A brexit benefit

[JP_]

no fuel, no energy, no food, HELLLP!

No fuel - well done, we've cut carbon emissions!
No energy - well done, we've cut carbon emissions even more!
No food - well done, we're tackling obesity!

Brexit, the political movement that just keeps on giving.

 

[Captain Nemesis]

The availability problems at some petrol stations are being exacerbated by panic buying, for which I have a solution:

Minimum purchase.

Initially it would have to be based on whatever the smallest tank size there is, but it shouldnt take too long for the DVLA to get a web page up which looks up the actual size from reg number. Take off an allowance for a workable minimum level in the tank, and hey presto - the difference is what you must buy. Or, since enforcing actual minimum volume would be technically difficult, what you must pay for.

e.g., topping up your tank when you only need 10l? Fine - go ahead, but youre going to pay for 50l.

In time, both maximum limits (rationing) and minimums (anti-panic) could be programmed into pumps.

 

[JP_]

Either that, or the media could just be a bit more responsible and not cause the panic buying in the first place.

 

[JohnD]

Either that, or Regan and his ilk could just be a bit more responsible and not cause the panic buying in the first place.

Now PETROL is rationed

 

[JP_]

In fairness, I think the media might be more to blame that a forum poster!

 

[wobs]

Fatima went from ballarina to cyber.

Now she has to train as a HGV driver.
Or is it nursing
Or fruit picking......
Assuming she has enough fuel to get to training.

 

[Notch7]

There’s a shortage of cheap, exploited workers you mean.

Generally speaking, a shortage of workers makes for higher wages, that in turn encourages U.K. workers into those jobs

but higher wages….means higher prices.

Who suffers the most from high costs of food, fuel, rent…….poor people.


And English people don’t want menial jobs like fruit picking….it’s both hard work and itinerant.

 

[Notch7]

Yes, BP is rationing petrol to it's stations because they have a shortage and distribution problems. Why is this so difficult for you to understand? Why are you imaginging ration books? I can only assume because you suffered rationing in WW2 that you can't comprehend that rationing has any other meaning. Maybe you're just tired and fractious. All that driving can take it out of you, though you may have to cut back if the fuel situation worsens.

Does this help? (See last line - highlighted) -

rationed

Also found in: Thesaurus, Medical, Financial, Idioms, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia.
Related to rationed: Ration book
ra·tion
(răsh′ən, rā′shən)
n.
1. A fixed portion, especially an amount of food allotted to persons in military service or to civilians in times of scarcity.
2. rations Food issued or available to members of a group.
tr.v. ra·tioned, ra·tion·ing, ra·tions
1. To supply with rations.
2.
a. To distribute as rations: rationed out flour and sugar.
b. To restrict to limited allotments, as during wartime: ration gasoline. See Synonyms at distribute.

Im low on fuel and called into my usual garage (a shell) and they were only allowing £20 per person….so I didn’t bother, I’ve got a 1/4 tank and no need to go far

 

[ReganAndCarter]

Now that we may have to stay shivering in our unheated homes this winter and because there's no fuel for our cars to take us to the shops where there won't be anything to buy anyway, even if we could afford basics that inflation is making unaffordable, and we may not be able to drown our sorrows in the pub through lack of beer - I get the impression that project fear actually underplayed the disaster that awaited us in Brexit Britain.

 

[ReganAndCarter]

Im low on fuel and called into my usual garage (a shell) and they were only allowing £20 per person….so I didn’t bother, I’ve got a 1/4 tank and no need to go far

So, Notch - would you say they are rationing fuel?



Johnny's such a knob. Will endlessly argue the toss over nothing to show how wrong he is.

 

[ReganAndCarter]

Either that, or Regan and his ilk could just be a bit more responsible and not cause the panic buying in the first place.

Im low on fuel and called into my usual garage (a shell) and they were only allowing £20 per person….so I didn’t bother, I’ve got a 1/4 tank and no need to go far

Johnny - what's your take on the situation??? I'm all ears.

Also, you got enough to get you to London and back - several times?

 

[fillyboy]

Now that we may have to stay shivering in our unheated homes this winter and because there's no fuel for our cars to take us to the shops where there won't be anything to buy anyway, even if we could afford basics that inflation is making unaffordable, and we may not be able to drown our sorrows in the pub through lack of beer - I get the impression that project fear actually underplayed the disaster that awaited us in Brexit Britain.

What country do you live in?

 

[ReganAndCarter]

What country do you live in?

 

[Notch7]

So, Notch - would you say they are rationing fuel?



Johnny's such a knob. Will endlessly argue the toss over nothing to show how wrong he is.

well it is an ad hoq form of informal rationing by each petrol station, yes,

 

[Notch7]

What country do you live in?

1970s Britain


AKA 2021 Brexit Britain