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.
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.
Here's the problem.....
"The facebook told me we ain't gonna have gas."
And here those same people are two hours later...
How many of these panic buyers do you think will try to return gas?
.......and **** were they thinking???
I pull a tank OTR and the problem is shortage of drivers who can pass drug tests, gov’t haz mat background checks and willingness to actually work! When the flow of gas is shut down for a day, truckers have to run harder to make up for it!
I've seen people using plastic bins with no lids. Wannabe Doomsday preppers are not the brightest bunch
Hopefully this gets sorted out soon. Otherwise we're all counting on you and the other truckers that pull tanks to put in even more work
Forestry dawg needs to do meme from MadMax!!
I would love to help them out, but I pull chemical tanks. They are working as hard as they can, but then again government regulations limit how long they can drive!
