Gas or lack of....

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Edited Date/Time 1/27/2012 1:14pm
Just curious as to who else is having problems getting gas. Here in the Charlotte-Metro, NC people are waiting for hours at a time to get gas. Many stations are out of gas and closed for business by 10PM. People are going nuts.
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ocscottie 9/27/2008 9:10am
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Damn that reminds me of the 70's when i was a kid and had to wait in lines for gas, stations would put out a flag signaling if they even had gas or not.
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kaw rider9 9/27/2008 9:14am
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No problems here....$3.65.
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Jordan421 9/27/2008 9:16am
9/27/2008 9:16am
We can only get 2 gallons at a time down here...
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kaw rider9 9/27/2008 9:17am
9/27/2008 9:17am
Jordan421 wrote:
We can only get 2 gallons at a time down here...
Really?

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LLOYD22 9/27/2008 9:20am
9/27/2008 9:20am
3.38 here, I wish we would run out so I would quit driving all over the place.
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Jordan421 9/27/2008 9:20am
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Jordan421 wrote:
We can only get 2 gallons at a time down here...
kaw rider9 wrote:
Really?
No but that would suck tho. Gas prices where I live keep going down each week by like 5 cent, its not much but as long as they keep going down Im happy.
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ozfatty 9/27/2008 9:21am
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kaw rider9 wrote:
No problems here....$3.65.
No shortage here.....but we are paying $1.54[aus $] a litre for it. Which from my rough calculation is about $6[aus $] a gallon
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slat 9/27/2008 9:39am
9/27/2008 9:39am
3.44 a gallon in winona, minnesota. no problems..
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motofab36 9/27/2008 9:42am
9/27/2008 9:42am
Did I miss something? Why the shortage?
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user760a 9/27/2008 9:45am
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There is no gas anywhere around shelby NC...it comes in small tanker loads and is gone within a few hours. It is a feeding frenzy.

Thank you, democrats, for spending the last 30 years preventing the construction of any new refineries. Here we are , on the verge of a complete breakdown because of a storm that did moderate damage to an area 1600 miles away over 2 weeks ago

Thanks, short sighted , corrupt washington losers
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Camp332 9/27/2008 9:45am
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This country is in a fucked up situation. We need to focus on our home land before all these other fucked up countries. I can't believe waiting for hours, for gas!
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Cygnus 9/27/2008 9:54am
9/27/2008 9:54am
No shortage here . 3.36 for 85 octane.
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HuskyEd 9/27/2008 10:03am
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motofab36 wrote:
Did I miss something? Why the shortage?
THEY say hurricane Ike damaged some gulf coast refineries cutting down on production. Thats where the south and south east U.S. gets their gas.
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jon(#42) 9/27/2008 10:10am
9/27/2008 10:10am
Yeahh its true. I live in charlotte too. My dad and I Waited in line for hours to get gas. But we could get as much as we wanted
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SSCMIDLAND 9/27/2008 10:14am
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3.74 for 87 here in Midland,Michigan
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ozfatty 9/27/2008 10:29am
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85 octane, 87 octane does that stuff even ignite? Laughing The lowest octane we have here is 91 then theres ethanol fuels at 93 [i think] premium at 95 then the trusty BP ultimate and the like at 98 octane but its about $1.70+ a litre for that stuff
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motofab36 9/27/2008 10:51am
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HuskyEd wrote:
THEY say hurricane Ike damaged some gulf coast refineries cutting down on production. Thats where the south and south east U.S. gets their gas.
I knew that but it seems odd that it's only affecting that area, meanwhile gas here in central Ill. is lower than before the storm.
xnationalwrench 9/27/2008 10:58am
9/27/2008 10:58am
L.A. (lower Alabama) here and plenty of gas here. Regular is $3.65 today.

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WSR 9/27/2008 11:05am
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3.66 around here.
I keep hearing stories about stations running out, but haven't seen any for myself.
I'm starting to wonder if it's just scare tactics.
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Jordan421 9/27/2008 11:30am
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motofab36 wrote:
Did I miss something? Why the shortage?
HuskyEd wrote:
THEY say hurricane Ike damaged some gulf coast refineries cutting down on production. Thats where the south and south east U.S. gets their gas.
Thats just a lie the government is saying. I guess NC is just gettin fucked over, cause in Floridan, the prices have gone from 4.10 last moth to 3.57 and keeps dropping.

Im hopping it will get down to 3$, but that is just a dream...
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newmann 9/27/2008 12:16pm
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The Exxon/Mobil refinery here in Pt. Arthur, Texas was under a minimum of three feet of water. Well over 1000 electric motors were submerged, all requiring rebuilds or replacement. Estimated that the plant would be inoperable for a minimum of a month. Mnay of the other refineries here fared pretty well all things considered.
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user760a 9/27/2008 12:46pm
9/27/2008 12:46pm
we obviously need more refineries
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Rick1968 9/27/2008 1:24pm
9/27/2008 1:24pm
Most stations in metro Atlanta are out.
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Larry 9/27/2008 1:50pm
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user760a wrote:
we obviously need more refineries
or less hurricanes.
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mxtweeker 9/27/2008 2:40pm
9/27/2008 2:40pm Edited Date/Time 9/27/2008 2:40pm
user760a wrote:
we obviously need more refineries
Yes we do.. Im curently working at the conoco phillips refinery in linden nj.. They will be adding on in the next year or 2..
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BDOG 9/27/2008 2:47pm
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If I had to wait for 2 hours I guess I would just have to stay at home. My dad was talking yesterday about how people in this country nowadays dont know what its like to do without.

"I want what I want when I want it" mentality. Had a old lady get road rage on me the other day, giving me the finger calling me an idiot because I refused to give her my right of way. I just smiled and waved, pissed her off more lol.

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Yellow72 9/27/2008 2:58pm
9/27/2008 2:58pm
I find it odd that I live in Texas (near Dallas) eight hours away from where the Hurricane hit the refineries and have no problem getting gas, but North Carolina is suffering a shortage. How does that work?
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BDOG 9/27/2008 3:02pm
9/27/2008 3:02pm
I buy a tanker load of Diesel every week and I had a hard time getting it this week. Took my supplier 2 days to get me a load.
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Moto East Mag 9/27/2008 3:11pm
9/27/2008 3:11pm
It's getting bad...I saw this guy out on the road today:

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