uk fuel strike

Post by **Don Carlos** » Mon Sep 12, 2005 3:26 pm

anyone got a full tank?
Petrol stations are being stucked dry here...
I plan to be driving to work and thats it...
no little trips or anything.

Gonna happen or not?

Post by **Mr.Magnetichead** » Mon Sep 12, 2005 3:28 pm

I hope so. It rocks when it happens.

Post by **phantasmagoria** » Mon Sep 12, 2005 3:30 pm

I'll be participating,

mainly due to not owning a vehicle

Post by **Foo** » Mon Sep 12, 2005 3:32 pm

lol yeah same.

Post by **PhoeniX** » Mon Sep 12, 2005 3:34 pm

I'm on about half a tank of diesel, good thing about diesels is petrol always gets sucked first

Post by **4days** » Mon Sep 12, 2005 3:40 pm

there was a queue for the petrol station blocking traffic on the way back from lunch.

got emergency supplies in at the weekend.

Post by **losCHUNK** » Mon Sep 12, 2005 3:41 pm

w00t

hope they do a better job this time, like making sure my manager runs out of petrol

Post by **-Nick-** » Mon Sep 12, 2005 5:27 pm

lol, you fools panic buying. think about it, only 3 days of protests, fucks sake guys, panic buying fucks everyone else up.

mind you i'm not bothered, emergency services get to pass through to designated fuel stations anyway

Post by **4days** » Mon Sep 12, 2005 5:33 pm

i'm not going to risk losing time or money. if there's a wave of panic then i want to be riding the crest of it

something that would clean up the roads and bring fuel prices down is getting a lot of the heavy vehicles off of them. we'd have a canal and rail system for freight if we looked after the damn thing.

Post by **-Nick-** » Mon Sep 12, 2005 5:35 pm

i still reckon, the whole country, fuck the cars off for one day. get on public transport and watch us come to a standstill. the system can't cope, blair will be forced to look at the state of it, and possibly actually spend road tax on transport, heaven forbid.

Post by **4days** » Mon Sep 12, 2005 5:40 pm

that would be a good protest

Post by **Don Carlos** » Mon Sep 12, 2005 6:28 pm

-Nick- wrote:i still reckon, the whole country, fuck the cars off for one day. get on public transport and watch us come to a standstill. the system can't cope, blair will be forced to look at the state of it, and possibly actually spend road tax on transport, heaven forbid.

w3rd

That would be amazing

Post by **Pauly** » Mon Sep 12, 2005 6:34 pm

I am sorted. I fixed my car to run on cum. I have been wanking furiously into my fuel tank all day.

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Mon Sep 12, 2005 6:44 pm

phantasmagoria wrote:I'll be participating,

mainly due to not owning a vehicle

Post by **PhoeniX** » Mon Sep 12, 2005 6:50 pm

Now I need to syphon out about £15's worth of diesel from my other car to put in my new one

.

Post by **Chupacabra** » Mon Sep 12, 2005 7:21 pm

can someone give some background info on this please?

i read an article about it but not sure i totally understood whats going on. so the british government is talking about limiting fuel purchases/times etc. so people are rushing to get as much fuel as possible?

who is "protesting"?

Post by **PhoeniX** » Mon Sep 12, 2005 7:37 pm

Chupacabra wrote:can someone give some background info on this please?

i read an article about it but not sure i totally understood whats going on. so the british government is talking about limiting fuel purchases/times etc. so people are rushing to get as much fuel as possible?

who is "protesting"?

Because we are paying nearly £1 a LITER and the government are raping about 70% profit on each liter of petrol sold. Therefore people are deciding to strike to get the government to realise and drop the fuel prices.

Post by **-Nick-** » Mon Sep 12, 2005 7:44 pm

mate. try 93% tax, i think it may be more. protesters are going to block the refinary's (sp) for three days starting wednesday. this has caused people to fly into a blind panic and fill up, therefore pumping the country dry - which is not needed, you have people who usually tinkle about to and from the shops, who fill up once a week, now topping up to the top because they are stupid.

one of my mates hardly uses his motor, he had 3/4 of a tank which usually lasts about a week and a half, the fucking mong then blitzed down to the garage and filled up. gets my back right up. fucking idiots

Post by **Chupacabra** » Mon Sep 12, 2005 7:48 pm

i think the problem is worse in the states but theres not too much being done here (average income in UK is twice as much as the US and gas prices are double there. everything in the US is spread out much more so it creates a bigger problem. plus the alternatives to car travel are more abundant there).

anyway, thats good you guys are doing something about it. instead of the government raking it in, the oil companies here in the U.S. are rolling in profits.

Post by **-Nick-** » Mon Sep 12, 2005 7:50 pm

wont do shit though. blair will stand his ground, fat arse two jags or whichever bender is callin the shots now will still be 100% cock in hand with blair.

Post by **4days** » Mon Sep 12, 2005 7:54 pm

there was an email doing the rounds that suggested boycotting esso. if anyone got it together, that'd be noticed much more than a few days of what should be superfluous truckers getting their panties in a bunch.

Post by **-Nick-** » Mon Sep 12, 2005 7:56 pm

tried a while ago, esso said they suffered a loss. but, for me anyway, i have no esso garages within 10 miles or so, so wouldn't affect me. fuck em man.