Fill up your gas tanks

[Shufdog]

2 hours ago, Liminy said:

So whats going on with this, I'm travelling through Asheville into Charlotte on the way to Wilmington, what should I expect? I plan on filling up before getting into the state cause I dont want to deal with any craziness.

You'll be fine, this is being blown WAY out of proportion.

[ladypanther]

52 minutes ago, Shufdog said:

You'll be fine, this is being blown WAY out of proportion.

Some stations are out of gas.  I filled up today where I usually do..a fairly busy station just off I40. They got some gas last night..but had nothing but regular.  Best advice...do not go below 1/2 tank before looking for gas for the next week.

[imminent rogaine]

12 hours ago, Liminy said:

So whats going on with this, I'm travelling through Asheville into Charlotte on the way to Wilmington, what should I expect? I plan on filling up before getting into the state cause I dont want to deal with any craziness.

I heard gas was scarce in Asheville. You basically just have to get lucky and find a place that's recently gotten a tanker truck in. The trucks are just fewer and further between.

Seems kind of like a self fulfilling prophecy type situation. "there's going to be a gas shortage" leads everyone to rush out and buy all of the gas so that there actually is a shortage. It kind of expedites the process.

If gas stations are indeed running out of gas, then their pricing is not being fluid enough. Ideally, they could raise their price as their inventory drops. This would allow people that truly value the gas to purchase it. Expensive gas might make a joyrider think twice about wasting gas or filling up while an ambulance driver would be willing to fork over extra for gas. Same market concept works for water during emergencies. The problem is, the seller ALWAYS gets accused of price gouging and the gov't frequently creates an imposed ceiling on the price.

[Anybodyhome]

All Sheetz locations in Rocky Mount, Wilson, Tarboro area are out. 

A few, smaller, out of the way stations are higher priced and are rationing at $10 per pump max. 

Eastern NC is feeling it right now. With the exception of city emergency vehicles, we're limiting vehicles at the city fleet pumps. 

[Davidson Deac II]

On ‎9‎/‎18‎/‎2016 at 10:20 PM, pstall said:

Go back and look how many times this has just magically happened when gas was comparatively low.

Funny.

Only twice in my 35 years plus of driving (excluding hurricanes in the gulf)

[Jase]

Honestly I think saints fans are behind this

[Jangler]

On 9/18/2016 at 10:43 PM, Squirrel said:

Katrina. Some of the stations in Winston Salem where out of gas.  

All the speedways some shell, and others are already gouging, $2.60 at stations that still have gas.

[pstall]

10 hours ago, Davidson Deac II said:

Only twice in my 35 years plus of driving (excluding hurricanes in the gulf)

Wikipedia is your friend 

[Davidson Deac II]

6 minutes ago, pstall said:

Wikipedia is your friend 

1979 and now is all i could find irt non hurricane related shortages.  

[pstall]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_pipeline_accidents_in_the_United_States_in_the_21st_century

[cookinbrak]

4 hours ago, Jangler said:

All the speedways some shell, and others are already gouging, $2.60 at stations that still have gas.

And they'll put regular in the premium tanks and charge for it, knowing that nobody will test it.

[PandaPancake]

On September 20, 2016 at 9:44 PM, cookinbrak said:

And they'll put regular in the premium tanks and charge for it, knowing that nobody will test it.

Not that a bunch of cars will suddenly get check engine lights from knock sensors.

 

This is the result of the industry pushing pipelines over trucks, because most of you drive like idiots cars and truckers alike. I find it a lot easier to clean up 220 barrels than 2,2000