"Fuel potentially at 175ppl by the summer......

[schmalex]

... and the government are considering fuel rationing......"

Heard this on the radio on the way home. £1.75 / litre is going to hurt a hell of a lot of individuals & business. Rationing could hurt even more people even more badly.

We are kind if between a rock & a hard place. The gov't need the tax take, but if fuel goes this high this quickly, there'll be a big chunk of society who simply won't be able to get to work, so the PAYE take drops significantly.

Not really sure what point is apart from "we're a bit fked, aren't we!"

[ShadownINja]

Rationing? It's got nothing to do with supply. It's price and exchange rate which is a reflection of the economy. The "there are too many drivers/we're running out of oil" argument is weak at the moment; give it another 20 years and maybe supply and demand will be an issue. Just look at an oil chart and you'll see how cheap oil was last year; it was the crap exchange rate that kept petrol prices high.

Anyway, if it's rationed, many won't be getting to work as public transport isn't reliable or vaguely convenient for too many people.

[boredofmyoldname]

With regard rationing SWMBO travels nearly 20 miles to teach in a primary school, there are 30 within 5 miles of our house and 8 within 30 mins walk. I know some of those schools have staff from other towns commute to work so surely job swapping would be fairly painless.

[Carfiend]

Is the sky falling yet?

[macdeb]

It's what we deserve as we wont try anything to prevent it. Put up a post on a similar theme couple of weeks back and got flamed for it. Not knocking OP, just preparing him for the onslaught. We really are a bunch of losers on this island.

[ShadownINja]

boredofmyoldname said:

With regard rationing SWMBO travels nearly 20 miles to teach in a primary school, there are 30 within 5 miles of our house and 8 within 30 mins walk. I know some of those schools have staff from other towns commute to work so surely job swapping would be fairly painless.

Quite tricky to get teaching jobs, though, and whether schools would want to swap is another issue as not all teachers are equal (skill-wise). I think most people would love to do their job in their own town but life isn't fair.

[hombrepaulo]

Was that on Daily Mail FM? Talk about scare mongering

[Leicesterdave]

macdeb said:

It's what we deserve as we wont try anything to prevent it. Put up a post on a similar theme couple of weeks back and got flamed for it. Not knocking OP, just preparing him for the onslaught. We really are a bunch of losers on this island.

Agreed- did the same and I got flamed for it too.

[sinizter]

Where did the 175p figure come from ?

[boredofmyoldname]

ShadownINja said:

boredofmyoldname said:

With regard rationing SWMBO travels nearly 20 miles to teach in a primary school, there are 30 within 5 miles of our house and 8 within 30 mins walk. I know some of those schools have staff from other towns commute to work so surely job swapping would be fairly painless.

Quite tricky to get teaching jobs, though, and whether schools would want to swap is another issue as not all teachers are equal (skill-wise). I think most people would love to do their job in their own town but life isn't fair.

To a degree it could be possible, not thinking secondary with specialist knowledge but primary where most teachers are trained to the same standard.

It is though a potential solution to a shortage (increased price) in fuel and the inability of the country to provide decent transport via the state.

Edited by boredofmyoldname on Monday 24th January 19:21

[halo34]

We do seem to be entering a difficult phase where fuel costs are going up but technology isn't improving fast enough to keep up, or at least accesible technology.

Sad really, some of my staunchest petrolhead friends have started talking about cutting costs recently.

[Megaflow]

boredofmyoldname said:

With regard rationing SWMBO travels nearly 20 miles to teach in a primary school, there are 30 within 5 miles of our house and 8 within 30 mins walk. I know some of those schools have staff from other towns commute to work so surely job swapping would be fairly painless.

You'll never get a job in Government using logic like that!

[sharpfocus]

I can just imagine what rationing would do to petrol prices. Bloody stitch up.

[marksx]

Petrol dropped a penny at some garages here the other day.

Now that's news.

Admittedly some of them went up again shortly after but still.

[TrumpyTriple]

People will make do some how, I'm just glad we got that company fuel card just in time one upside should be less cars on the road, the UK is turning into a carpark

[anonymous-user]

if the government was really interested in the environment over tax, they could force fuel suppliers to start using biofuels..New cars are set up for a least 5%.

I also think they could run up to 15%..

Even thou biofuel would cost more to produce the government could allow offset of taxes to reduce cost price, and also maybe given fuel companies incentives to do so..

But I am not aware of this..

If it keeps going up I will produce my own fuel..

[sharpfocus]

How long before a Tesla starts to look an attractive purchase over its lifetime?

[Esseesse]

Won't 175p be rationing enough?

Anyway think of the upsides to the poor being unable to clog up the roads.

[boredofmyoldname]

Megaflow said:

boredofmyoldname said:

With regard rationing SWMBO travels nearly 20 miles to teach in a primary school, there are 30 within 5 miles of our house and 8 within 30 mins walk. I know some of those schools have staff from other towns commute to work so surely job swapping would be fairly painless.

You'll never get a job in Government using logic like that!

I may have suggested some very easy ways to save money in a few recent council meetings, they didn't seem to like the idea that nobody really needed to suffer more than a bruised ego for them to work.

[redstu]

Should be some bargain v8s around in July then.
See there's always a bright side!