East coast gas shortage

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Anonymous wrote:I'm really confused at why so many people need so much gas right now. We've been using one tank every two to three weeks, at most, during the pandemic.

Some of us still commute five days per week.

Yes, and that is why people who don't shouldn't have rushed to the gas station to buy gas.

You can make your decisions about not having gas if you lived in a place where the gas supply is offline and everyone drives everywhere. People on the east coast drive.

If everyone that drives tries to fill up on the same day there will be a shortage. That's a fact.

[Anonymous]

Good gawd people calm down. If you lived through the gas crisis' of the 70's, you realize this is no big deal in comparison. Things should be back to normal in a few days or a week.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm really confused at why so many people need so much gas right now. We've been using one tank every two to three weeks, at most, during the pandemic.

Some of us still commute five days per week.

Yes, and that is why people who don't shouldn't have rushed to the gas station to buy gas.

You can make your decisions about not having gas if you lived in a place where the gas supply is offline and everyone drives everywhere. People on the east coast drive.

If everyone that drives tries to fill up on the same day there will be a shortage. That's a fact.

So fuel supplies are not the issue?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I live on the GA/SC border. All of our gas stations are out of gas. I passed 7 on my way to work that had no fuel. Any gas station with gas has lines. It’s quite scary.

Same thing as toilet paper a year ago.

Yup.

I didn’t see any of that foolishness near me. It was people filling their cars and service vehicles that drive all day long everyday, getting gas. Twitter is trash.

People are assuming here these are suburbanites. They very well could be farmers that rely on their tractors for their livelihood. If you get out of your bougie suburbs and go out towards Leesburg, there are plenty of farms. Or to put it in terms you city-folk understand, wineries.

If they are getting diesel for their tractor, as they always do, why don't they have safe containers?
- City-folk suburbanity

How do you know those aren’t safe? Someone on DCUM said so?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I live on the GA/SC border. All of our gas stations are out of gas. I passed 7 on my way to work that had no fuel. Any gas station with gas has lines. It’s quite scary.

Same thing as toilet paper a year ago.

Yup.

I didn’t see any of that foolishness near me. It was people filling their cars and service vehicles that drive all day long everyday, getting gas. Twitter is trash.

People are assuming here these are suburbanites. They very well could be farmers that rely on their tractors for their livelihood. If you get out of your bougie suburbs and go out towards Leesburg, there are plenty of farms. Or to put it in terms you city-folk understand, wineries.

If they are getting diesel for their tractor, as they always do, why don't they have safe containers?
- City-folk suburbanity

How do you know those aren’t safe? Someone on DCUM said so?

The same way you know this guy owns a farm and is just getting gas for his tractor.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I live on the GA/SC border. All of our gas stations are out of gas. I passed 7 on my way to work that had no fuel. Any gas station with gas has lines. It’s quite scary.

Same thing as toilet paper a year ago.

Yup.

I didn’t see any of that foolishness near me. It was people filling their cars and service vehicles that drive all day long everyday, getting gas. Twitter is trash.

People are assuming here these are suburbanites. They very well could be farmers that rely on their tractors for their livelihood. If you get out of your bougie suburbs and go out towards Leesburg, there are plenty of farms. Or to put it in terms you city-folk understand, wineries.

Lol. You don’t know that farming vehicles have special gas, do you? Such a good farm boy would know that the diesel that farmers use on the farm is dyed red because it’s taxed differently, and certainly not purchased at your run of the mill gas station. It’s usually delivered to the farm. https://www.quora.com/Do-farms-have-their-own-fuel-pumps-Ive-never-seen-a-tractor-at-the-local-Exxon-If-so-what-kind-of-fuel-is-it-how-much-does-the-tank-hold-and-how-is-it-delivered

Depends on the size of the farm itself.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I live on the GA/SC border. All of our gas stations are out of gas. I passed 7 on my way to work that had no fuel. Any gas station with gas has lines. It’s quite scary.

Same thing as toilet paper a year ago.

Yup.

I didn’t see any of that foolishness near me. It was people filling their cars and service vehicles that drive all day long everyday, getting gas. Twitter is trash.

