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liamC

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Registered: 28th Feb 04
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2nd Dec 07 at 14:02

I dont think the fuel protest of 2001(?) will ever be repeated on the same scale.

Out of interest, (and a serious questions as I was only 15/16 at the time) what was the result of the fuel blockades? Did the companies bring the price down?

VegasPhil

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Registered: 16th Jan 05
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2nd Dec 07 at 14:28

No... There just wasn't a lot of fuel.

There will always be enough fuel for emergency vehicles though. Shell near me has to turn off pumps to the public when the fuel reaches 3k litres in any of the 5 tanks.

Edit: IIRC Asda got fed up of it first and started a price war with Tesco

[Edited on 02-12-2007 by VegasPhil]

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Steve

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2nd Dec 07 at 14:29

the prices did come down as a result of the protests yes

Craig W

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2nd Dec 07 at 14:42

Costs me around £60'ish to fill up my tank and that lasts me around 4-5 days, i spend about £80 a week on petrol

mattk

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2nd Dec 07 at 14:44

Im all for a fuel strike TBH

sand-eel

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2nd Dec 07 at 15:47

my local station is only 99.9p compared to everyone else's it seems cheap

Deadude

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Registered: 30th Jun 07
Location: Spondon, Derby
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3rd Dec 07 at 11:50

ye everywhere round us tipped over the £1 mark this week

smack

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3rd Dec 07 at 11:55

i rember when it was 0.79p those were the good times

willay

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Registered: 10th Nov 02
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3rd Dec 07 at 12:07

I am not in favor of a fuel strike.

Jamie

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3rd Dec 07 at 12:07

quote:
Originally posted by mattk
Im all for a fuel strike TBH

K2 GTi

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3rd Dec 07 at 13:16

Bring on the fuel strike!

Haimsey

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Registered: 8th May 05
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3rd Dec 07 at 13:19

quote:
Originally posted by Jamie

quote:
Originally posted by mattk
Im all for a fuel strike TBH

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willay

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3rd Dec 07 at 13:21

i'm sure it wont change anything, just cause everyone misery when trying to get petrol.

Fro

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3rd Dec 07 at 13:21

get most of mine for free

Tommy L

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3rd Dec 07 at 13:23

when is it supposed to be?

lil_g

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Registered: 29th Oct 06
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3rd Dec 07 at 13:24

I haven't had to buy petrol in a while

Kathryn W

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3rd Dec 07 at 13:25

It's gay

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strick206

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Registered: 12th Apr 07
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3rd Dec 07 at 13:53

99.9 at the local ASDA, still a disgraceful price though

RichR

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3rd Dec 07 at 14:17

Fuel protests in the UK, infact protest of any kind in the UK are useless. People don't stick to them or find any real resoloution.

France and Spain on the other hand literally bring the country to a grinding halt and in 9 out of 10 protests they have an noticeable impact. Farmers drop trailer loads of vegetable onto the motorways and main trunk roads into cities, they block forecourts with hay bales - they generally make a better job of protesting than we Brits do!

The problem in the UK is that as soon as supply of fuel goes down, the garages will whack 5-10p per litre on top of the already over-inflated price, sell every last drop to panic buyers, make a killing for a week, shut for a week then re-open as normal!

[Edited on 03-12-2007 by LiVe LeE]

Hamish

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3rd Dec 07 at 14:22

quote:
Originally posted by LiVe LeE
and in 9 out of 1 protests they have an noticeable impact.

that quite a high percentage

RichR

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3rd Dec 07 at 18:41

quote:
Originally posted by Hamish

quote:
Originally posted by LiVe LeE
and in 9 out of 1 protests they have an noticeable impact.

that quite a high percentage

yeah they know what they're doing

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