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Additives, etc added just before it goes out the door.
You didn't hear this when you might have expected to if you believed such tosh, ie the beginning of the first lockdown when demand crashed - why would it be the case now with pretty usual demand - well, usual until the press got hold of the idea of two guys who drive tankers missed a shift due to a party/cold/flat battery and one forecourt had a delivery delayed and extrapolated it into . . .
(Similarly I saw a headline - "ambulance on emergency call CRASHES into car queuing for fuel" . . . which for me causes images of bits of ambulance strewn across the road, wrecked car, burning wreckage . . . the reality was as they tried to zig-zag around the clowns blocking the road, they slightly clipped the back bumper of one . .)
So, anyway, Now BP have got rid of huge tanks of stale petrol 2 mths over its due date . . and now its in the tanks of cars, and going even staler . . . would they really risk all the claims . . . or would they just adjust the additive blend to sort it?
Really - next it's be the Covid vaccine is really a govt plan to inject trackers into you so they can tell where you are . . .
oh, hang on . . .
I used to work/run a Shell forecourt for THF back in early 90's- we had the odd missed delivery, had to shut batches of pumps, apologise for no diesel, no unleaded etc. We use do shift tens of thousands of litres in no time at all - think a full delivery every day or two. I can't recall ever seeing tanks drained - sample taken if a driver came back reporting problems, ready for independent testing. If we guesstimated demand wrong and ordered the wrong amount of each, we'd run out, run short, or even have to accpt a short delivery due to not using as much as we expected and the tanks were full.
But I don't recall briefing the press that there was a shortage!
Started because there are too many complete and utter pillocks who believe faceache etc.
I know, a forecourt in one place in one part of the UK missed a delivery . . . so, I'll ignore every industry representative, any government minister, who says there is no shortage of fuel - but due to you public pillocks attempting to fill plastic water bottles (which will probably melt), wheelie bins, the 1500 jerry cans some retailer has shifted over the weekend, every lawnmower, strimmer, we simply can't get enough fuel from the distribution depots as fast as you empty the forecourts of fuel . . . which you won't use, because you didn't need millions of gallons last week to go shopping in Lidl 2 mile down the road and you won't this week . . .
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daughter cant go to work tomorrow no fuel in her van to go 
no garages have any in kent
no garages have any in kent
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Onoff
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daughter cant go to work tomorrow no fuel in her van to go
Shell by the station in Sevenoaks had all pumps shut. Sainsbury's at Otford the same. Tbh I though the roads a bit emptier all round today.
I thought it a great way to enforce another lockdown without actually calling it that.
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I filled up at Tesco today. I wish they would make all pumps 'pay at pump' only. I had to wait ages for the bloke in front to find a mask, walk to shop, buy 20 Silk Cut and a loaf of bread before wandering back and putting his shopping in the boot.
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Wish I could use pay at pump.
Because my card has had contactless payment disabled apparently it no longer works on them.
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Being a cynic I often dream up a reason to be cynical where I have no supporting evidence.....
This is the month where E5 fuel gets replaced with E10.
Is there a problem with mixing E5 and E10 in storage that can only be solved by emptying all forecourt tanks ?
That would be an expensive nightmare, how could they empty all those tanks quickly and at no extra cost ?
Call on the gullible masses, they will pay us while they take the problem away.
I am only cynical because in my first job I disabled Formula-Shell over a series of dial up links to oil loading terminals.
The job was to disable the gantry injectors that fed into the tanker loading arms but only for Shell orders, they went out as bog standard fuel after that.
Smith meter Accuload units I seem to remember, heavy things if you had to swap one.
This is the month where E5 fuel gets replaced with E10.
Is there a problem with mixing E5 and E10 in storage that can only be solved by emptying all forecourt tanks ?
That would be an expensive nightmare, how could they empty all those tanks quickly and at no extra cost ?
Call on the gullible masses, they will pay us while they take the problem away.
I am only cynical because in my first job I disabled Formula-Shell over a series of dial up links to oil loading terminals.
The job was to disable the gantry injectors that fed into the tanker loading arms but only for Shell orders, they went out as bog standard fuel after that.
Smith meter Accuload units I seem to remember, heavy things if you had to swap one.
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If you find you have to run on heating kerosene, add some oil to the tank. Honestly, I wouldn't be comfortable using kero in a modern diesel car / van, given the nature of common rail pumps.
However, no less an authority than Caterpillar give instructions to the effect that it's OK for their modern engines, but again, oil is added in a specified ratio.
... and don't forget; if you get pulled and your tank is dipped, you're in the pooh.
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Why is this not a surprise?
www.examinerlive.co.uk
Huge increase in panic buyers putting wrong fuel in their cars
The AA has seen an increase in breakdown calls
www.examinerlive.co.uk
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With owt like this, you usually find something they're sneaking through quietly, concurrently.
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That went well. Every filling station I've seen this morning is taped up like a crime scene, no fuel to be had anywhere.I'm going to give it a go at daft o'clock tomorrow. I need to fill up the truck, and I also need to fill a gerry can for a pump. So no doubt I'll be featuring on social media as a hoarder.
Fortunately I have enough in the van for day to day this week. Next week I'm supposed to be back in Coventry, but unless things ease I won't be doing that. Knock on effect will be me not earning anything and the vet practice won't have their x-ray room operational. So they'll have to cancel the RPA inspection along with any appointments requiring it. The plumber that's booked won't be able to carry out his work to another room, the chippy won't be able to do his work, and so it goes.
Which leads to the question of what's an "essential worker" in the modern world? I hear the latest brain wave on the news this morning in answer to "How do we calm the situation down and stop panic buying?".
"Lets announce we're going to call in the Army. That should reassure people that all's well."
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I have to write some sh*te here,
This seems to be the most read post
But I have nothing to say, that hasn't already been said about The General Public,
Have rural house prices dropped this week
This seems to be the most read post
But I have nothing to say, that hasn't already been said about The General Public,
Have rural house prices dropped this week
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There is in reality lots of different types of critical workers though pc doctrine only accepts a handful of professions as such the rest of us a a great unpleasantnessThat went well. Every filling station I've seen this morning is taped up like a crime scene, no fuel to be had anywhere.
Fortunately I have enough in the van for day to day this week. Next week I'm supposed to be back in Coventry, but unless things ease I won't be doing that. Knock on effect will be me not earning anything and the vet practice won't have their x-ray room operational. So they'll have to cancel the RPA inspection along with any appointments requiring it. The plumber that's booked won't be able to carry out his work to another room, the chippy won't be able to do his work, and so it goes.
Which leads to the question of what's an "essential worker" in the modern world? I hear the latest brain wave on the news this morning in answer to "How do we calm the situation down and stop panic buying?".
"Lets announce we're going to call in the Army. That should reassure people that all's well."
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Pretty unlikely, they're all queuing for fuel like the rest!
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After they went up during lockdown because people wanted gardens and space to walk, play etc.Have rural house prices dropped this week
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I have a credit card just for fuel, balance paid automatically every month.
Works in every pay at pump ive ever tried, debit cards are much more hit and miss
