mangogrooveworkshop
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| posted on 19/4/08 at 02:16 PM |
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Fuel warning over plant shutdown
Is this not the time to start thinking bio...
Filled the smart up this morning £21.50 less than two years ago it cost £16.00. And thats with a small tank....what does it cost to run a big car now.
Now somewhere in the works one refinery comes out on strike and the whole system falters. 65p in tax for every litre and the rest of the hidden tax on
the company making it.
browns to greedy
BBC NEWS
Fuel warning over plant shutdown
The management of Scotland's only crude oil refinery have started shutting it down after claiming a strike later this month will compromise
safety.
Ineos said its refinery at Grangemouth would be closed for "at least a month", and warned the country to expect major fuel shortages.
About 1,200 members of the Unite union are to strike on 27 and 28 April in a dispute over pensions.
Unite said the changes Ineos wanted to make to pensions were "unreasonable".
Ineos said in a statement that it had taken the decision to start shutting down the Grangemouth facility on safety grounds.
It is important that the plant is not only shut down safely but also remains safe through the strike period
Ineos statement
The statement added: "Fuel shortages are likely to begin in Scotland as early as Friday 25 April, and the whole of Scotland could be without
fuel for at least a month.
"It is important that the plant is not only shut down safely but also remains safe through the strike period and this process can take many
days."
The first stage of the closure began on Friday night, with the first plant on the site due to shut completely on Monday.
The remaining plants would be taken offline in a phased shutdown which would be completed by Friday.
The statement said that the action would also effectively shut down much of the North Sea's oil and gas production, a large proportion of which
goes through Grangemouth, causing supplies to dry up and leading to shortages across Scotland and the north of England.
Tom Crotty, CEO of Ineos Olefins, said: "The union is well aware that a 48-hour strike will cause fuel chaos in Scotland and the north of
England for weeks on end.
"This is a huge oil refinery and they know you can't just turn it on and off like a tap. A month is our best guess but safety
considerations will be at the forefront of everything we do.
"They have deliberately chosen a course of action that is the minimum pain for them, but which will inflict the maximum pain on Scotland and the
whole UK."
Hundreds of jobs
Mr Crotty described the union's claim that the refinery made £3m a day as "nonsense", and said Ineos needed to invest £750m into the
site.
He claimed that the strike threatened that investment, as well as hundreds of jobs, and would damage the UK economy.
Phil McNulty, national officer of Unite, insisted that the company was profitable and the pension scheme was well-funded and affordable.
The union has previously said that Ineos is planning to close the final salary pension scheme after taking £40m from it and slashing its own
contributions.
Mr McNulty added: "The changes to the scheme Ineos are proposing are unreasonable, unnecessary and have forced our members at Grangemouth to
take industrial action for the first time."
Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/scotland/tayside_and_central/7356235.stm
Published: 2008/04/19 13:20:55 GMT
© BBC MMVIII
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blakep82
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| posted on 19/4/08 at 02:27 PM |
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lol, great...
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alistairolsen
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| posted on 19/4/08 at 02:33 PM |
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ONe half of me wants to go and fill everything I have, the other half says thats exactly what they want, and I can do without for a month 
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big_wasa
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| posted on 19/4/08 at 02:47 PM |
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I filled my bike yesterday that I sometimes use for work.
£14  
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McLannahan
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| posted on 19/4/08 at 02:56 PM |
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My last fillup on my Passat was a nice 73.50!
Lovely. I fill up nearly twice a week too.
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zilspeed
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| posted on 19/4/08 at 03:02 PM |
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There's never a queue at the LPG pump.....
(Yes, I know, I'm not exempt either, but I won't tell lies and say it wasn't a very small reason behind choosing to go LPG.)
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graememk
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| posted on 19/4/08 at 04:47 PM |
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i've been thinking about getting a bioderv tank at home to be honest
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trifield
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| posted on 19/4/08 at 05:00 PM |
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Am booked to go up to Fort William on 1st May for the Pre 65 and Scottish Six Days Trial.
Hope there is no fuel shortages as organisers might threaten to cancel the competitions.
There again might be fuel available to get up there but none available to get back home!
