DUMB GAS QUESTION

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Until there is enough refined product, some of the pipelines will be short of products to ship. In the immediate aftermath of Ike, lack of electricity may also interefere with the operation of some pipelines, but it is too soon to have information about these disruptions.
Insight 7. Areas with pipeline disruptions are likely to experience shortages of all refined products, not just gasoline.
While gasoline is the product that is in short supply most quickly because of lower inventories than some other products, eventually diesel and jet fuel can expect shortages as well.
Insight 8. Regardless of whether price or some other type of rationing is used, someone, somewhere will need to go without refined product, if it is not available.
If there is not enough diesel to go around, some trucks will not be able to make deliveries or some road making equipment will not be able to operate. If there is not enough jet fuel for all of the airplanes, some flights will have to be cancelled. Some auto trips will have to be eliminated.
Insight 9. If 5 million barrels of refinery production is taken off-line, this is equivalent to a little over 25% of US refined product usage.
We would hope that the amount of refinery production off-line would drop fairly quickly, but it could be several days before it drops from the current 5 million barrels off-line. It will be impossibile to make up this huge shortage with imports of refined products from overseas, or the use of winter grade gasoline in summer. Edit: See reference table at the end of this article to see EIA data to compare to these amounts.
Because shortages are likely to vary by part of the country, depending on pipeline service to the area, it is quite likely some areas will experience shortages of 25% for several days, even if loss in refined product declines to "only" a shortfall of 2 million barrels a day, which equates to 10% of current usage. At 10% of current product usage, there would be a shortfall of gasoline of about 900,000 barrels a day.
Insight 10. Because some areas are likely to be very short of supply, it is likely that gasoline prices would need to rise to $10 a gallon or more in those areas, to cut back demand sufficiently.
In some areas, there may be temporary shortfalls of 25% of more of gasoline supply. To allocate such short supplies would take a very high price. Government officials are not likely to let this happen. Instead, we are likely to see many stations that are completely out of gasoline, and other stations with long lines, selling at most 10 gallons per customer.

home depot has little red plastic jugs for sale

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I was hoping to give you a smart ass answer for your dumb gas question, but for once I'm speechless. Storm

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Our Tennessee brothers are in a pinch for a few days



There are some indications a gas shortage in Knoxville may have a bit of staying power--a major terminal is now out of gas.
The Cummins Terminal has pumped the remainder of its supply. Its next shipment is expected Sept. 17.
Cummins supplies about a third of the stations in the Knoxville area.
Hurricane Gustav and now Hurricane Ike are slowing supplies.
Rick Davis, the vice president of Cummins Terminal, said there is about 30% less gas coming through the two pipelines that supply Knoxville. The storms have disrupted the pipeline system that feeds the Southeast. Refineries along the Gulf Coast remain down due to the lingering power outages from Gustav. Plants in Houston are shutting down for safety reasons in anticipation of Ike.
Davis said gas will be tight in the next few weeks. Some independent stations that don't have contracts or their own product will have a difficult time getting gas.
Several local Weigel's convenience stores reported they are temporarily out of some grades of gas. Weigel's president told 10 News they are trying to purchase gas from other cities.
Pilot Corporation, which has its own supply and contract, said Thursday night it is taking steps to keep as much gasoline available to the public as possible. The company has multiple locations in other states and 300 trucks available to shift fuel supplies in order to minimize local impacts. They asked customers to fuel their vehicles as normal.

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for shits and giggles....make sure you have had your coffee

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[luv2fish67]

The price here in canada just went up to $1.52 a liter, so about $6.00 a gallon. So don't complain too much about paying $3.50

[WAHOONBOX]

ALL THIS IS WELL AND GOOD


BUT WHAT ABOUT THE 9/10 CENT THING?

NO ONE HAS COME UP WITH A LEGITIMATE ANSWER TO THIS...THERE ARE ANSWERS, BUT NONE LEGIT


I WENT TO BUY EXACTLY ONE GALLON YESTERDAY FOR MY MOWER...IT WAS $4.19 & 9/10 PER GALLON....

I PAID THEM $4.20 CASH.....AND NOW I WANT MY FRIGGIN CHANGE BY GOLLY!!!!!!!



GIVE ME MY CHANGE!!!

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ALL THIS IS WELL AND GOOD


BUT WHAT ABOUT THE 9/10 CENT THING?

NO ONE HAS COME UP WITH A LEGITIMATE ANSWER TO THIS...THERE ARE ANSWERS, BUT NONE LEGIT


I WENT TO BUY EXACTLY ONE GALLON YESTERDAY FOR MY MOWER...IT WAS $4.19 & 9/10 PER GALLON....

I PAID THEM $4.20 CASH.....AND NOW I WANT MY FRIGGIN CHANGE BY GOLLY!!!!!!!



GIVE ME MY CHANGE!!!

marty here is a trick

buy gas in 9 gal lots or 18 gal lots and the price is without the 9/10's.....you beat the sumbtchs at their own game

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well the diesel outage is here. I went to Elkton which is 5 miles for the best price as usual......nix nix that move flat

out of diesel

back into delaware and paid 4.46 a gallon at a shell station on the line

George Bush...would you attack Iran allready and get our oil back to normal......this is killing me man

[bigeasy]

and encourage developement of new oil fields and diversify location of refineries.

The Democrat plan to foster shortages by preventing drilling and refinery developement rewards the oil companies with a tight market and high prices.

Listen to Palin. She wants to increase our energy supplies.

Where does your congressman stand on energy?

[rarhomes]

Shortages, refineries, pipe line disturbance, hurricanes I say B.S. Fuel is $94.00 a barrel today and at the pump it's still going up. This chit is screwing up my whole day.