As the new E10 fuel only came into standard use in the last couple of months that statement is clearly inaccurate (to be polite). E10 is the fuel with a more limited storage capability.
There was a discussion on BBC Breakfast this morning about coverage of the fuel problem. One of the contributors said that the media basically enjoys rolling out the bad news whilst not mentioning the fact that the 'bad news' may only be affecting a tiny number of people, as was the case with pumps running dry. The way the situation was described led directly to people buying fuel to ensure they could still get around.
What better way to get rid of old stock than to cause a panic, wont be the first time, won’t be the last. As I said previously, there’s more to it than just shortage of drivers, they can now stock up with E10 now the other lot’s gone. @Dovefromabove. Did you see WC news last night? The driving school has many young drivers being trained up. They had to buy three new training lorries, My tesco driver said no problems with petrol and their garage wasn’t bad, same customers as usual, shame, you’ll be able to home now and not have an extended holiday.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
I doubt there is any truth in it at all. The retail petrol market is very much just in time and the new E10 petrol only came into widespread use this month.
Apparently, it's true. The new petrol has a three month shelf life. 😧 "Ethanol alcohol fuel blends have a shelf life of only 90-100 days, under ideal environmental conditions. When exposed to water, E10 gas will contaminate and should be discarded. Only 1 tablespoon of water/per gallon will cause fuel to contaminate/separate!"
Apparently, the statement which caused the ridiculous behaviour was shortened, and missed the vital point, which was that the stocks were at a certain percentage of capacity [I forget the figures] but - that was 'the normal level'. I felt sorry for the young bloke who's a teacher at a school about 60 miles from his home. He made the decision at the weekend to book into a B&B for a week, because he couldn't guarantee he'd get fuel, and he only had enough for a couple of days. The guy's doing the responsible thing, at more expense to himself, and trying to do his valuable job. Great eh?
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
As I said previously, there’s more to it than just shortage of drivers, they can now stock up with E10 now the other lot’s gone.
@Dovefromabove. Did you see WC news last night? The driving school has many young drivers being trained up. They had to buy three new training lorries,
My tesco driver said no problems with petrol and their garage wasn’t bad, same customers as usual, shame, you’ll be able to home now and not have an extended holiday.
"Ethanol alcohol fuel blends have a shelf life of only 90-100 days, under ideal environmental conditions. When exposed to water, E10 gas will contaminate and should be discarded. Only 1 tablespoon of water/per gallon will cause fuel to contaminate/separate!"
I felt sorry for the young bloke who's a teacher at a school about 60 miles from his home. He made the decision at the weekend to book into a B&B for a week, because he couldn't guarantee he'd get fuel, and he only had enough for a couple of days.
The guy's doing the responsible thing, at more expense to himself, and trying to do his valuable job. Great eh?
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...