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Me too! That must have very difficult for both of you.AJA , So glad that you & your wife are safe and she is on the way home.
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Me too! That must have very difficult for both of you.AJA , So glad that you & your wife are safe and she is on the way home.
This is what happens when a hurricane hits South Florida. Gasoline is trucked in, and transport is suspended during the storm. Even a mild storm might mean 3 or 4 days without gas. A real hardship for people that must drive to work. This is the main drawback of just in time business process. Any disruption in the supply chain has a cascading impact.Another ripple effect of Hurricane Harvey:
72 percent of San Antonio gas stations out of fuel as panic continues
Some 450 of the over 600 gas stations in the city reported being out of fuel Friday evening.
This could get ugly if the kinks and bottlenecks in the distribution system doesn't get worked out soon. Reminds me of the Arab Oil Embargo of the 1970's.
It is out there you just have to find it .
Gas jumped in price here from $2.23 >$2.89, liget or gouging? Who knows.
Can't wait to see heating oil prices.
Gas jumped in price here from $2.23 >$2.89, liget or gouging? Who knows.
Can't wait to see heating oil prices.
Unless you need to buy in the next couple of weeks there should be little impact. Apparently there was not a lot of damage to the refieneries, so some are already restarting others will in the next couple of weeks. Experts talk of things lasting a couple of weeks. BTW you can get a guess on heating oil prices by looking at the price of diesel and how it changes. The big demand right now is gasoline.Gas jumped in price here from $2.23 >$2.89, liget or gouging? Who knows.
Can't wait to see heating oil prices.
Gasbuddy says that gas at my Exxon station is the same price it was on 8/24, when I last filled the tank. It says that a competing Exxon station in our suburb, that usually sells gas at the same price, has raised the price 20 cents. Seems like blatant price gouging to me, but then what do I know. As easysurfer pointed out, it's a holiday weekend. The gas availability map says "unknown" for all the stations in my suburb.
Luckily, I don't use much gas so I refill the tank maybe once a month.
I just got a call from F, who is filling his gas tank right now. He says that the price at our gas station also went up 20 cents.
I am going to open myself up to criticism, but I disagree with laws that prevent "price gouging" in the event of a natural disaster. Artificially holding down price of gasoline or milk or any commodity leads to people hoarding more than they would buy under normal circumstances, causing shortages or completely selling out things like gasoline. If prices were allowed to rise according to the laws of supply and demand, people would be less likely to buy more than they need and the existing supplies would be more available for everyone. I would rather pay a premium and still be able to fill my tank, than not be able to buy gas at all.
If prices were allowed to rise according to the laws of supply and demand, people would be less likely to buy more than they need and the existing supplies would be more available for everyone. I would rather pay a premium and still be able to fill my tank, than not be able to buy gas at all.
Gasbuddy says that gas at my Exxon station is the same price it was on 8/24, when I last filled the tank. It says that a competing Exxon station in our suburb, that usually sells gas at the same price, has raised the price 20 cents. Seems like blatant price gouging to me, but then what do I know. As easysurfer pointed out, it's a holiday weekend. The gas availability map says "unknown" for all the stations in my suburb.
Luckily, I don't use much gas so I refill the tank maybe once a month.
Usually the price is changed when a delivery is made... so the one station might not have received the new higher priced gas and that is why it is low...
Not price gouging...
The existing supplies would be more available for everyone *who can afford the higher price* - a lot of people would be forced to choose between rent, groceries, and the ability to get to work. These people also can't afford to hoard. They are screwed in either scenario.
I just got a call from F, who is filling his gas tank right now. He says that the price at our gas station also went up 20 cents. I guess nobody reported that fact to Gasbuddy. He only gets gas twice a month, and I only get it once a month. So, if we buy 17 gallons at each fill-up, then for me that would be an extra $3.40/month and for him an extra $6.80. But in reality we will probably just refrain from driving so much, and end up paying about the same as before.
It could be that, good point; or I was thinking that maybe nobody reported the price to Gasbuddy when it first increased.Usually the price is changed when a delivery is made... so the one station might not have received the new higher priced gas and that is why it is low...
Not price gouging...
From what I have read from some online friends on other forums, many stations in Texas (like, San Antonio?) appear to be closed.