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Labor Day Fuel Prices and Rationing
Gene Kearns wrote:
I just bought some gasoline for my school. Originally, we had settled on a figure for 87 Octane, but I eventually bought 93 Octane, since the allocation of 87 was used up and it was no longer available. Yep. Gasoline rationing is now going on at the fuel farm to distributor level .... Two to three (or more) pipeline's pumping stations have been flooded and it is impossible to "ship" gas to the fuel farms. This may last for weeks. This could have a bigger effect on people's gas consumption than anything yet. For example, my wife & I are considering *not* going down to the boat this weekend (a 3 hour drive) due to uncertainy about gas. We can get there & back on a tank, but then we have to go to work the next day (and the nexty day, etc etc). I bet this will have a big impact on people's boat use... seemed to me that most made light of fuel expense in an earlier thread on the subject. Thanks for the info, Gene! Fair Skies Doug King |
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On Thu, 01 Sep 2005 15:40:45 GMT, Gene Kearns
wrote: I just bought some gasoline for my school. Originally, we had settled on a figure for 87 Octane, but I eventually bought 93 Octane, since the allocation of 87 was used up and it was no longer available. Yep. Gasoline rationing is now going on at the fuel farm to distributor level and I personally know of two stations that were out of fuel last night.... though they may receive a limited delivery this morning. The reason I post is I asked my supplier what would happen this Labor Day weekend and he replied that some people were likely to go on vacation and not be able to purchase fuel for recreational purposes and/or the RETURN TRIP.... due to stations just running out... due to limited deliveries. Two to three (or more) pipeline's pumping stations have been flooded and it is impossible to "ship" gas to the fuel farms. This may last for weeks. Be safe.... don't get stranded.... You've given me the incentive to go fill up the pickup. -- John H "All decisions are the result of binary thinking." |
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On Thu, 01 Sep 2005 17:50:10 GMT, OlBlueEyes wrote:
Harry Krause wrote in : the idiot in the white house responds with more "market forces" b.s. You are correct in that it is b.s., because the lunatic fringe you associate yourself with have prevented the construction of refineries for 20 years, power plants for 30 years, pipelines and exploration for at least that long. If anyone DESERVES to freeze to death, it is YOU AND YOUR INSANE EXTREMIST ILK. Don't let krause disrupt your serenity. He's easily ignored. It bothers him greatly. You can do it! -- John H "All decisions are the result of binary thinking." |
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OlBlueEyes wrote:
Harry Krause wrote in : the idiot in the white house responds with more "market forces" b.s. You are correct in that it is b.s., because the lunatic fringe you associate yourself with have prevented the construction of refineries for 20 years, power plants for 30 years, pipelines and exploration for at least that long. If anyone DESERVES to freeze to death, it is YOU AND YOUR INSANE EXTREMIST ILK. We used to have three refineries right on the harbour. Two closed because the companies figured it was cheaper to use the excess capacity at a big refinery in Montreal than to keep the local ones operating. What they do I'm told, is all service stations send their tanker trucks to the Imperial Oil refinery, load up, put their own additives in and pretend it's their own gas. I guess that makes sense in a small market. |
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"OlBlueEyes" wrote in message ... Harry Krause wrote in : the idiot in the white house responds with more "market forces" b.s. You are correct in that it is b.s., because the lunatic fringe you associate yourself with have prevented the construction of refineries for 20 years, power plants for 30 years, pipelines and exploration for at least that long. If anyone DESERVES to freeze to death, it is YOU AND YOUR INSANE EXTREMIST ILK. You keep mentioning these extremists, but you can't explain the precise methods by which they've prevented refineries from being built. And, two articles have been posted which indicated that producers have closed refineries as a matter of choice because they weren't profitable. I can only draw one conclusion from your repetition of this nonsense: You're saying what you were told to say, by one of your puppet masters. Which is it? Rush Limbaugh? |
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It's not going to hurt anybody to stay home this labor day. Instead of
driving to the coast to sail the big boat when there may be no wind, I'll go to a lake very close and sail my MiniCups. |
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I'm going to the supermarket, and then to the boat launch 30 seconds from my
house, at least 3 times this weekend. I figure it's a $10 weekend, plus beer and worms. wrote in message oups.com... It's not going to hurt anybody to stay home this labor day. Instead of driving to the coast to sail the big boat when there may be no wind, I'll go to a lake very close and sail my MiniCups. |
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Around 9/2/2005 6:51 AM, Doug Kanter wrote:
I'm going to the supermarket, and then to the boat launch 30 seconds from my house, at least 3 times this weekend. I figure it's a $10 weekend, plus beer and worms. Boat launch antics? Some of the best cheap entertainment around! -- ~/Garth - 1966 Glastron V-142 Skiflite: "Blue-Boat" "There is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats." -Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows |
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"Garth Almgren" wrote in message ... Around 9/2/2005 6:51 AM, Doug Kanter wrote: I'm going to the supermarket, and then to the boat launch 30 seconds from my house, at least 3 times this weekend. I figure it's a $10 weekend, plus beer and worms. Boat launch antics? Some of the best cheap entertainment around! This one's better than most. The town's got two launches. One's paved, with nice docks and it attracts an ice cream cone audience that stands around getting in the way of the people launching boats. Costs six bucks to be entertained there. The one I use most of the time is unpaved, bumpy, criss crossed by 2 ravines, and it eats at least one trailer every weekend. The ravines are totally obvious, so it's always a source of amazement that some people don't take them into consideration. |
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"Gene Kearns" wrote in message ... I just bought some gasoline for my school. Originally, we had settled on a figure for 87 Octane, but I eventually bought 93 Octane, since the allocation of 87 was used up and it was no longer available. Yep. Gasoline rationing is now going on at the fuel farm to distributor level and I personally know of two stations that were out of fuel last night.... though they may receive a limited delivery this morning. The reason I post is I asked my supplier what would happen this Labor Day weekend and he replied that some people were likely to go on vacation and not be able to purchase fuel for recreational purposes and/or the RETURN TRIP.... due to stations just running out... due to limited deliveries. Two to three (or more) pipeline's pumping stations have been flooded and it is impossible to "ship" gas to the fuel farms. This may last for weeks. Be safe.... don't get stranded.... -- _ ___c \ _| \_ __\_| oooo \_____ ~~~~|______________/ ~~~~~ ~~~ ~~~~~~ ~~~ ~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~ }((((o ~~~~~~ }{{{{o ~~~~~~~ Grady-White Gulfstream, out of Southport, NC. http://myworkshop.idleplay.net/ Homepage* http://www.thebayguide.com/rec.boats Rec.boats at Lee Yeaton's Bayguide We topped the tank on Friday when gas was $2.33/gallon then again on Sunday when gas was still $2.46/gallon. All our cars were topped of then also, as well as all our gas cans holding a total of about 10 gallons. The boat holds 40 gallons and we burn about 6 gallons/hour. We will be out (weather permitting) over the weekend. ;-) If I have to put the boat to bed with an empty tank, so be it. |
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