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Got gas?
No, not that kind.
BHM near my crib ran out of premium essentially last night...this will be interesting. I heard Alpharetta was bone dry last night.
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I filled up Monday at Costco, been a long time since it was that expensive. Hopefully that tank last me until this is resolved, and hopefully it is resolved quickly
The line at Costco here was like the line on North Avenue when the new Star Wars movie came out.
Sounds like people panicking about a possible shortage are driving the gas lines...
Toilet Paper, 2.0...
The Electrical Grid will be the next target!
no bidet alternative though
Someone needs to answer why a private company controls a vital piece of infrastructure that provides half the fuel to the east coast and doesn't even try to protect it from attack. Then they cry to daddy government to fix it. Absurd they want to keep the profits while the public pays to maintain it.
Tesla time
Bicycles? Walking?
Do you think the government would provide better protection? Did you read about the Tampa water treatment plant recently and how it was hacked? How about the OPM hack where the Chinese stole personal information on anyone who's ever submitted for a security clearance?
If the federal government were in charge of the Sahara we'd soon find ourselves with a shortage of sand.
Did you read what I wrote or just not comprehend? I have issues with private companies failing to do their job and then crying to the federal government to fix it while the taxpayers foot the bill. The public suffers, pays to fix the problem, and the elites get to keep the money after screwing up in the first place. Yeah, great system bud.
And that decision to cancel the Keystone pipeline? ****. Socialism is not the answer people.
People are panic buying in our area the way Tennessee fans rush to buy birth control just before a family reunion.
So is supply the issue or unreasonable demand the issue?
Whatever fits the narrative at the moment
Edit: also a north-south pipeline in the middle of the country nowhere near completion would have definitely fixed an east-west pipeline failure
There is no national supply shortage, so having an additional pipeline to increase supply wouldn't solve the problem. With the Colonial pipeline down it's become difficult to transport fuel to the east coast, so we are having to rely on long- distance OTR truckers.
Could say both. The pipeline shutdown decreases supply which should make prices rise. People also expect there to be a shortage thus increasing demand, again causing prices to rise.
The problem is the laws against "price gouging". A decrease in supply and and increase in demand should raise price enough to stop panic buying and stations from running out of gas, but price gouging laws don't let prices rise high enough.
I'm usually against any government control over private transactions, but when it comes to an essential like gas, I'm actually "for" the price gauging laws. Sure, it'll stop Suzy Soccermom from topping off the last quarter tank, but it also means that it's really expensive for those who really need the gas - like the guy who delivered my pizza today for lunch. Or the folks who need to be out cutting lawns and landscaping to be able to bring home dinner tonight . Those people need the gas and can't afford to suffer through the price gauging.
I really think a lot of problems in the world could be solved if people only took what they needed and no more. It's the hoarding mentality that gets us into this, and that made us run out of TP this time last year.
I would like to know why @Filo_Betto or anyone else thinks its ok to use taxpayer money to fix a private company's mess affecting millions of lives with no repercussions for the company or recompense for the public. Looks like y'all want wealth redistribution as long as its going from the working taxpayer to the elites.
The pipeline is not the issue. They system was hacked and they shut it down. This isn't about socialism.