Storing petrol

broadgage

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Re: Storing petrol

« Reply #165 on: Yesterday at 19:14:41 »

With a new war well underway in the ME, it would be well to review and perhaps to increase stocks of oil derived fuels.
Not just petrol, but also diesel, heating oil, paraffin, and LPG^▸ .

Shortages are possible, esp. if the situation escalates.

Petrol storage is limited to 30 L. It should not be stored in living accommodation.
Butane storage within a home is limited to two cylinders each of 15 kilos or less, no limit on outdoor storage.
Propane should not be stored in a home, no limit outdoors.
Almost any volume of paraffin, diesel fuel, or heating oil may be stored.

A war in the ME is most unlikely to affect supplies of coal and fire wood, but shortages are possible if people use extra coal or wood in place of other fuels that are scarce or expensive.


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Re: Storing petrol

« Reply #166 on: Yesterday at 20:33:07 »

Morrisons must have good contacts in Tel Aviv - they put their petrol prices up the day before the Israelis started bombing Iran Grin


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Chris from Nailsea

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Re: Storing petrol

« Reply #167 on: Yesterday at 22:18:21 »

With thanks for your 'heads up', broadgage, I will tomorrow morning fill up my 5 litre green can with motor mower petrol (it's stored in the garage), the car (it's parked out on the drive) and I will also stock up with barbeque charcoal (also stored in the garage). We have gas central heating, so I'm unable to panic buy that. Wink


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broadgage

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Re: Storing petrol

« Reply #168 on: Yesterday at 22:54:49 »

Quote from: Chris from Nailsea on Yesterday at 22:18:21

Do you have any other heating, apart from gas central heating? or electric heaters.
If not it might be worth buying a portable heater that uses paraffin or bottled gas. And fuel for at least a weeks heavy use.

Any serious crisis is liable to interrupt electricity supplies, as a lot of our electricity is still from gas.


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