No gas!

[triplemultiplex]

On the plus side, maybe some of these dumb shits putting gas in bags will get an impromptu chemistry lesson.

"The gasoline dissolved the plastic bag and spilled everywhere.  I learned something today."

[JayhawkCO]

On the plus side, maybe some of these dumb shits putting gas in bags will get an impromptu chemistry lesson.

"The gasoline dissolved the plastic bag and spilled everywhere.  I learned something today."

Can't wait until they try to put some in a portable Styrofoam cooler and create napalm.

Chris

[kkt]

Oh, good, I'm glad she doubled the plastic bag of gasoline.  Otherwise it might have been dangerous.   

[allniter89]

Short lines 2-4 cars here in the FL panhandle. I saw one guy filling 3 large gas cans. I only fill mine pre hurricane to be ready for post hurricane.
Prices only rose to $2.85 away from the interstate. Prices near the interstate were as high a $3.50.

[thspfc]

Before everyone goes all Freewayjim just know that I paid $4.08 for 87 octane as a normal thing yesterday in Fresno.

What does going all Freewayjim mean? Is there like a Freewayjim mode?

[Max Rockatansky]

Before everyone goes all Freewayjim just know that I paid $4.08 for 87 octane as a normal thing yesterday in Fresno.

What does going all Freewayjim mean? Is there like a Freewayjim mode?

It means panicking about gas shortages, gas prices or really anything kind of the entry level mentality in the road community. 

[tolbs17]

And DC has the highest percentage of no gas.

[renegade]

And DC has the highest percentage of no gas.

They have plenty of gas.  535 sources of it.

[Max Rockatansky]

And DC has the highest percentage of no gas.

They have plenty of gas.  535 sources of it.

Hey, stop that rational thinking now. 

[Big John]

And DC has the highest percentage of no gas.

They have plenty of gas.  535 sources of it.

Except that gas is hot air.

[kphoger]

highest percentage of no gas

Let's just all stop for a moment and appreciate the fact that |tolbs17| was only the second person on the internet to use that phrase.

[plain]

I didn't realize there was a thread about this until now lmao.

The people who are panic buying are absolutely to blame for the shortages, no doubt. I'm not sure if they were just selfish, trying to hustle the gas later, or what, but it was fucking stupid.

Then there's the price gouging. There was at least one station around here (pretty sure there were more) that jacked their prices up to $6.99/gallon the other day before they were forced to cut off due to the state of emergency being declared. Sad. Just... Sad. I'm sure they've been reported by now.

I would hate to what would happen if this was a bigger thing nationwide. Actually something like this did happen back in the 2000's

[Brandon]

I didn't realize there was a thread about this until now lmao.

The people who are panic buying are absolutely to blame for the shortages, no doubt. I'm not sure if they were just selfish, trying to hustle the gas later, or what, but it was fucking stupid.

Then there's the price gouging. There was at least one station around here (pretty sure there were more) that jacked their prices up to $6.99/gallon the other day before they were forced to cut off due to the state of emergency being declared. Sad. Just... Sad. I'm sure they've been reported by now.

I would hate to what would happen if this was a bigger thing nationwide. Actually something like this did happen back in the 2000's

Nationwide?  Try 1973 and 1979, not anytime in the 2000s.

[Scott5114]

highest percentage of no gas

Let's just all stop for a moment and appreciate the fact that |tolbs17| was only the second person on the internet to use that phrase.

And the first to use it in reference to gasoline–that appears to be a reference to nitrous oxide (NO) gas.

[plain]

I didn't realize there was a thread about this until now lmao.

The people who are panic buying are absolutely to blame for the shortages, no doubt. I'm not sure if they were just selfish, trying to hustle the gas later, or what, but it was fucking stupid.

Then there's the price gouging. There was at least one station around here (pretty sure there were more) that jacked their prices up to $6.99/gallon the other day before they were forced to cut off due to the state of emergency being declared. Sad. Just... Sad. I'm sure they've been reported by now.

