30 Pictures That Show Americans Freaking Out Over The ‘Gas Shortage’ They Pretty Much Created By Themselves
A cyber attack has crippled a major pipeline in the US. The administration of US President Joe Biden projected that the Colonial Pipeline, source of nearly half the fuel supply on the East Coast, would restart in a few days and urged drivers not to top up their tanks.
"We are asking people not to hoard," U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm told reporters at the White House. "Things will be back to normal soon."
Care to guess what everyone did? Even though government and industry officials said the nation had plenty of fuel and the pipeline was set to resume operations shortly, nervous drivers clogged gas stations and created shortages in parts of or all 11 states.
At least 12,000 gas stations reported being completely empty, and the squeeze pushed the price of a gallon past $3—the highest it has been since 2014. It's the toilet paper frenzy all over again.
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"I want this gas supply problem fixed as quickly as possible, and we are working with the local and federal officials, and the company to get that done. I have declared a state of emergency which would allow the transportation waivers for more trucks and heavier trucks to come into the state to bring gas, and we have a waiver from the EPA to increase the amount of fuel coming in," Cooper stated.
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CNN also reported that ransomware hackers demanded nearly $5 million from Colonial Pipeline, according to two sources familiar with the incident. But at this point, the company has not paid the ransom.
Colonial Pipeline restarted operations about 5 p.m. ET, the company said in a statement.
"Following this restart, it will take several days for the product delivery supply chain to return to normal. Some markets served by Colonial Pipeline may experience, or continue to experience, intermittent service interruptions during the start-up period. Colonial will move as much gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel as is safely possible and will continue to do so until markets return to normal," the company said.
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President Biden previewed the decision in remarks on Wednesday. Talking to reporters, he said: "We have been in very, very close contact with Colonial Pipeline, which is the one area you're talking about, where that's one of the reasons that gas prices are going up. And I think you're gonna hear some good news in the next 24 hours. And I think we'll be getting that under control."
They Fill Up Jacuzzi-Sized Containers With Gas
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It's Been Truly Chaotic
We’ve Received Calls Into The Weartv Newsroom About This Gas Station In Escambia County Selling Regular Gas For $4.29/Gallon
Within a minute of our news car showing up, it was dropped to $3.29
Hey! I'm not buying gas at ANY of these places until they start giving a bonus 12-pack of toilet paper along with each $300 purchase. I have standards!
ReplyDeleteFYI. Some small farmers buy gasoline in bulk to run the tractors and other equipment.
ReplyDelete...another stupidly written, biased article that attempts to make people feel bad for looking after themselves. For those of us who living on ranches or in the mountains, having 6-8 five gallon cans of gas is a requirement. How do you think we keep the grass cut, the trees trimmed and our equipment running? How far do you think we have to go to buy gas? How do we know what is the truth about the gas situation? Oh, wait...we shut down the economy and stripped people of their liberty so that we could spend "two-weeks"... "flattening the curve".....remember that lie? It is not the people's fault that we cannot trust media or government. It is these traitors fault that no one finds they or their word credible. No one trusts their word, so why not get as much as your can right now when it is available and they haven't yet completely destroyed the value of the dollar? The person that wrote this tripe is a treasonous prostitute.
ReplyDeletewhy are theyALL so GD FAT???
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