Remember when the fuel strikes were called before, I was working in Inverness and really struggled to find any stations that had fuel all through East
Coast of Scotland and back into the North East..
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smart51
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| posted on 19/4/08 at 06:03 PM |
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Their claim that Scotland will be without fuel for a month is nonsense. The Government will step in before chaos takes hold.
Without knowing what the grievance of the workers is, and assuming that it is genuine, the think that I dislike about unions so much is that
they're quite willing to cause as many people trouble as they can, even if they're not related to the parties involved. I accept that
unions are a necessary evil, but only to55ers would knowingly putting Scotland out of fuel for a month. Hit the company not everyone else.
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speedyxjs
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| posted on 19/4/08 at 06:18 PM |
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Anyone who saw my post the other day would probably agree that THIS is the time to have a 240 litre tank 
My tintop fill up last week - £83 but i only fill up every month or so.
How long can i resist the temptation to drop a V8 in?
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Simon
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| posted on 19/4/08 at 06:37 PM |
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My last fillup was £86.50.
Glad to know my money is going to good causes.
Simon
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Triton
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| posted on 19/4/08 at 09:47 PM |
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Cheapest fuel nr me is £105 a ltr denzil is £114 how does that compare North of the border they call the Taymar?
My Daughter has taken over production of the damn fine Triton race seats and her contact email is emmatrs@live.co.uk.
www.tritonraceseats.com
www.hairyhedgehog.com
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RK
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| posted on 19/4/08 at 10:12 PM |
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You can blame the oil companies. They're the ones that jack everything up whenever they feel a bit skint (as you might say). In Canada, (where
it's very cheap compared to Europe), the fuel prices in Alberta where they dig the stuff up regularly, and they have no provincial sales tax,
are not much different to everywhere else in Canada. Guess who makes all the extra profit?
That said, I think you pay way too much tax for that kind of thing in the UK. But governments are addicted to revenues, whether it's from
casinos or oil.
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Triton
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| posted on 19/4/08 at 10:27 PM |
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waking up in the morning tax soon unless it's already there under a different name...
RK expect a pressie next week matey...
Mark
My Daughter has taken over production of the damn fine Triton race seats and her contact email is emmatrs@live.co.uk.
www.tritonraceseats.com
www.hairyhedgehog.com
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skodaman
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| posted on 20/4/08 at 01:23 AM |
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'Their claim that Scotland will be without fuel for a month is nonsense. The Government will step in before chaos takes hold.'
Don't u mean the government will step in and then chaos will take hold.
Skodaman
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dmottaway
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| posted on 20/4/08 at 04:55 AM |
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I am glad I don't pay what you do for fuel! It costs me "only" $55US to fill my truck, but I did it 3 times today!
Dave
Somewhere, in Texas, a village is missing its idiot.
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darrens
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| posted on 20/4/08 at 08:41 AM |
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£98 to fill van up other morning
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mangogrooveworkshop
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| posted on 20/4/08 at 11:50 AM |
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Once it crossed the pound a litre it seemed to shoot up every week since....
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DIY Si
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| posted on 20/4/08 at 11:56 AM |
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Soooo glad I have a works fuel card! I put about £120 a week in my works van, and there's no way I could afford that.
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woodster
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| posted on 21/4/08 at 09:27 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by DIY Si
Soooo glad I have a works fuel card! I put about £120 a week in my works van, and there's no way I could afford that.
Ihave a company van and fuel card i use to be able to get £50 in it if i tried hard ... last fill up £73 ........ it must be hitting companys hard
.... when and where will it end £7 £8 £ 9 £10 a gallon the skys the limit it goes up never comes down ........ flucking Gordon Clown
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iank
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| posted on 21/4/08 at 09:58 AM |
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Went past a garage on the A1 this morning with Diesel at 122.9 paid 114.9 at the local garage this morning, which itself is up 2p on the week
before.
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Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience.
Anonymous
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 21/4/08 at 11:23 AM |
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he he a month costs me £12 on my motor bike
Fame is when your old car is plastered all over the internet
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woodster
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| posted on 21/4/08 at 12:03 PM |
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can anyone beat 123p alitre of diesel
http://www.petrolprices.com/
[Edited on 21/4/08 by woodster]
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