Severe fuel shortage grips parts of US southeast

[strollingbones]

Location: nc mtns. 7 miles from tn border at most. Gas shortages in nc, stations out of gas, long lines and panic buying. I drive into tn, plenty of gas, no shortages. Why?

Reuters AlertNet - Severe fuel shortage grips parts of US southeast

 

[WillowTree]

Call Nancy! Ask her!






Seriously? I don't know why. We have gas in Fla. but Atlanta, Birmingham, KNoxville none, zero nada.

 

[Chris]

Red states without gas.

Sweet!

 

[Shattered]

Red states without gas.

Sweet!

Posters without brains.

Sweet!

 

[Chris]

Posters without brains.

Sweet!

I think it's great.

All those assholes who voted for Bush now fighting over gas.

Now they can use all those guns they have to do some good.

 

[WillowTree]

I think it's great.

All those assholes who voted for Bush now fighting over gas.

Now they can use all those guns they have to do some good.

got a new twist in yer pretzel doya?

 

[strollingbones]

I think it's great.

All those assholes who voted for Bush now fighting over gas.

Now they can use all those guns they have to do some good.

what kinda idiot makes this statement? i for one didnt vote for bush....que surprise there.....so why am i suffereing gas shortages?

 

[editec]

Another dopeslap from the invisible hand of the market.

 

[strollingbones]

nope i found out today...nc is supplied by a coastal supplier while tn is supplied by an inland supplier. I assure you ...our neighbors in east tn are sick of nc people crossing the border and causing shortages for them.

 

[Shattered]

I think it's great.

All those assholes who voted for Bush now fighting over gas.

Now they can use all those guns they have to do some good.

I voted for Bush, and my gas prices have dropped more than a buck in the last 2 weeks...

 

[Chris]

I voted for Bush, and my gas prices have dropped more than a buck in the last 2 weeks...

So you are responsible for the destruction of America.

 

[del]

So you are responsible for the destruction of America.

and you're responsible for locking up your kiosk at the mall
well done, kirkster

 

[RetiredGySgt]

You answered your own question. Panic buying is causing shortages where there should be none. Refineries were at 75 percent and we have 19 stupid grades of ful so there were some shortfalls. But idiots get on the radio and announce shortfalls and encourage panic buying and it changes everything.

If an area is a little short on gas, as long as everyone buys in normal amounts no real problem or a very small one at the end of the delivery cycle. Panic buying means everyone floods the stations and fills up and then tops off when ever they see any gas anywhere, changing normal buying patterns and screwing everyone at the same time.

 

[editec]

You answered your own question. Panic buying is causing shortages where there should be none. Refineries were at 75 percent and we have 19 stupid grades of ful so there were some shortfalls. But idiots get on the radio and announce shortfalls and encourage panic buying and it changes everything.

If an area is a little short on gas, as long as everyone buys in normal amounts no real problem or a very small one at the end of the delivery cycle. Panic buying means everyone floods the stations and fills up and then tops off when ever they see any gas anywhere, changing normal buying patterns and screwing everyone at the same time.

Exactly.

Classic tragedy of the commons.

People fill up "just in case there's a shortage" thus insuring that there actually is a shortage where, had they not paniced, there's have been no problem to begin with.

 

[Shattered]

So you are responsible for the destruction of America.

If I were going to destroy America, I'd damn sure make certain you got caught in the crossfire.

 

[del]

If I were going to destroy America, I'd damn sure make certain you got caught in the crossfire.

virtue is its own reward. bless you.

 

[Shattered]

virtue is its own reward. bless you.

LMAO. How do you really feel, Del?

 

[Charles_Main]

I think it's great.

All those assholes who voted for Bush now fighting over gas.

Now they can use all those guns they have to do some good.

What a dumb ass stereotyping loser,

 

[Zoomie1980]

I think it's great.

All those assholes who voted for Bush now fighting over gas.

Now they can use all those guns they have to do some good.

Atlanta's precincts voted overwhelmingly for Gore in 2000 and Kerry in 2004.....

 

[BaronVonBigmeat]

Exactly.

Classic tragedy of the commons.

People fill up "just in case there's a shortage" thus insuring that there actually is a shortage where, had they not paniced, there's have been no problem to begin with.

Gas shortages aren't a tragedy of the commons situation. Mistreated public property would be, for example air pollution, or overfished public waters.

And the one and only reason for the gasoline shortages is price controls. Thus, you are able to buy in one state but drive a few miles to another state and they have gas. Some states crack down harder on "price gougers" than others.

Drop the price gouging laws and the shortages will vanish.