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UK Strategic Fuel & Food Reserves - NorthernRaider - 28 March 2012
RE: UK Strategic Fuel & Food Reserves - grumpy old man - 2 April 2012
just as i thought britian last again ?
RE: UK Strategic Fuel & Food Reserves - Timelord - 3 April 2012
I can't remember where the info came from now, but I believe most fuel reserves were gradually diminished throughout the last 20 years and now there may be some on paper, but that will mostly be just what is basically in the system, as you said NR.
This 3 days worth of food thing, I Have heard more recent talk that this 3 day thing is also well out of date. It was put forward about 20 years ago when just in time systems were then up and running. I think now, that if it was a sudden major disaster or political announcement to the same effect, then you could be looking at just 1 day - if you were lucky enough. Right place, right time or wrong place, wrong time - take your pick. Also, if it was a power supply issue, then most of the big food vendors who stock the majority of food supplies - would not be able to sell their goods using the normal automated systems & there is no manual back up (like counting up prices and manually recording sales tallies). the store doors may not be operational, the security & fire systems may be inop & so in the inerests of Health & Safety, the stores would be closed! Until the looting begins that is... By day 2, a lot of the stock in fridges & freezers may be approaching germination. As we know, fuel would not be pumped if the power is down anyway. It could be a lot quicker than most think for the frenzy to begin, but I expect regional or town/rural variation to some extent.
Even without the power down scenario, food could possibly be picked clean from the shelves within 24 hours in some areas. Caution required. TL.
RE: UK Strategic Fuel & Food Reserves - Kenneth Eames - 3 April 2012
Where I live, our supplies come from Glasgow and if we had severe weather and lorries could not get through, the local Supermarkets (two) would be completely empty within twenty-four hours. Governments would criticise me for prepping, they would call it hording. Kenneth Eames.
RE: UK Strategic Fuel & Food Reserves - Terry - 3 April 2012
I knew a bloke who was assisting in getting rid of the food reserve from "Buffer Depots" in the early 1990's, since then I thought the official "plan" was to requisition Supermarkets stocks as needed.
I could be wrong.
Ter
RE: UK Strategic Fuel & Food Reserves - bigpaul - 3 April 2012
when we had the fuel strike in 2000(we were living in Glastonbury then), we noticed the big lorries were not getting to the big supermarkets, but the little corner stores were still getting their supplies because they used small vans-presumably more economical on fuel??
RE: UK Strategic Fuel & Food Reserves - grumpy old man - 3 April 2012
corner stores get their stock from cash and carry's and if you own that business you still have to find money to pay your bills so strike is off
that's why little shops have stuff but when the cash and carry runs out then they will
p.s. if we buy from cash and carry's then it's better opsec because they expect you to buy in bulk
RE: UK Strategic Fuel & Food Reserves - bigpaul - 3 April 2012
trouble with cash and carry's is: 1. there arent any in this area, i think the nearest is Plymouth, best part of a 100mile round trip, &2. they are geared towards business-i think you need company details and a letter heading or something similar, so its not just a case of walking in, grab the stuff, pay for it and walk out again.
RE: UK Strategic Fuel & Food Reserves - TOF - 3 April 2012
When I went along with a relative to Bookers, I did a bit of mental arithmatic and quite honestly they were more expensive on a lot of stuff than supermarkets and the quality was pretty pants. Maybe that's just me being a cheapskate though.
RE: UK Strategic Fuel & Food Reserves - grumpy old man - 3 April 2012
it's easy to start a business account for a cash and carry just be crative with the truth you are not doing anything wrong and if you buy the right stuff and amount would it not justify the cost of the 100mile trip