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Black_Dog on September 28, 2008 - 8:55pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

Yeah, it's really strange that Georgia is experiencing those shortages. And, Charlotte, NC and Nashville, TN, etc. It couldn't be that it has anything to do with the fact that we are in a political year. Just because McCain is running on the "Drill, Drill, Drill" ticket, would the oil companies be so crass as to add a bit of emphasis to the message? I mean, Mr. Obama has even stopped campaigning in Georgia, all but admitting that Georgia is so Red that he likely would have no chance there.

The funny thing is that there's gas in my county at the northwestern corner of NC. I filled up last evening, being the only car in the station and It cost me $3.86 a gallon, while the price near to town was $3.99. And, I spoke with a friend last evening who had just returned from a trip to Florida, driving up I-95 then thru Charlotte. Apparently, people have stayed home and thus the shortage may be localized to some degree. Still, the fun will begin again tomorrow as people start to head in for work.

E. Swanson

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celticoil on September 28, 2008 - 9:20pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

Free-market-magic believers have learned that the simplest message repeated endlessly will be believed, whereas a more complicated one just befuddles the masses. So if you repeat "drill" over and over (that's why the chant comes in groups of threes), you'll be believed. Consequently, someone needs to find a way to fit hurricanspipelinesdistributionbottlenecksrefineryshortagessogetreal into a chant, or maybe a neat little jingle!

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losthorizon on September 28, 2008 - 11:36pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

There's a brand new word for such adamantly 'positive' believers:

It's called Wishery.

It's Reality the Way We Wish It Would Be.

I hear Jiminy Cricket loves it. He might even dump the 'when you wish upon a star' soundbite for it.

It's a word Bush would gravitate to.

Don't ever misunderestimate the power of positive thought.

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phhowe on September 29, 2008 - 12:01am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

I guess I don't get the no-inventory idea. Here in Minneapolis gas has been falling in price like crazy, down about $0.50 past week. $3.39 today.

This acts more like a regional transport problem.

We have 2 refineries in the metro area.

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Starship Trooper on September 29, 2008 - 10:24am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

Part of this depends upon where you are on the food chain....

In Chapel Hill, NC, three of the four gas stations on NC-86 heading toward I-40 have been without gas since Saturday (well, one load got to one station on Saturday afternnon). If you go 20 miles to Mebane on I-85/I-40 they have gas at $3.61-3.69 and they are doing a brisk business. I pumped 12 gallons into my tank on Saturday, the first time I've pumped any gas in 22 days.

Across the street from where I work, they are running out of gas about 1-2 times per week.

So, it's spotty and yet commonplace in central NC. Same is true in Greensboro and it's right on the pipeline.

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