to be particularly worried about this fuel strike?

[StealthPolarBear]

Don't know why but it's making me feel very anxious. We managed through the last 2 so I don't know why it feels like this one will be different but it feels as though it will go on for longer and be more disruptive.

Two words - Media manipulation. Add in the British penchant for panic (how did we manage through two World Wars?) and you have the beginnings of the hysteria.

possibly. But I also feel like there is a load more stuff that we need fuel for now that we didn't in 2001.
Both our jobs rely on being able to get there! As I'm sre most people's do. But at the moment, with the job market being as it is, surely employers aren't going to be that sympathetic

Honestly it will be fine, and there is nothing to worry about. I can understand your anxiety, but try not to worry. Like world says, it's media manipulation

Is there no way to get there without cars?

I think it's Dave's jerrycan remark that's done it. He's now said it was a mistake, however. Not much good now!

Yes, I could probably manage it. It would tke about an hour longer and make me late but I could make the time up. I only have to be in the office 2 days . But i stay over in between so would need to be in walking distance.
Dh could not get public transport. Jd already cycles as much of the way when he can so it'd need o be a combination of that and working from home as much as possible. I was dressing about this before the can comment, I remember the disruption in 2002(?) But it was less of an issue for us then.

We don't even know yet if there is going to be a strike. The Govt will not want this to turn into a major problem - it would be a pr disaster. They will be working behind the scenes to avert the chance of a strike.

Problem is all this panic buying is driving the already extorsionate price of petrol up. The whole of my town and up to 6 miles away totally ran out of fuel by 9pm last night, there has been deliveries overnight but by 7.30am this morning the queues were already miles long again at this rate everywhere near me will be out by lunchtime and the prices have already gone up almost 5p a litre overnight. I'm due to pick a new car up at lunch time and I already know its got an empty fuel tank so not holding my hopes out for being able to even get it home.

the jerry can had me was a stupid thing for a polititian to say , I think people should keep calm and not panic about it , and leave some petrol for everybody else . typical tory reaction , save yourself and sod everybody else , Stealth it will be fine nobody has died from lack of petrol

Oh and i think its ilegal to store petrol .

Maybe the fuel tanker drivers are cutting their nose off to spite their face by striking, with the ever rising price of petrol if people are forced to cut down on the amount they use and find alternatives like walking/cycling they might decide to carry on with these alternatives to save money and then the drivers will be out of a job if there is less demand for petrol. I know it has made me think about how much I use the car for short journeys and how I could manage without it, such as walking to the supermarket every couple of days instead of doing a once a week big shop.

I'm an essential worker so during the last fuel strike I got fuel from dedicated petrol stations but I'm short of fuel now so looks like I may be sitting in a queue later. I'm not worrying though - it's being whipped up by the media!

public transport here is not good
no, no one has died but there'd be a real risk of losing job

no queues here (scotland). Filled up this morning but only because I needed to as it had been 3 weeks since I last got any and was down to my last 50 miles!

I feel sorry for all the workers who need it.

But I am being self-indulgent and worrying for me as I have driving test on Monday and everything that could go wrong has already gone wrong and I am feeling sorry for myself

But people do realise there is no date yet don't they? I migh tbe in two weeks time if at all.

"there'd be a real risk of losing job"

Rather than worrying unnecessarily and assuming the worst, why not ask your employer(s) what preparations they have for a possible strike, what they expect from employees, etc? Their expectations may be more reasonable than you seem to think. It would be a stupid employer that sacked all their staff for not getting to work.

Just having this chat with someone here who lives about half hour (by car) away. We worked out it'd cost three times as much and take an hour longer to get here if they couldn't use their car no wonder no one uses public transport! And they'd have to cycle roughly 8 miles of it too.

i think that its all hype too.
atm we all rush out and top up - giving us all about 400 miles.

then we drive around for a couple of weeks and run down the tank.
Thats when they will strike, not now, not while we have all got full tanks.

i think the treat of strike action is more effective than actually striking, becuase you do cope, but the thought of changing ingrained ways upset some people.

its just an excuse to push up prices at the pumps today.

Both I and ex-H had cars during the last strike. The real problem was caused by people not driving, I worked in retail and instead of the usual 1,000+ visitors we had about 20.

I filled up yesterday as I needed to, not because I was panic buying, but I will need to fill up again on Monday.

COGITO Our bosses weren't pleased at all when people struggled to get in to work during the bad winter we had where the roads when iced and snowed to shit! I was shocked at their attitude then. They didn't give a toss about their workers so I dread to think what they'd be like in a fuel strike

Saw a guy filling coke bottles this morning!

Fwiw we will be very understanding if our staff can't make it in. They will have to use hold or make the time up but no one will be disciplined or sacked for it.

That should have said hols!

And on the positive side, vegetable oil is now cheaper than diesel for the first time in a couple of years, so diesel drivers can eke their diesel out a little bit. Older diesel cars can even run on a very high percentage of vegetable oil. Our last car (2006 reg) used to run quite happily on a 60% diesel, 40% vegetable oil mix.

wow coke bottles that guy deserves for them to bloody explode (and not harm anybody) what a stupid Irresponsible thing to do .

And the filling station should be had up for selling fuel in inappropriate containers....

DS1, who is 14 has decided that the propsed tanker drivers strike claims is all a ploy to panic people into buying more petrol, while the prices creep up and up and everyone will be in such a panic about getting fuel they won't notice the price increases