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Ruben Cutts

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The wicked problem of petroleum in our lives

Correct.

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The wicked problem of petroleum in our lives

I think the majority would be.

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The wicked problem of petroleum in our lives

If I was to say there were 2,000 to 3,000 products here in the branch, I would suspect at least 80% of them would have some type of component that's petroleum-based.

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The wicked problem of petroleum in our lives

Petroleum, we don't just build it, we build with it.

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The wicked problem of petroleum in our lives

And for plumbing, it is absolutely essential.

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The wicked problem of petroleum in our lives

We rely on it.

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The wicked problem of petroleum in our lives

There are alternatives, but they are more expensive, and we don't use them like we used to.

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The wicked problem of petroleum in our lives

Here you've got metal pipework, which is obviously copper.

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The wicked problem of petroleum in our lives

It's a commodity product, and especially over the last 12 months, it's been very volatile, and the price has increased considerably.

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The wicked problem of petroleum in our lives

If we just walk the shelves a little, we've seen the fittings over here, but here is glues and solvents and silicons, which are all petroleum-based as well.

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The wicked problem of petroleum in our lives

So it's not just the actual pipework.

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The wicked problem of petroleum in our lives

There are a whole lot of different compounds to seal things together.

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The wicked problem of petroleum in our lives

Even the rubber gloves there that we have to wear sometimes when we're doing the...

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The wicked problem of petroleum in our lives

the jobs that are a little bit more nasty.

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The wicked problem of petroleum in our lives

Then even with our, we've got, I'm holding a copper fitting in my hand here, which is a press fitting.

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The wicked problem of petroleum in our lives

So rather than welding it like we used to back in the day.

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The wicked problem of petroleum in our lives

This is a press fitting, so it's crimped and we've got an O-ring there.

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The wicked problem of petroleum in our lives

So even though that's a metal fitting, we've still got petroleum-based product included in the fitting.

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The wicked problem of petroleum in our lives

But there's all sorts of fittings, fastenings, there's downpipe and spouting, so it's not just the pipework.

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The wicked problem of petroleum in our lives

We do, yes.