They love us when we're on our knees.

Never look a gift horse in the mouth.

I paid $3.18 this morning. There are two stations across the street from each other a mile down the road. On has it for $3.67 and the other for $3.09 (so who's buying from the expensive guy?). I asked where I gassed up, and he said supplies were okay. This is Boston.

Mayor Nagin audo interview
http://subpariq.blogspot.com/2005/09/mayor-nagin-is-pissed-as-he-should-be.html

Question. Is euro petro refined to be used in US autos? This was the first thing I thought of when I heard this.

If so, sounds great.

You still have to get the gas to the distro centers. Gas comes by pipeline from the refineries that are offline. Is there a pipeline network that would allow gas to get from an east coast port to the midwest? If not, there's no way imho loaded semis could possibly fill the gap. Only three of the LA refineries are located in the immediate hurricane area. Of those, only one that I know of (the Chalmette, LA one) is in a flooded area and it's a relatively smaller one. I think the problem is 2-fold: (1) getting crude to the refineries (usually by pipeline from the Gulf or deep water port) due to broken or flooded pipelines and (2) housing and infrastructure for the workers. Even if ships loaded with gas set sail today, it would still be many days before it showed up in the distro channels here.

Europe has a vested interest in making sure the US economy doesn't sink since there's will as well, if that should come to pass.

I don't care if it's self-interested. Sounds great to me. (Btw, I don't drive myself, but living in NYC, I know that getting stuff here involves a lot of driving and shipping.)

Never look a goft horse in the mouth.

He might bite you.

We've been told Murphy Oil's refinery will be back online in 7 days (they distribute to Wal-Marts and Sams - 900 locations, particularly in the south and mid-west). That should help.

The refinery in Chalmette is the only one I know of in flood waters. The big ConocoPhilips refinery is in Belle Chasse so I assume it should be alright. The Murphy refinery is in Meraux which I also believe is high and dry. The westbank didn't get hit too hard with wind or flooding which is a miracle since their levee system is even lower than NO's.

Weasel,

I filled up in Uxbridge, MA last night for $2.89. The station manager said supplies were close to full for him.

I live in Oregon, and they are saying our supplies are threatened out here too, but I can't imagine how, since our crude comes from Alaska and is refined on the west coast. I paid $2.99 last night (a .50 spike in one day), but they say it will go higher this weekend.

PS, I still question the timing.

That's nice of Spain and Germany. Gracias! Danke!

I live in Oregon, and they are saying our supplies are threatened out here too, but I can't imagine how

Rove's super ultra double probation secret area 51 project has been building MatTrans gear will be used to beam the gas to the areas with highest prices.

The Teamsters are naturally very upset about this development and are threatening to whine.

This wouldn't have anything to do with the upcoming elections in Germany, would it?

Damit! I knew that evil, Jew Loving, KKKarl Rove was involved somehow!

Maybe they're selling it to us for twice what they paid?

But hell, maybe they're just being nice to us. There's a first time for everything.

Here in the south (Fla panhandle), gas runs betweens 2.76 and 3.19 per gallon. So far.

Some areas are experiencing local shortages because frightened people are buying a lot more than what they normally use. Its like a run on a bank.

Ending up in a sort of strategic fuel reserve, but in people's gas tanks, and in cans in their garages.

"Some areas are experiencing local shortages because frightened people are buying a lot more than what they normally use"

Yeahp. Saw a guy with about 20 gas cans in the back of his pickup filling them all up today!

Strange doings in Reutersville. The first sentence says "emergency reserves of gasoline", then the last sentence says "two million barrels per day of oil to be shipped ." I didn't know that the refining process could be reversed, nor that tankers were equipped with this amazing technology. Seems like a bad idea, considering that our refineries are maxed out. Or is it possible that Reuters doesn't know the difference between crude oil and gas? That would explain some of their reporting ( and here I thought it was just their bias).

The really effective thing about this is that they are sending over refined gasoline rather than crude. If they are sending two million bpd of unleaded that is going to make a hell of a good difference for our economy.

I'm going to be on vacation for the next week, in case anyone should wonder at my absence or anything.

Have a good time.

We'll be here when you get back.
Drooling into our little cups, as always.

I'm going to be on vacation for the next week, in case anyone should wonder at my absence or anything.

Doing anything interesting, or just house-lounging?

Not that house-lounging is uninteresting, mind you.

Going back to spend a week on the Virginia coast with my parents and one of my brothers. I haven't been back east in three or four years.

Sounds like a lot of fun. Enjoy and remember to wear your sunscreen.

-Bring me back a sombrero!

What? Why are you all looking at me like that?

Thats funny i thought they wanted us to dry up and cease to exist as a nation well at least its a help or is it lead lease in reverse?

"We'll be here when you get back.
Drooling into our little cups, as always."

lol! Personally, I'll be dragging my knuckles :)