I would hate to what would happen if this was a bigger thing nationwide. Actually something like this did happen back in the 2000's

Nationwide?  Try 1973 and 1979, not anytime in the 2000s.

I was referring to gas prices spiking in the 2000's, not embargoes

[vdeane]

Then there's the price gouging. There was at least one station around here (pretty sure there were more) that jacked their prices up to $6.99/gallon the other day before they were forced to cut off due to the state of emergency being declared. Sad. Just... Sad. I'm sure they've been reported by now.

If that's the price it would take to prevent them from running out, then that's what they should charge.  I hate it when prices are kept artificially low and shortages result.  I have plenty of experience from how this has affected grocery shopping... store prices item artificially low to be "nice" and keep product "affordable"... nobody can buy said product because the shelves are bare... store finally realizes that supply chain issue isn't just a short-term blip and finally raises prices... stock is plentiful and shoppers can breath easy and stop substituting in other products.  This has happened again and again and again over the last 14 months.  If I lived in the area experiencing shortages, I'd be absolutely furious.

This whole thing is caused by the panic buyers in the first place.  At the beginning, the experts were saying to just buy gas when you need it, and everything would be fine.  But then people panicked, made runs on the stations, and now we're in the middle of a shortage that will take a week or two to resolve.  Congratulations stupid people, you just ruined the whole month of May for a good chunk of the country.  And now we're insisting that stations not price the panic buyers back to more normal behavior.

[jeffandnicole]

Then there's the price gouging. There was at least one station around here (pretty sure there were more) that jacked their prices up to $6.99/gallon the other day before they were forced to cut off due to the state of emergency being declared. Sad. Just... Sad. I'm sure they've been reported by now.

If that's the price it would take to prevent them from running out, then that's what they should charge.  I hate it when prices are kept artificially low and shortages result.  I have plenty of experience from how this has affected grocery shopping... store prices item artificially low to be "nice" and keep product "affordable"... nobody can buy said product because the shelves are bare... store finally realizes that supply chain issue isn't just a short-term blip and finally raises prices... stock is plentiful and shoppers can breath easy and stop substituting in other products.  This has happened again and again and again over the last 14 months.  If I lived in the area experiencing shortages, I'd be absolutely furious.

This whole thing is caused by the panic buyers in the first place.  At the beginning, the experts were saying to just buy gas when you need it, and everything would be fine.  But then people panicked, made runs on the stations, and now we're in the middle of a shortage that will take a week or two to resolve.  Congratulations stupid people, you just ruined the whole month of May for a good chunk of the country.  And now we're insisting that stations not price the panic buyers back to more normal behavior.

Unless you live in a relatively small portion of the Carolinas, maybe Georgia, maybe southern Virginia, the grand majority of the country wasn't affected.

[vdeane]

Then there's the price gouging. There was at least one station around here (pretty sure there were more) that jacked their prices up to $6.99/gallon the other day before they were forced to cut off due to the state of emergency being declared. Sad. Just... Sad. I'm sure they've been reported by now.

If that's the price it would take to prevent them from running out, then that's what they should charge.  I hate it when prices are kept artificially low and shortages result.  I have plenty of experience from how this has affected grocery shopping... store prices item artificially low to be "nice" and keep product "affordable"... nobody can buy said product because the shelves are bare... store finally realizes that supply chain issue isn't just a short-term blip and finally raises prices... stock is plentiful and shoppers can breath easy and stop substituting in other products.  This has happened again and again and again over the last 14 months.  If I lived in the area experiencing shortages, I'd be absolutely furious.

This whole thing is caused by the panic buyers in the first place.  At the beginning, the experts were saying to just buy gas when you need it, and everything would be fine.  But then people panicked, made runs on the stations, and now we're in the middle of a shortage that will take a week or two to resolve.  Congratulations stupid people, you just ruined the whole month of May for a good chunk of the country.  And now we're insisting that stations not price the panic buyers back to more normal behavior.

