4 petrol stations around the country reported they had no fuel. The press turn this into "NATIONAL SHORTAGE! FUEL RUNNING OUT!!!". Daily Mail, BBC, The Guardian. the entire media all ran irresponsible scare stories and fueled a panic. They gave far too much prominence to a nothing story.
I've got to drive 450 miles this weekend, I had no choice but to queue up with all the people scared into panic buying. Luckily it only ended up being a 10 minute queue where I was (edited)
BBC found the perfect guy to report on this...
I know I know , but I'm here all day as I can't get any fuel, but......
What's the likelihood that a huge amount of those twits that panic bought fuel are working from home and only drive to the shops!?
The media really are creating the news stories now, they're they real villains here.
Typical British public making a non issue a major issue
Yes. Nutters are running on fuel stations just like they ran on Costco to stockpile toilet roll.
Irrational and ridiculous.
There wasn’t a shortage, but there will be now, the high demand will not be replenished quickly enough and will have a knock on affect for weeks now..
Well I didn’t even know about this,went to 2 large petrol stations this e …Well I didn’t even know about this,went to 2 large petrol stations this evening and both were closed, (tesco) another one (bp) had a very long queue and traffic blicking the whole road..so I’m sure it’s much more severe than just 4 across the country.
Stations are running out now because everyone's filling their tanks at once and petrol stations are having to deal with a couple of weeks worth of fuel being sold in 24 hours.
Give it a couple of days and the panic will be over as all the panic buyers will be driving around with enough petrol to last them a month.
4 petrol stations around the country reported they had no fuel. The press …4 petrol stations around the country reported they had no fuel. The press turn this into "NATIONAL SHORTAGE! FUEL RUNNING OUT!!!". Daily Mail, BBC, The Guardian. the entire media all ran irresponsible scare stories and fueled a panic. They gave far too much prominence to a nothing story.I've got to drive 450 miles this weekend, I had no choice but to queue up with all the people scared into panic buying. Luckily it only ended up being a 10 minute queue where I was
The media are the reason why we have so many issues in this country
Couple of my local stations have no fuel and queues are crazy and blocking roads. I've just been out now and the normally quiet roads are busy with people hitting the great British petrol hunt.
Saw on the news this morning that there was no shortage of fuel just struggling to get it delivered to the stations, also only a handful were out of fuel. So what does everyone do............. PANIC ....... And cause issues that weren't there to start with. (edited)
4 petrol stations around the country reported they had no fuel. The press …4 petrol stations around the country reported they had no fuel. The press turn this into "NATIONAL SHORTAGE! FUEL RUNNING OUT!!!". Daily Mail, BBC, The Guardian. the entire media all ran irresponsible scare stories and fueled a panic. They gave far too much prominence to a nothing story.I've got to drive 450 miles this weekend, I had no choice but to queue up with all the people scared into panic buying. Luckily it only ended up being a 10 minute queue where I was
That’s because good news does not sell newspapers
Just one of the joys of driving an EV.
I've probably just cursed my electricity supplier
People are stupid and as the saying goes. You can't fix stupid. One thing that is obvious is that common sense isn't really that common.
Back to home working. Not because of covid but because thanks to this people won't be able to get to work
Yeah bunch of ****wombles. (edited)
Fortunately have legs who knew ?
Don't PANIC BUY is interpreted as PANIC BUY!! half the stations near me in Wolverhampton had closed by mid afternoon and coned off. Idiots
Like others have said, the fact that people specifically rushed out to get it despite most petrol stations having no particular supply issues, will cause supply issues… by virtue that now they’re all in need of stock at the exact same time and there simply isn’t enough tankers to deliver all that fuel at once… :/ besides most people won’t need that much petrol, so it’ll just sit in their tank idle whereas an emergency service could’ve used it. (edited)
This is next level stupid!From my FB feed - location is Rowlands Castle, …This is next level stupid!From my FB feed - location is Rowlands Castle, Portsmouth.[Image]
Why wasn't he stopped, surely transporting that amount in a car is not legal? What an absolute turd!
