Britain is sitting on a diesel time‑bomb.
The UK is the world's most exposed nation to diesel. And it is all down to successive governments closing down working refineries, drilling opportunities, and, of course, net-zero bullshit.
We import the vast majority of what we use, and almost 70% comes from just three places — the US, the Netherlands, and Belgium. When those supply routes tighten, British drivers get hammered overnight. No other major economy is this dependent, this vulnerable, or this quick to pass global shocks straight to the pumps
Britain has gone from nine major oil refineries to just four — soon three — in only two decades. That collapse in domestic refining capacity is one of the biggest reasons UK motorists are being hammered at the pumps. We’ve dismantled our ability to produce and stabilise our own fuel, and now every global shock hits us harder, faster and more brutally than almost any other developed nation.
This is a structural weakness the Government refuses to acknowledge but is of their own making
While other countries protect drivers with tax cuts, subsidies or strategic reserves, the UK has allowed its refining sector to wither. The result is a dangerous dependency on foreign diesel and petrol, volatile prices, and a system where British motorists pay the full price of every international crisis.
With US export restrictions being discussed and European refining margins at record highs, every geopolitical flare‑up becomes a price spike for UK motorists
FairFuelUK is calling for urgent action: transparency, domestic resilience, and a fuel pricing system that doesn’t leave drivers paying for every global crisis
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@RupertLowe10 @RestoreBritain