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Posted on 09/30/2004 11:56:49 PM EDT by Jim Robinson
NO ONE ELSE THOUGHT OF THIS SO IT DESERVES A THREAD OF ITS OWN!
I think each and every poster on FR should post a new thread stating his opinion on the debate. This way, instead of having only a few threads with hundreds of posts each (ie, discussion threads), we will have hundreds of threads, each with two comments. One the important opinion, and two, the complaint about vanity posts.
Self-fulfilling prophecy--if people make panic buys of gasoline, there *will* be a shortage.
Perhaps there is a reason that innocent children should end up "stuck" safely at home in the coming days of woe.
Interesting...
FYI...in the south suburban Chicagoland area I noticed some stations did not have the "jacked-up" price any my way home from work...and lines were forming there.(2.83 for 87 octane, 3.09 I think for 93 octane) The jacked up prices started at 3.49 for 87 octane, I'm sure its higher within the city. I imagine some price gouging is going on. Luckily I filled both of my vehicles up on Sunday. I've found, through some planning ahead and conservation, I can go about three weeks until I have to fill up both vehicles again.
I'm right down the street from the Seminole County bus garage and all the stations on our road are either dry or going dry. At 6:00pm the lines were in the streets and I could only get what was left of Super unleaded because regular was gone.
Brother in law called in and said Orlando was running out of gas also.
In World War Two, husbands, brothers, sons, uncles, cousins and friends along with the women that provided nursing care, manufactured ordinance and tended to children did so with courage and the conviction that the United States of America would prevail against all odds.
Can that spirit be renewed?
We're out of cable for a day and we're screaming at the customer service rep.
The new toaster oven won't work and we've lost the receipt, we're going to call corporate because we don't get a refund.
A disaster occurs such as Katrina and we turn our eye to those that steal at the expense of others.
Aside from those brave soldiers, volunteers and servants of the people, I'll need to be convinced that we are the rightful inheritors of the title "The greatest generation."
Let's see, back then were 20% interest rates before or after the gas crisis?
Waitaminute, you've all missed a BIG question.
So this means the school district can ONLY get gas through a contract (can't take busses to stations and fill'er'up), and they also only budget gas 4 days in advance.
WTF is up with that.
This isn't the 70%, most importantly the maturity of the global market means that any initial spike have an extreem likelyhood of being A) Price Gouging or B) Panic induced surge in demand raising spiking prices for a week.
Either way the 'spike', after a few weeks will spead itself over the global market, and as demand rises and prices rise imports will rise, which will increase the global price of crude but blunt what a 'US Only' shortage would entail.
Anyway, after a month of people orgasiming over a women in a ditch in Crawford, its no surpirse how quickly the 'gas shortage' angle willb e played, or the extent to how hard it is exagerated.
"with diesel fuel have no power and the suppliers have canceled the shipments. So, the school district estimates it has enough gas"
Is it Diesel fuel or gas? Who's on first?