panic buying in scotland....... ( Archived) (25)

Fill up every container you have and sell it a few weeks later. You'll be rich!

i'd also be VULNERABLE!!!

That's the Great British public for you and people will profiteer from it too.

The industry has plenty of time to ensure supply throughout the country, just as long as people don't panic buy.


Problem is people just see Shortage, their brain goes out the window and the rest isnt though much about.Generally people are pretty thick and they need to be protected from themselves.

That's much like around here when we get blizzard warnings in the winter. People who you know NEVER eat bread or don't drink milk will go buy 10 loaves of bread and 5 gallons of milk~~~for no reason. Humans are interesting ~~~


However, stock up on that rice, here in the states we've got an 80 lb limit at some stores. (80 lbs of cooked rice would fill up your bathroom, most likely.

no we had one in the 70s pretty much the same they would only let us get so many gal of gas

I'd love to see gas rationed. I'd come out like a bandit

Indy, there's a reason for that, those people are wghat they refer to as "morons".

Can you imagine what or how long it will take to eat 80lbs of rice? Christ i like a curry but i dont think i will be able to eat that much in a year.

Strike refinery shutdown complete
The shutdown of the Ineos oil refinery at Grangemouth in central Scotland is complete, the company have said.

The 1,700-acre plant is being closed in preparation for a two-day strike by staff over pension changes, which is due to start on Sunday.

The process to shut the plant, which is Scotland's main fuel supplier, began on Monday.

It is the first time the plant, which processes 210,000 barrels of oil a day, has been completely shut down.

Ineos said it could take up to three weeks for the plant to get back up to 100% production capacity following the shutdown.

Despite the plant's closure, the BBC understands last minute talks aimed at averting the strike are still continuing.

Oil giant BP has said that if the strike goes ahead, it will have to close down the Forties oil pipeline.

The pipelink links North Sea oil production with a plant at Kinneil near Grangemouth and delivers 30% of the UK's daily oil output.

From the BBC World News Service

latest headline

BP begins Forties oil pipeline shutdown

The 80 lb limit is mainly aimed toward restaurants. And there's no real shortage, people are just worried the price will go up. As usual, fear of a threat turns it into one.