article:
http://www.economist.com/blogs/blighty/ ... ver-petrol
Funniest thing i note from it is that if there is going to be a strike they say there has to be a 7 day warning.
Read something else today which was saying how saudi arabia's spare capacity for oil, should be the thing which helps keeps oil prices stable but the fact theyre extracting a hell of alot of oil inefficiently will ultimately fuck things up in the long run
Re: Fuel Crisis
Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2012 3:40 pm
by test_recordings
dindin wrote:This article:
http://www.economist.com/blogs/blighty/ ... ver-petrol
Funniest thing i note from it is that if there is going to be a strike they say there has to be a 7 day warning.
Read something else today which was saying how saudi arabia's spare capacity for oil, should be the thing which helps keeps oil prices stable but the fact theyre extracting a hell of alot of oil inefficiently will ultimately fuck things up in the long run
It's actually quite embarrassing, isn't it? Lots of foreigners now think we're both really stupid and pathetic...
Re: Fuel Crisis
Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2012 3:42 pm
by bennyh
wub wrote:kidshuffle wrote:whats going on?
Politics fam, POLITICS!
+1
Re: Fuel Crisis
Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2012 11:40 am
by antipode
bennyh wrote:wub wrote:kidshuffle wrote:whats going on?
Politics fam, POLITICS!
+1
reminds me i should download some of this. fucking gold.