People are assuming here these are suburbanites. They very well could be farmers that rely on their tractors for their livelihood. If you get out of your bougie suburbs and go out towards Leesburg, there are plenty of farms. Or to put it in terms you city-folk understand, wineries.

Lol. You don’t know that farming vehicles have special gas, do you? Such a good farm boy would know that the diesel that farmers use on the farm is dyed red because it’s taxed differently, and certainly not purchased at your run of the mill gas station. It’s usually delivered to the farm. https://www.quora.com/Do-farms-have-their-own-fuel-pumps-Ive-never-seen-a-tractor-at-the-local-Exxon-If-so-what-kind-of-fuel-is-it-how-much-does-the-tank-hold-and-how-is-it-delivered

Not every farm is hundreds or thousands of acres with personal gas facilities, and most "gentleman" farms do not have the super heavy equipment. This guy may run his own lawn service or a multiple other types of businesses where he needs the gas.

Correct.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm really confused at why so many people need so much gas right now. We've been using one tank every two to three weeks, at most, during the pandemic.

Some of us still commute five days per week.

Yes, and that is why people who don't shouldn't have rushed to the gas station to buy gas.

You can make your decisions about not having gas if you lived in a place where the gas supply is offline and everyone drives everywhere. People on the east coast drive.

If everyone that drives tries to fill up on the same day there will be a shortage. That's a fact.

So fuel supplies are not the issue?

Of course they are an issue, but only a minor one at this point- the pipeline has only been closed for four days.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I live on the GA/SC border. All of our gas stations are out of gas. I passed 7 on my way to work that had no fuel. Any gas station with gas has lines. It’s quite scary.

Same thing as toilet paper a year ago.

Yup.

I didn’t see any of that foolishness near me. It was people filling their cars and service vehicles that drive all day long everyday, getting gas. Twitter is trash.

People are assuming here these are suburbanites. They very well could be farmers that rely on their tractors for their livelihood. If you get out of your bougie suburbs and go out towards Leesburg, there are plenty of farms. Or to put it in terms you city-folk understand, wineries.

Lol. You don’t know that farming vehicles have special gas, do you? Such a good farm boy would know that the diesel that farmers use on the farm is dyed red because it’s taxed differently, and certainly not purchased at your run of the mill gas station. It’s usually delivered to the farm. https://www.quora.com/Do-farms-have-their-own-fuel-pumps-Ive-never-seen-a-tractor-at-the-local-Exxon-If-so-what-kind-of-fuel-is-it-how-much-does-the-tank-hold-and-how-is-it-delivered

Not every farm is hundreds or thousands of acres with personal gas facilities, and most "gentleman" farms do not have the super heavy equipment. This guy may run his own lawn service or a multiple other types of businesses where he needs the gas.

Correct.

His customers are going to have a hard time paying if they can't buy gas to get to work. Maybe he should have saved some for them?

[Anonymous]

71 Percent of Charlotte Gas Stations in Charlotte out of Fuel, Police Warn of ‘Gas Crisis’
May 12, 2021 11:42, Last Updated: May 12, 2021 11:50
By Jack Phillips

Patrick De Haan, a top analyst for GasBuddy, said that 78 percent of gas stations in the Greenville area has no gas, 72 percent in Raleigh-Durham stations are out, 71 percent of Charlotte-area stations are out, 69 percent of stations around Greenville are out, and 65 percent of Norfolk-area stations are out.

Authorities with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg police department, describing the situation as a “gas crisis” on Wednesday, told local media that people should limit non-essential travel, check on neighbors, and should not hoard fuel.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.theepochtimes.com/charlotte-police-warn-of-gas-crisis-call-on-drivers-to-avoid-nonessential-travel_3812885.html/amp

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I live on the GA/SC border. All of our gas stations are out of gas. I passed 7 on my way to work that had no fuel. Any gas station with gas has lines. It’s quite scary.

Same thing as toilet paper a year ago.

Yup.

I didn’t see any of that foolishness near me. It was people filling their cars and service vehicles that drive all day long everyday, getting gas. Twitter is trash.

