The US must find extra oil refining capacity . . . fast

COULD this spell the end for the Hummer, the gas-guzzling off-road hog? It
America is in a frantic search for supplies of gasoline (petrol) after the great storm. One million extra barrels must be imported every day to keep the economic wheels spinning and the cost will be borne, not just by Americans, but Europeans and ultimately by the fuel poor of Africa and Asia.

In several states there is panic buying, a human reaction to rumours of shortages. In Rotterdam, the cost of unleaded gasoline is scaling new peaks as Europe is sucked into America