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by **lakes10** » Tue Jan 24, 2012 4:54 pm

I live a mile from the Coryton refinery that is going bankrupt.
it took me 30 mins to get any today and right now theres a run on the pumps.

my best mate works for Vopak that runs from west thurrock and he say they they will not be able to make up the short full as sometimes even they have to fill up Coryton.

theres not just the rear that my area is going to be hit very hard by the loss of 1000 jobs but also that its going to cost hell of a lot more to fill up.

Stanford le hope (that covers corringham) is a small are and abuout 60% that live here are working at the refinery or jobs linked to it.

why the Gov did not step in to sort this out before xmas is a joke.

by **The Good Yank** » Tue Jan 24, 2012 7:29 pm

So it took you 30 minutes to "Get Any" and your rear area is going to be hit very hard?

by **metalhead** » Tue Jan 24, 2012 8:07 pm

Fuel Shortage?

LOL

I pay 10$ to fill up a V6 car when its empty

.. so much fuel here!

by **Woollyback** » Tue Jan 24, 2012 11:00 pm

mine's a diesel so it'll run on old chip fat & charcoal briquettes if needs be

by **lakes10** » Wed Jan 25, 2012 1:27 am

The Good Yank wrote:So it took you 30 minutes to "Get Any" and your rear area is going to be hit very hard?

by that i mean, 25 cars in line for one pump, my station in Stanford was on Sky news tonight "sold out"

The Press are trying not to hit the hard line on this but you will see the price of diesel hit a new high, if you can use chip oil you better start cooking some lol.

very strange here tonight, no tankers can be hread going down the road...very spooky, never been like this in the 39 years i have been here .

all the is on the roads are Sky news van and bbc news vans.

by **laza** » Wed Jan 25, 2012 1:23 pm

The Good Yank wrote:So it took you 30 minutes to "Get Any" and your rear area is going to be hit very hard?

by **lakes10** » Wed Jan 25, 2012 3:06 pm

laza wrote:
The Good Yank wrote:So it took you 30 minutes to "Get Any" and your rear area is going to be hit very hard?

on another not, most of the stations are closed around here now, all run out.

by **andy_g** » Wed Jan 25, 2012 4:27 pm

i'm on the edge of my seat

by **maguskwt** » Wed Jan 25, 2012 5:14 pm

Serves mankind right... how dare we base the world's energy consumption on fossil fuel...

by **metalhead** » Wed Jan 25, 2012 6:12 pm

maguskwt wrote:Serves mankind right... how dare we base the world's energy consumption on fossil fuel...

bring back the dark ages

by **damjan193** » Wed Jan 25, 2012 7:42 pm

Forget your car mate, just ride a bike like I do

. Fuel here is like 1 pound per liter, and the average income people make in a moth is like 150-200 pounds.

by **SupitsJonF** » Thu Jan 26, 2012 5:27 am

metalhead wrote:Fuel Shortage?

LOL

I pay 10$ to fill up a V6 car when its empty .. so much fuel here!

Cost me $42

by **lakes10** » Thu Jan 26, 2012 8:39 am

going up by 3p at some pumps now.

so that means it will cost me just under £80 to fill up.

by **woof woof !** » Thu Jan 26, 2012 9:43 am

From "Low Tech" magazine

Wood gas cars (also known as producer gas cars) are a not-so-elegant but surprisingly efficient and ecological alternative to their petrol (gasoline) cousins, whilst their range is comparable to that of electric cars.

Rising fuel prices and global warming have caused renewed interest in this almost-forgotten technology: worldwide, dozens of handymen drive around in their home-made woodmobiles.

Wood gasification is a proces whereby organic material is converted into a combustible gas under the influence of heat - the process reaches a temperature of 1,400 °C (2,550 °F). The first use of wood gasification dates back to 1870s, when it was used as a forerunner of natural gas for street lighting and cooking.

In the 1920s, German engineer Georges Imbert developed a wood gas generator for mobile use. The gases were cleaned and dried and then fed into the vehicle's combustion engine, which barely needs to be adapted. The Imbert generator was mass produced from 1931 on. At the end of the 1930s, about 9,000 wood gas vehicles were in use, almost exclusively in Europe.

A wood gas generator - which looks like a large water heater - can be placed on a trailer (although this makes the vehicle difficult to park), in the boot (trunk) of a car (although this uses up nearly all the luggage space), or on a platform at the front or the back of the vehicle (the most popular option in Europe). In the case of an American pickup, the generator is placed in the truck bed.

American Dave Nichols can load 180 kilograms (400 pounds) of wood into the back of his 1989 Ford pickup truck. This takes him 965 kilometres (600 miles) far, a range that is comparable to a fossil fuel powered car. The merit of this is discussable, of course, as to do this Nichols has to stop regularly to refill the tank: if he loaded the back of his pickup with gasoline, then he could drive even further.

link to full article and photo's

You've got an axe Lakes and Epping forest isn't that far away, problem solved.

by **laza** » Thu Jan 26, 2012 10:06 am

England isn't that big , can't you just use Shank's pony

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