[quote=firlandsfarm post_id=279355 time=1633435696 user_id=13159
Appreciated but the 20% figure relates to London and the South East so there is some regionalisation built in. Apparently 62% of stations in the South East (PRA doesn't say if that incorporates London) have both fuels. The balancing 18% have one type of fuel (but doesn't clarify which fuel). I agree that part of the reason for the queues is customers redeploying to those stations with fuel but I feel the greater cause of the queues is the 'topper-upers'.
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... and perhaps this is the evidence!
Panic buying
just in time ( JIT ) business model is a lean efficient way to manufacture and distribute goods and services. the bottleneck arises when you have a high demand for the goods but no workers to deliver the services.firlandsfarm wrote: ↑Wed Oct 06, 2021 9:04 amfuel but I feel the greater cause of the queues is the 'topper-upers'.
... and perhaps this is the evidence!
the job centre and many other work agencies keep a JIT labour database .the workers in this reserves are to be deployed on temporary basis to companies experiencing bottlenecks.
alot of the EU workers formed part of that database. some of them lived in shared accommodations in order to minimise their outgoings .
they held no parmanent working cotracts, no government funding and no union representation . they did well to work in a JIT job callouts scenarios( like the fuel shortage,farming, hospitality,cleaning , care work.......etc) .
there is enough fuel in the country and there is a spike demand(panic buy ) for it , the only missing link is a JIT labour supply.
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Trader Pat
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The last thing I panic bought was a box of condoms in the late 90's
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The people panic buying the fuel should take a leaf out of your book and then they can stop producing idiots that panic buy fuel.Trader Pat wrote: ↑Wed Oct 06, 2021 10:31 amThe last thing I panic bought was a box of condoms in the late 90's
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Realrocknrolla wrote: ↑Wed Oct 06, 2021 10:39 amThe people panic buying the fuel should take a leaf out of your book and then they can stop producing idiots that panic buy fuel.Trader Pat wrote: ↑Wed Oct 06, 2021 10:31 amThe last thing I panic bought was a box of condoms in the late 90's
FOMO is pat of trading … you either buy it or sell itTrader Pat wrote: ↑Wed Oct 06, 2021 10:40 amRealrocknrolla wrote: ↑Wed Oct 06, 2021 10:39 amThe people panic buying the fuel should take a leaf out of your book and then they can stop producing idiots that panic buy fuel.Trader Pat wrote: ↑Wed Oct 06, 2021 10:31 amThe last thing I panic bought was a box of condoms in the late 90's
I managed to buy some petrol from a nearby ASDA at 132.7p/l a couple of weeks ago which was only the 5th time I've bought petrol this year - two partial fill-ups in March, then a full fill-up in May and another partial fill in August. At 11pm on 29 Sep there was a queue of about 15 minutes. The cheapest recent fuel was at 102.7p/l in April 2020 and 94.9p/l in July 2015.
I've now averaged less than 3000 miles per annum over the past 12 years and for that privilege have been paying over £500 in annual road tax, the latest being £585. Road Tax should be abolished and a further few pence should be added to the cost of fuel so that those who do the most miles and therefore pollute the most and wear the roads out the most will be paying their fair share.
I've now averaged less than 3000 miles per annum over the past 12 years and for that privilege have been paying over £500 in annual road tax, the latest being £585. Road Tax should be abolished and a further few pence should be added to the cost of fuel so that those who do the most miles and therefore pollute the most and wear the roads out the most will be paying their fair share.
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