How long before fuel rationing?

[Bettercallsalli]

A lot of talk of possible fuel rationing here if this conflict continues.
Will Airlines be able to cope? It does seem inevitable now.

@damelza

Thanks for taking the time to post that...what he said makes sense to me and ties in with other opinions I've read.

I know MOL isn't many people's favourite CEO but he's usually worth listening to when it comes to financial side of things and some operational matters.

Tesco were out of diesel where I live.
I saw someone saying Tesco often runs out of petrol anyway. I don't know as I don't go there.

Tesco ran out of fuel both petrol and diesel down here in Kent yesterday.

Hate to burst your bubble but the oil industry exploration Divisions are looking at oil sources now around Englands coastline .The surveys continue and in fact have ramped up.

We should drill but that will not decrease prices but we will be more eco not having to import as much

I can't explain why your government is doing absolutely nothing, I don't live in the UK.

We decided yesterday to replace my partners diesel car with an electric. We've already had enough of this after the last set of fuel problems - and have the feeling this will get considerably worse. I have been driving electric for a year and just can't believe how cheap they are to run (charging from home).
Used ev shopping today, hopefully can trade in his car without too much of a hit.

Peak oil production was about 15 years ago so now we’re in the situation where we need to reduce demand to avoid constant price shocks. The easily extracted oil is basically gone so we’re looking at even more expensive, dangerous and difficult extraction - including fracking. The fossil fuel era needs to come to an end as it’s going to anyway in fifty years when we run out completely but there’s still a use for petroleum for lots of applications. Burning fuels at the rate we are for the next fifty years will make much of our planet unliveable. There’s already been two price shocks in last few years and people are still bleating that net zero which would cost less than those is unaffordable.

None of this is scaremongering. Rationing which may be used as part of a managed transition is a sensible thing to consider.

also sensible is international agreements, limits on how much profit may be made by fossil fuel companies and equitable plan for transition. I don’t see the US participating in that but other countries with high demand could and should.

Some might but the issue is some leaders who have oil and allow or disallow access to other oil due to geography are not likely to join in and be compliant with pretty much anything.

I have no choice but to fuel as my cars essential for my job & many others will be in the same boat. I put in a full tank which will hopefully last me till the end of this week. It does sting a bit though that prices are rising at the pump & I'm only getting 45p per mile.

It doesn’t make sense. The thing that is going to make us run out is people doing this.

If everyone carries on as normal, it’s much more likes we’ll all get through this fine.

If people panic buy (which is what you’re describing) it all goes to shit and fuel will need to be rationed.

Keeping you tank fairly full is almost understandable but filling up Jerry cans is really not on.

Tbh though perhaps they should ration it.

New Zealand have two weeks of diesel left in the country, and a further 5 days worth ordered and on route - that's it, no further deliveries have been abled to have been scheduled. How much diesel do we have left in the uk and will be delivered?

Australia has even less. Our farmers are alarmed as they cannot source the fertiliser they require for the coming crops, nor can they run the tractors to sow the seeds or harvest. Regional and outback areas are hit the worst.

People don't have to justify their fuel purchases. My jerry cans are only 20 litres each, so not going to cause rationing. It's no more useage than me deciding to drive to Cornwall and back, which would also be a perfectly reasonable thing to do. But they will let me get to work for a month if the pumps run dry.

They might only be 20 litres each but if everyone starts doing that. If you usually keep Jerry cans then do it, but if everyone just fuelled as normal there wouldn’t be an issue
the shortage is people going out of their usual fuel routine. Mine has 1/4 of a tank in, as normal so I don’t add to the shortage

No it doesn't

Overall, New Zealand has 62.6 days of petrol available, 51.7 days of diesel and 53.5 days of jet fuel. This data was collected by fuel companies at 11.59pm Sunday 5 April.
This compares with 61.9 days’ petrol, 51.5 days’ diesel and 50.1 days’ jet fuel in the previous update.

https://www.mbie.govt.nz/about/news/fuel-stocks-update#:~:text=Overall%2C%20New%20Zealand%20has%2061.9,fuel%20in%20the%20previous%20update.

Where are you getting your info from? Did you even bother to check it before scaremongering

https://www.aussieoilwatch.com/

Again, no it doesn't. Where are you getting your info from?

We don’t have any shortage of diesel in the UK because, as has been explained MULTIPLE TIMES on this thread, we do not get our oil from the Gulf. We extract a lot our selves, and what we don’t produce locally we buy from Norway, the US, Nigeria and Libya.

Unlike New Zealand and Australia we are not dependent on Gulf oil.

It’s the toilet roll shitshow (pardon the pun) of 2020 all over again!!!!! If people just buy as normal we won’t have a problem!!

Agree.

I'm only enough to remember some of the panic buying in the 1970s.

A pity those who panic buy cannot somehow be identified and be charged more.

So TACO has TACOed again. What a surprise. Iran get to collect $2m on every ship passing through in return for Trump backing down on absolutely everything.

What is TACO please

I've always wondered too, hope someone gives us a sensible answer soon 🙂

TACO stands for "Trump Always Chickens Out"