Until due to the gas price rise and the cost of generating the electric …Until due to the gas price rise and the cost of generating the electric and you charging them ends up costing more than filling up a supercar
if gas price increases, it won't be long before everything else will follow anyway. it will all be expensive, wthether you queue at the petrol station or not. it then becomes a matter of convenience.
The media are the reason why we have so many issues in this country
Not really. Social media is
Plenty at ma station
All the petrol stations in my town have now run out (small town, only 3) and the buses have changed their route as they can't get past one of the stations.
people are still burning fuel in the sky so a okay ?
So many people WFH, what do they need all this fuel for?
I need to drive as part of my job, we've been told where to get fuel from and show our ID.
But I refuse to become one of the sheep and just join the hoards!
It’s not like it was in 2000 now it’s as said above the media pushing a story about 5 petrol stations with no fuel yesterday. Three weeks ago the big Shell station near us was closed luckily the media didn’t get hold of the story then.
4 petrol stations around the country reported they had no fuel. The press …4 petrol stations around the country reported they had no fuel. The press turn this into "NATIONAL SHORTAGE! FUEL RUNNING OUT!!!". Daily Mail, BBC, The Guardian. the entire media all ran irresponsible scare stories and fueled a panic. They gave far too much prominence to a nothing story.I've got to drive 450 miles this weekend, I had no choice but to queue up with all the people scared into panic buying. Luckily it only ended up being a 10 minute queue where I was
Well I didn’t even know about this,went to 2 large petrol stations this evening and both were closed, (tesco) another one (bp) had a very long queue and traffic blicking the whole road..so I’m sure it’s much more severe than just 4 across the country.
The media are the reason why we have so many issues in this country
Unless there is constant unrest, the media will be extinct. So they have to foment discontent.
It's the media fault and they need to be held to account for this chaos. A non story a very slight reduction in deliveries for BP was pushed by news outlets, newspapers and it obviously started a panic and chain reaction of lemmings copying everyone else. Just wait until there are no ICE vehicles and the same happens with electricity, a 30 second refuel will turn into 15-30mins per vehicle.
Keep filling up and when I run out I'll resort to desperate measures. I'll …Keep filling up and when I run out I'll resort to desperate measures. I'll syphon your fuel tanks.
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sorted byI've got to drive 450 miles this weekend, I had no choice but to queue up with all the people scared into panic buying. Luckily it only ended up being a 10 minute queue where I was (edited)
The media really are creating the news stories now, they're they real villains here.
Irrational and ridiculous.
Stations are running out now because everyone's filling their tanks at once and petrol stations are having to deal with a couple of weeks worth of fuel being sold in 24 hours.
Give it a couple of days and the panic will be over as all the panic buyers will be driving around with enough petrol to last them a month.
The media are the reason why we have so many issues in this country
Saw on the news this morning that there was no shortage of fuel just struggling to get it delivered to the stations, also only a handful were out of fuel. So what does everyone do............. PANIC ....... And cause issues that weren't there to start with. (edited)
From my FB feed - location is Rowlands Castle, Portsmouth.
That’s because good news does not sell newspapers
I've probably just cursed my electricity supplier
who knew ?
Strangely though , joe bloggs seemed to ignore the stay in rule at the start of covid, yet listened to the bull about toilet roll and food shortages.
Why wasn't he stopped, surely transporting that amount in a car is not legal? What an absolute turd!
if gas price increases, it won't be long before everything else will follow anyway. it will all be expensive, wthether you queue at the petrol station or not. it then becomes a matter of convenience.
Not really. Social media is
I need to drive as part of my job, we've been told where to get fuel from and show our ID.
But I refuse to become one of the sheep and just join the hoards!
Well I didn’t even know about this,went to 2 large petrol stations this evening and both were closed, (tesco) another one (bp) had a very long queue and traffic blicking the whole road..so I’m sure it’s much more severe than just 4 across the country.
Not much demand for aviation fuel right now.
Unless there is constant unrest, the media will be extinct. So they have to foment discontent.
It's going to be absolute bedlam.
Hopefully there's a deal on hose pipes soon.