Fuel Stockpilers Should be Shot

I didn't have much to say about the fuel crisis that hit Britain during September (mostly because I was working from home due to a broken ankle, and it all sort of passed me by...), though I was Outraged that no-one seemed to be able to see the futility of the protests.

The current Government is committed to improving the national infrastructure, and as such will use high taxation to raise the necessary funds.
If the tax on fuel is lowered, tax on something else will be raised to compensate. That's simple math's, and I for one would rather be taxed on a commodity that I have a choice about using, rather than on my basic income where I have no options.

Anyway, we're now approaching the protestor's deadline for when fuel tax had to be lowered or they'd be out blockading fuel depots again, and those tax cuts have not been made (though try asking yourself how Shell made earnings of £2.24bn in the last three months, yet the blame is still with our Government...).

So what do the general public do? Panic, and start stockpiling fuel in case there's a shortage later this month. But hang on; if everyone buys twice as much fuel as they normally do, won't this in itself start the shortage? And then, seeing the start of a shortage, won't everyone go out and stockpile more fuel just in case a shortage becomes a drought??

Ever hear of a vicious circle?!

It's An Outrage!!

An emergency law should be passed for filling stations to be policed by the Army, who should be on the lookout for;

• anyone with their tank already more than one quarter full
  

• anyone filling up any sort of container

and upon catching either of these two types of people, would be legally obliged to take them behind a wall and shoot them in the face.

These people are morons, soft-brained sheep, who read the tabloid press and believe everything they see with a terrifying gullibility. They bring about misery and discomfort for the rest of us who are rational, and should be removed from society at the very first opportunity.

The Fuel Crisis - nature's way of suggesting we thin out the crowd.