Will someone please tell me What the Fuck is Going On with gas in the Southeast?
On my way home, I pass 3 seperate gas stations. The first one is notoriously expensive, because it’s the only one for several miles around (Hudson Road at Old Spartanburg Road for those that know the area). On one side you’ve got one “well off” group of communities, and on the other, you’ve got another “well off” group of communities. As I passed it, I noticed that there were no less than 30 cars waiting in line to get gas at this station with 4 whole pumps. I’ve never seen a single line at a gas pump, and now we’ve got 30 people waiting to get gas? WTF?
The second station is a Spinx, which is notoriously the lowest price in the general area. They were topping out at $3.60 for premium. That’s right, $3 mother f’ing 60!
The last one I pass shocked me with a price of $2.69 for regular. Only after circling the thing did I realize that was because they were totally out of gas. Not a single pump in operation, out of at least 6.
Top it off with the asshat on the Charlotte radio station I was listening to shouting to listeners “Go get gas! I don’t care what the price is, go fill up your tank, because we are running out of gas!“. I think we should arrest the mother fucker for inciting public panic.
So could someone please tell me what the fuck is going on? Don’t even try to blame this on Katrina. If this much god damn oil came out of the Gulf of Mexico, why are we so focused on the Middle East? Start pumping the mother f’ing ocean dry morons.
Hell, even AAA is recommending that you not go get gas right now, because this is exactly what they know will happen: thousands of people will all get gas at exactly the same time, stations will start to run out, and prices will skyrocket.
Anyone have an even remotely possible explination for this? Aside from general stupidity, of course… How about gas prices elsewhere? Anyone have other interesting stories?
Personally, I’m not terribly concerned. I’ve got at least another 250 miles in my tank… Suck my 38mpg ya mother f’ing SUV-driving morons!
Update: After actually watching Fox News, I see that we’re not actually ‘mining’ oil in the gulf. These are refineries we’ve lost due to Katrina. According to Fox News, we’ve lost 8% of the nation’s refineries due to Katrina. My point still stands… 8%? WTF? We should be able to crank up production at the other 92% of our refineries and compensate for this. Stop being douchebags and trying to make a buck and let’s actually help each other out, shall we?
I’m still more concerned about the tons and tons of coffee beans stored in New Orleans that could be wet / lost / useless as a result of Katrina… If my coffee prices go up, I’m screwed!
Prior to Katrina, the general upward trend in gas prices was due to the fact that India and China, the two countries with the highest population (together they make up about 1/3rd of the world’s entire population) are going through their industrial age. Just as the United States used up massive amounts of coal in our transformation from an economy based on farming and agriculture, China and India are buying gas in huge quantities.The global implications of India and China industrializing truly scares me. With their huge population, most of the people within those countries will work for litterally pennies. If they didn’t they wouldn’t be hired because there is always someone else out there who will. With their ability to field such a large labor force, and once they are fully industrialized, companies will begin moving all production over seas. It’s already begun, but on a relatively limited scale since the two countries lack full industrial capability. I reiterate: I fear the time when they are an industrialized nation.
i dont know what the hell is going on in this country,but i can tell you that we can sit around and keep pointing the finger at other countrys and act just like good ol country fukin idiot george w. bush the great fucking rip off of all time,or start placing the blame at the feet of are own goverment or lay down and get screwed.because untill our goverment stops making ass loads of money off of us on something we have to have you better belive it sure wont ever stop.we have to start joing together to make it stop what happened to the groups of people protesting all over this once great country, power of the people is no good if we all just line to buy this damn gas who knows what price tommorow.
I can not belive our goverment sent something that cost BILLIONS,to see if there is life on Mars. If there is life on Mars leave them alone, don’t fuck up there planet ours is bad enough as it is, use that money to find more damn oil.Until we all stick together and do something about it our great goverment will have gas at $40 a gallon, so we can send money and food to all the lazy bastered around the world.
If you thought those prices were bad, now it’s just getting out of control. For the first time ever in my life, down here in Chicago I saw gas prices nearing 5 bucks a gallon in the city. Never thought I would see it that high in such a short amount of time.