Petrol Panic

It all started around April 18th, unions warned they planned a strike action at the Grangemouth plant over rows over pensions. As news of this got out people were warned not to panic buy. Although plant bosses insisted there wouldn't be a fuel shortage, as long as people stopped panic buying. Yet people still did.


In September 2005 people all over the country starting panic buying petrol, when protesters threatened to blockage oil refineries. People queued for hours and some petrol stations in the West Country and Midlands ran out of petrol. Grangemouth was one of the plants that was included in the plans to barricade. Have you ever panic brought? I never have, but if I was seriously worried I think I would. If I honestly believed that there may be a shortage, of course I would fill my tank up.

People panic on how they will cope without there cars. If one petrol station reports shortages, this then encourages more people to panic buy petrol.

On April 28th, the second day of the Grangemouth strike The Scottish Government revealed that by midday on Saturday, five of the country's 956 filling stations had ran out of fuel, with 70 partly out of fuel. From this you can see just how crazy people get. Why? Would it really kill people if they had couldn't fill there tank up for a few days and had to get the bus?