To think if you don't want people to panic buy fuel...

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... you probably shouldn't tell them not to?

Those who took umbrage at my post must be so confuddled in your panic buying that you missed my first paragraph;

Unless you only have a car as an option to get to work or some other emergency must do daily activity then no you shouldnt be panic buying..or just topping up/keeping filled up

Nothing like being professionally offended though eh?

Amber, but you also said " And it's perfectly possible to exist without a car" or similar - cant' cut and paste as on the move. This might be possible for some but not for all.

What does "professionally offended mean"?

Rose, I said that in relation to those who are not included in my first paragraph!

I am fully aware that a car is essential for some, I have a disabled child myself so I do know that its a necessity for some, which is why I wrote what I did at the start of my post!

My mother is disabled and lives semi rurally so she too needs a car.

Unless you fall into the categories mentioned at the start of my first post on this thread, then sorry but no you really dont need a car.

Amber maybe your post was a bit passive/aggressive?

^^. It is for you. When I first moved to this village there was a bus service, albeit a poor one now it is non existant. There are no buses in this village, no trains and taxis are well out of my reach. I can supermarket shop online but I do need to get to work. If fuel runs out it runs out, I refuse to panic buy but I would like to be able to get about my daily business without the threat of petrol shortages hanging over me. I would also like to know that should I need an ambulance for DD or in my professional life that it will be there. This fuel situation will affect each and everyone of us in some way.

OMG.

I really did think that after reading my first paragraph in my first post that people would know that I wasnt refering to people that have to drive because of 1. work 2. mobility issues [yours or your DCs] 3. living rurally.

Other than that, yes sorry but I think its merely convenience not necessity.

These threads on here today reminded me to fill up. For once there was no queue at our local petrol station and I filled up YES A FULL TANK and wondered what all the fuss was about.

Am at all the tales of long queues though!

But there are plenty of other reasons to own a car. Those who are retired, for example. Even in towns and cities some cannot get transport to where they want to go easily. You may, for example, live in a town but have relatives to visit rurally. You may have a dog and want to drive to green open spaces. Your list is judgemental and there are dozens of circumstances in which car ownership is important to people.

Hey kal - a chocolate shortage is actually predicted. here

Your list is judgemental and there are dozens of circumstances in which car ownership is important to people

Important to people is not the same as necessity though is it?

Which is kind of my point.

But, to them it is a necessity. It just might not be to you. I believe people should be allowed to make those kind of choices for themselves, based on their circumstances.

This is what I mean by professionally offended

Well good luck to them with their 'choices' at the petrol pumps then.