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Slovenia has introduced fuel rationing and EU say fuel supply is critical, according to the Guardian Live Blog this morning

UK Government has rejected UK Petroleum/Exploration Trade Body suggestion to raise North Sea Oil/Gas production, despite benefits of reduced emissions from reduced shipping costs, marginal benefits to Balance of Payments, and knock on advantage of steadying the Financial Markets [thereby helping to ease interest rates and reducing UK debt servicing costs], merely replying that UK must get away from fossil fuels ...

But the latter won't happen this side of the weekend, and vehicles will need refuelled by then ... And I have a vested interest - after UK exit fom EU, medication is sourced from wherever it is available, and my last pack of pills was produced in Slovenia, who have introduced fuel rationing ... My next post could be from A&E ... :rolleyes:

Steve
 
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trevskoda said:
A factory beside my old unit went bust, they had a big big tank full of oil, we had the lot before the liquidators arrived, boss told us we could have it.
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'O'i'll take that, sur, ef it's goa'in', as someone might have said south of the Border, but down Mexico way ... :ROFLMAO:

Steve
 
Rob, there was a few mins clip on brekkie news last week about rural areas, in this case, England. Young couple interviewed, tank recently brimmed @ a total cost of £750-ish. Got up in the morning, woman looked at fuel content device in the house, flickering, checked tank, fuel all gone, they heard nothing, including their dog. To refuel at the time of this report, cost @ £1600, more double the price. Similar report with a farm, fuel nicked.

Again down south, Sussex? Police stopped a transit van, on inspecting inside, one off those large plastic tanks with alloy tube frame around it to beef it up, kero inside, also 12V pumping equipment with other wrecking gear found. Charged on suspicion of fuel theft.

How does LPG compare with kero cost wise, not a nickable product in those large steel tanks?
 
marchie said:
Slovenia has introduced fuel rationing and EU say fuel supply is critical, according to the Guardian Live Blog this morning

UK Government has rejected UK Petroleum/Exploration Trade Body suggestion to raise North Sea Oil/Gas production, despite benefits of reduced emissions from reduced shipping costs, marginal benefits to Balance of Payments, and knock on advantage of steadying the Financial Markets [thereby helping to ease interest rates and reducing UK debt servicing costs], merely replying that UK must get away from fossil fuels ...

But the latter won't happen this side of the weekend, and vehicles will need refuelled by then ... And I have a vested interest - after UK exit fom EU, medication is sourced from wherever it is available, and my last pack of pills was produced in Slovenia, who have introduced fuel rationing ... My next post could be from A&E ... :rolleyes:

Steve
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As I read it Slovenia actually has plenty of fuel but it is suffering from significantly increased demand as their prices are much lower than neighbouring countries so drivers (especially HGV) are literally travelling cross border into Slovenia for cheaper fuel. Yet again a case of unnecessary fuel buying causing the non existent shortage!
 
runnach said:
Rob, there was a few mins clip on brekkie news last week about rural areas, in this case, England. Young couple interviewed, tank recently brimmed @ a total cost of £750-ish. Got up in the morning, woman looked at fuel content device in the house, flickering, checked tank, fuel all gone, they heard nothing, including their dog. To refuel at the time of this report, cost @ £1600, more double the price. Similar report with a farm, fuel nicked.

Again down south, Sussex? Police stopped a transit van, on inspecting inside, one off those large plastic tanks with alloy tube frame around it to beef it up, kero inside, also 12V pumping equipment with other wrecking gear found. Charged on suspicion of fuel theft.

How does LPG compare with kero cost wise, not a nickable product in those large steel tanks?
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Gas works out at 1% less efc than oil, not much difference, but only problem is you cannot work at/on gas boilers by law, with oil/wood coal you can do as you like.
 
runnach said:
Rob, there was a few mins clip on brekkie news last week about rural areas, in this case, England. Young couple interviewed, tank recently brimmed @ a total cost of £750-ish. Got up in the morning, woman looked at fuel content device in the house, flickering, checked tank, fuel all gone, they heard nothing, including their dog. To refuel at the time of this report, cost @ £1600, more double the price. Similar report with a farm, fuel nicked.

Again down south, Sussex? Police stopped a transit van, on inspecting inside, one off those large plastic tanks with alloy tube frame around it to beef it up, kero inside, also 12V pumping equipment with other wrecking gear found. Charged on suspicion of fuel theft.

How does LPG compare with kero cost wise, not a nickable product in those large steel tanks?
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Just had our delivery Terry, £695 for 500 litres and now full, the tank is 1100 litres so the tank sensor is obviously not very accurate.

We had it topped up with 400 litres 3 weeks ago but due to a faulty valve (now fixed) we got through that and an extra 100 litres in no time!
 
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Robmac said:
Just had our delivery Terry, £695 for 500 litres and now full, the tank is 1100 litres so the tank sensor is obviously not very accurate.

We had it topped up with 400 litres 3 weeks ago but due to a faulty valve (now fixed) we got through that and an extra 100 litres in no time!
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Bloomin heck Rob, that is £1.39 a litre :eek:

When I used kero here at home £500 would fill up my then 2500 litre tank. I liked the kero, full tank would last me all year, with some left over. And as Trev stated, boiler maintenance is a dawdle. Corrosion to top of metal tank saw the end of kero, I was cheaper buying and installing a gas boiler than replace tank. I installed a mains gas pipe into the boiler house when I had mains gas installed to the house, that was back in the day when there was no charge to run pipe up meter, which was a very short distance. Never looked back since.

What boils my pee with dual fuel are the daily standing charges, a rip off, at least Dick Turpin wore a mask!!
 
Just taken granddaughter to the airport. Diesel prices there were between 175.9 and 176.9. Back home near Banchory our prices are 165.9 at one garage and 164.9 at the other. Doesn’t bother me too much until we go off to Norway in the van next month as both our cars are EV’s charging either for free (solar or free supercharging) or in the worst case at 6.5p/kwh!!
 
Ni oil price today.
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I've been out doing some IT consultancy today with a client that has a chain of huge industrial quarry plants etc. Its like being in that series Landman. :D We drove out to a site and the rising fuel costs came up in conversation and he reckons the rise in price is already costing them an extra £2000 a day. He could have been making it up so I might have some sympathy but he is still getting a humongous bill. :D
 
barryd said:
I've been out doing some IT consultancy today with a client that has a chain of huge industrial quarry plants etc. Its like being in that series Landman. :D We drove out to a site and the rising fuel costs came up in conversation and he reckons the rise in price is already costing them an extra £2000 a day. He could have been making it up so I might have some sympathy but he is still getting a humongous bill. :D
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Tell client you wore a mask writing up his invoice 🤭
 
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