Unless you live in a relatively small portion of the Carolinas, maybe Georgia, maybe southern Virginia, the grand majority of the country wasn't affected.

From what I've read, it seems to be the entire southeast and parts of the Mid Atlantic.  I know someone who lives in DC, and from his Facebook posts, they definitely seem affected.  And even if it is just a "small" area, that's cold comfort if you live in that area and now can't buy gas.

[Roadgeekteen]

https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/ny-south-carolina-woman-hoarding-gas-fire-crash-explosion-20210514-td5tf535svgtdnyfyp4672puai-story.html

What the hell

Also, why have I not heard about this much in New England?

[1995hoo]

Then there's the price gouging. There was at least one station around here (pretty sure there were more) that jacked their prices up to $6.99/gallon the other day before they were forced to cut off due to the state of emergency being declared. Sad. Just... Sad. I'm sure they've been reported by now.

If that's the price it would take to prevent them from running out, then that's what they should charge.  I hate it when prices are kept artificially low and shortages result.  I have plenty of experience from how this has affected grocery shopping... store prices item artificially low to be "nice" and keep product "affordable"... nobody can buy said product because the shelves are bare... store finally realizes that supply chain issue isn't just a short-term blip and finally raises prices... stock is plentiful and shoppers can breath easy and stop substituting in other products.  This has happened again and again and again over the last 14 months.  If I lived in the area experiencing shortages, I'd be absolutely furious.

This whole thing is caused by the panic buyers in the first place.  At the beginning, the experts were saying to just buy gas when you need it, and everything would be fine.  But then people panicked, made runs on the stations, and now we're in the middle of a shortage that will take a week or two to resolve.  Congratulations stupid people, you just ruined the whole month of May for a good chunk of the country.  And now we're insisting that stations not price the panic buyers back to more normal behavior.

Unless you live in a relatively small portion of the Carolinas, maybe Georgia, maybe southern Virginia, the grand majority of the country wasn't affected.

From what I've read, it seems to be the entire southeast and parts of the Mid Atlantic.  I know someone who lives in DC, and from his Facebook posts, they definitely seem affected.  And even if it is just a "small" area, that's cold comfort if you live in that area and now can't buy gas.

Our relatives in Fort Myers and near Miami said there were definitely long lines there, though not as nuts as what we were seeing on the news here. People don't use logic. The fact that southern Florida isn't served by that pipeline doesn't register with people prone to panic-buying.

[Brandon]

I didn't realize there was a thread about this until now lmao.

The people who are panic buying are absolutely to blame for the shortages, no doubt. I'm not sure if they were just selfish, trying to hustle the gas later, or what, but it was fucking stupid.

Then there's the price gouging. There was at least one station around here (pretty sure there were more) that jacked their prices up to $6.99/gallon the other day before they were forced to cut off due to the state of emergency being declared. Sad. Just... Sad. I'm sure they've been reported by now.

I would hate to what would happen if this was a bigger thing nationwide. Actually something like this did happen back in the 2000's

Nationwide?  Try 1973 and 1979, not anytime in the 2000s.

I was referring to gas prices spiking in the 2000's, not embargoes

A price spike that had plenty of fuel to go around and no stations were ever without fuel.

[GaryV]

https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/ny-south-carolina-woman-hoarding-gas-fire-crash-explosion-20210514-td5tf535svgtdnyfyp4672puai-story.html

What the hell

Also, why have I not heard about this much in New England?

Why in the world would you steal a vehicle so you could hoard gas?

[webny99]

Also, why have I not heard about this much in New England?

It's not affecting the Northeast much, since we're not directly served by the affected pipeline.

[Avalanchez71]

Defiantly panic buying in the Nashville Metro and exurb areas. 

[Max Rockatansky]

Defiantly panic buying in the Nashville Metro and exurb areas.

So people are being defiant and deliberately panic buying to make a statement that we all should?