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SteveInBaltimore

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I don't get how this gas problem can last very long...enlighten me


OK, there's a ton of panic buying in the affected states. So people who have half a tank or 3/4 a tank are topping off now, which is causing shortages. And of course there are real shortages due to the pipeline issue.

But, with the exception of the tales of people filling garbage cans and such. once these folks have all topped off...they are people who normally would have filled up next week when they got down to 1/4 of a tank. So won't demand go way down next week, almost as much as it went up this week? It's not like people can hoard gas like toilet paper. Once again, ignoring the stories of filling garbage cans, once they have a full tank, they can't hoard anymore.

So demand pretty much has to drop almost to normal levels once this wave of panic topping-off passes. People aren't going to be driving more than normal, and a few might drive less because of the situation, and it's not like they can put ten extra tanks of gas in their closet as if they were 24 packs of Charmin.

Posted: 05/12/2021 at 1:03PM



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I don't get how this gas problem can last very long...enlighten me -- SteveInBaltimore 05/12/2021 1:03PM
  70% of Charlotte area stations have run dry. -- TabbHokie 05/12/2021 3:28PM
  Gas travels at 5mph -- TabbHokie 05/12/2021 1:41PM
  They gonna waive all the rules- ** -- bigbadbird 05/12/2021 1:26PM
  I'd say far less than 1000 ** -- Happy Dog 05/12/2021 1:52PM
  Fair enough. Can you work with 800? ** -- PhotoHokieNC 05/12/2021 1:54PM
  It's got nothing to do with that -- SteveInBaltimore 05/12/2021 1:30PM
  So in two weeks no lines ** -- Happy Dog 05/12/2021 1:52PM
  If the supply has picked back up, that should be true -- SteveInBaltimore 05/12/2021 1:57PM
  You guys in MD don't have any gas lines? -- EDGEMAN 05/12/2021 2:04PM
  Not where I am, as of yesterday -- SteveInBaltimore 05/12/2021 2:21PM
  Plantation Pipeline also serves DC Metro -- TabbHokie 05/12/2021 3:38PM
  Yep, the wheels on the bus fall off and off ** -- TomTurkey 05/12/2021 1:18PM
  If supplies stabilize quickly, you are correct -- Tafkam Hokie 05/12/2021 1:07PM
  Good thing you quit smoking ** -- Hokie1992 05/12/2021 1:21PM
  Evaporation is not your friend 🚭 ** -- TomTurkey 05/12/2021 1:19PM
  With his charcoal grill right next to it ** -- BTHokie 05/12/2021 3:41PM
  Oh, that's different. Nevermind. ** -- TomTurkey 05/12/2021 2:22PM
  Plastic wrap for the win. ** -- Kudelski 05/12/2021 1:37PM

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