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Gas - finally some answers
By Amy Wood
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Why.. Why don’t we have enough gas? An article in The Greenville News tonight, cuts through the clutter of information.
Officials with the Petroleum Marketers Assocation explain that there are refineries still sitting silent, without power. Once they get juice, it takes up to a week to get them rolling again.
And fewer refineries pumping gas into the pipeline, make the pipeline slow down. The Greenville News reports that gas that usually would move through the line in 30 minutes, is taking 3 hours.
So how long will it last. Officials say a couple of weeks, of spotty outages.
At least now you know more about why.
Keep me posted on your gas survival stories.
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COMMENTS
Gas is FINALLY trickling back into Laurens. It is high, and it is only regular grade, but it is gas!
It has gone from..“Where the Beef ” to ” Where the Gas”...When someone said a few days ago..Full up now are for ever hold your peace…I believed it…WOW…its hard when you have to choose from a friday dinner out or 20 in gas..I havent been out to eat in a while..Yet I’m driving ,so far…Good luck out there./..,
Today at the Shell on 107 in Sylva I waited an hour for gas, when my father started assisting customers to pull into gas pumps he asked the attendant to call the Sylva police to assist due to a large traffic jam ensuing, she called and stated they told her quote, “to call them when someone gets shot and they will be there to clean up the blood and make an arrest, but until then not to call for traffic assistance”, I’d like to know who she talked to, they might feel differently if it were one of their family members who was shot! What is this world coming to? That really burned me up..I don’t think much of them at all…
I don’t understand all the hype….I’ve been able to get gas every time I’ve pulled up to a pump. Today for $3.59 at the ElCheapo on Hwy 221 in Laurens. 2 days ago 3.86 at a station in Clinton.