People are assuming here these are suburbanites. They very well could be farmers that rely on their tractors for their livelihood. If you get out of your bougie suburbs and go out towards Leesburg, there are plenty of farms. Or to put it in terms you city-folk understand, wineries.

If they are getting diesel for their tractor, as they always do, why don't they have safe containers?
- City-folk suburbanity

How do you know those aren’t safe? Someone on DCUM said so?

The same way you know this guy owns a farm and is just getting gas for his tractor.

So you admit you have no clue whether those barrels are safe or not?

There is no way this guy is storing those barrels in North Arlington

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I live on the GA/SC border. All of our gas stations are out of gas. I passed 7 on my way to work that had no fuel. Any gas station with gas has lines. It’s quite scary.

Same thing as toilet paper a year ago.

Yup.

I didn’t see any of that foolishness near me. It was people filling their cars and service vehicles that drive all day long everyday, getting gas. Twitter is trash.

People are assuming here these are suburbanites. They very well could be farmers that rely on their tractors for their livelihood. If you get out of your bougie suburbs and go out towards Leesburg, there are plenty of farms. Or to put it in terms you city-folk understand, wineries.

Lol. You don’t know that farming vehicles have special gas, do you? Such a good farm boy would know that the diesel that farmers use on the farm is dyed red because it’s taxed differently, and certainly not purchased at your run of the mill gas station. It’s usually delivered to the farm. https://www.quora.com/Do-farms-have-their-own-fuel-pumps-Ive-never-seen-a-tractor-at-the-local-Exxon-If-so-what-kind-of-fuel-is-it-how-much-does-the-tank-hold-and-how-is-it-delivered

Not every farm is hundreds or thousands of acres with personal gas facilities, and most "gentleman" farms do not have the super heavy equipment. This guy may run his own lawn service or a multiple other types of businesses where he needs the gas.

Correct.

His customers are going to have a hard time paying if they can't buy gas to get to work. Maybe he should have saved some for them?

Remote work has decreased the need for suburbanites to need gas and most work remotely due to Covid. Small farms provide you Richies with the local organic produce you desperately want.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm really confused at why so many people need so much gas right now. We've been using one tank every two to three weeks, at most, during the pandemic.

Some of us still commute five days per week.

Yes, and that is why people who don't shouldn't have rushed to the gas station to buy gas.

You can make your decisions about not having gas if you lived in a place where the gas supply is offline and everyone drives everywhere. People on the east coast drive.

If everyone that drives tries to fill up on the same day there will be a shortage. That's a fact.

Today is the sixth day the pipeline has been non-operational.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I live on the GA/SC border. All of our gas stations are out of gas. I passed 7 on my way to work that had no fuel. Any gas station with gas has lines. It’s quite scary.

Same thing as toilet paper a year ago.

Yup.

I didn’t see any of that foolishness near me. It was people filling their cars and service vehicles that drive all day long everyday, getting gas. Twitter is trash.

People are assuming here these are suburbanites. They very well could be farmers that rely on their tractors for their livelihood. If you get out of your bougie suburbs and go out towards Leesburg, there are plenty of farms. Or to put it in terms you city-folk understand, wineries.

Lol. You don’t know that farming vehicles have special gas, do you? Such a good farm boy would know that the diesel that farmers use on the farm is dyed red because it’s taxed differently, and certainly not purchased at your run of the mill gas station. It’s usually delivered to the farm. https://www.quora.com/Do-farms-have-their-own-fuel-pumps-Ive-never-seen-a-tractor-at-the-local-Exxon-If-so-what-kind-of-fuel-is-it-how-much-does-the-tank-hold-and-how-is-it-delivered

Not every farm is hundreds or thousands of acres with personal gas facilities, and most "gentleman" farms do not have the super heavy equipment. This guy may run his own lawn service or a multiple other types of businesses where he needs the gas.

Correct.

His customers are going to have a hard time paying if they can't buy gas to get to work. Maybe he should have saved some for them?

Remote work has decreased the need for suburbanites to need gas and most work remotely due to Covid. Small farms provide you Richies with the local organic produce you desperately want.

I love small farms. But that isn't how supply and demand works. When everyone tries to buy gas at the same time, especially when many of those people don't buy gas often, the gas runs out.

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