DFW,TX gas stations SHORT ON GAS?!?

He originally thought that gas prices woudl go down due to O wanting to get re-elected, but his new theory is (especially now that O has been re-elected again)...

That O will cause a shortfall on critical / necessary items. On purpose.

LW always said that the name of the game is control.

That would be one way to force control (martial law) on the people withouth much fuss. Building up to it slowly?

Thought I read last week that a few tankers were diverted from the gulf over to New York harbor to deliver gas to Sandy victims. If so, would probably be a temporary shortage.

Don't know, just speculating.

INTERESTING.

Thanks :-)

I drove through one suburb of Dallas and then into Dallas and not one gas station was showing a shortage. Plenty of people getting gas, nothing out of the ordinary.

I personally did not see any (signs) either, but I don't pass many gas stations on my route.

OK got a text from my husband -- he said the signs were taped up at the pumps.

I will venture out at lunch and see if I see any signs myself.

I'm in Dallas and not only is gas plentiful, the price has fallen at least a dime since the election. I paid $3.04 yesterday.

Husband says it was a gas station near our house.

They were out of everything except 'regular' unleaded. He's is looking for more signs now.

you started a thread over one gas station?

and it got pinned.

Don't blame me, I didn't pin it.

And yes, I did -- because I wanted to know if others in my area were seeing the same thing.

I'm headed out in a few minutes, will check my station 1/2 a mile from the street

however, I filled up last night at $3.12 over on Greenville Ave, didn't notice anything unusual

In Chicago, IL we do not have PLUS or PREMIUM available at the gas stations for the past week..

Mostly at BP/Marathon/Meijer/Costco, they said it was due to some tainted premium/plus gasoline at a refinery.

bad gas station manager.

order your shit on time.

There will be no gas shortage in Texas.

ok...always willing to give doom the benefit of the doubt

but no gas doom here in uptown Dallas

just topped my tank at the 7/11 Exxon at Oaklawn and Maple, no shortage, no closed pumps. Price $3.12/gallon

I took a few pics, but can't seem to post the link

Nope and I live in the area.

Also, OPEC, NOT OBAMA, set gas prices, so you and your husband are officially idiotic doom-mongers.

OPEC sets oil prices, not gas prices. EPA policies have a very significant and undeniable impact on gas prices.

West Texas Intermediate crude price is set at the NYMEX, as opposed to Brent

There is a complex relationship between the price of Brent (european) crude and WTI

It is nowhere as easy as saying that Opec sets the prices...never mind the impact of shuttered refineries


What is Brent crude and why is its price so much higher than “regular” crude oil?

[link to www.thestockenthusiast.com]

BW: Angry About High Gas Prices? Blame Shuttered Oil Refineries
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Oil Primer: Current Crude Oil Prices
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WTI vs Brent Crude- Payson Examines Oil Price Patterns
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what i find really odd about this gas situation is that with all these shortages going on prices have dropped at my local station.

maybe it's an isolated incedent, idk.


probably should have mentioned that i am in NC.

Last Edited by Oyster on 11/12/2012 12:59 PM

^THIS^

weird, usually regular runs out first.

This is true. Lewisville texas

Really?
We are in North Fort Worth over here.

Please, please read this. Prices are set due to a variety of issues, granted.

[link to oilprice.com]