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shortages and rumors of shortages...

Unread postby seldom_seen » Sat 20 Aug 2005, 06:16:53

It appears that several states have been hit not by shortages but rumors of shortages.

Alabama

Panic at the pumps: Rumors of pending trucker strike prompt rush on area gas stations

Hawaii

Gas shortage rumor keeps Molokai station busy

The rumors of shortages led to "panic buying" which in turn led to actual shortages at local gas stations.

It would be quite a spectacle if this happened nationwide...but that could never happen...or could it? :twisted:
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Re: shortages and rumors of shortages...

Unread postby Specop_007 » Sat 20 Aug 2005, 06:31:00

Lemme think...
5....5.....5....2.....4 in the geny...


I have about 20 or so gallons of gas in the garage.
Oh, I could drain the mower for 1 or so more if I had to.
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Re: shortages and rumors of shortages...

Unread postby _sluimers_ » Sat 20 Aug 2005, 07:19:55

Power shortage in Indonesia leaving 100 million in the dark is apparently neglectable here, compared to a couple of truckers in Alabama.

It's okay. I just don't get it.
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Re: shortages and rumors of shortages...

Unread postby basketballjones » Sat 20 Aug 2005, 09:28:15

If there were in fact petrol shortages in the US i would not be surprised if the US government was lying about it. It's just another of the lies rolled out on a regular basis. There's GDP growth, there's no inflation, and there's no unemployment. whatever.

Market Watch

This article posits the question - which of the two weekly inventory reports do you believe. One says inventories increased by 300,000 barrels and the other inventories decreased by over a million.

Now i can accept the fact that there maybe nothing to it. It just seems that government always get things wrong in the 'right direction'. They have never accidentally or on purpose understated GDP growth. Eventually the man in the street will KNOW something is wrong regardless of what the government says.
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Re: shortages and rumors of shortages...

Unread postby Roy » Sat 20 Aug 2005, 11:07:38

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', '"')Gasoline customers need to relax and resume their normal buying habits," she said.


Irony??

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Re: shortages and rumors of shortages...

Unread postby seldom_seen » Sat 20 Aug 2005, 23:54:02

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('_sluimers_', 'P')ower shortage in Indonesia leaving 100 million in the dark is apparently neglectable here, compared to a couple of truckers in Alabama.

_sluimers_ post a link to the story or something. sounds like a big deal to me...haven't heard much about it.
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Re: shortages and rumors of shortages...

Unread postby frankthetank » Sun 21 Aug 2005, 03:04:40

Its just a 100million people...thats only, like, 33% of the US population...

nothing to see here, move along...
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