I have a gas problem
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I have a gas problem
More specifically, I have a lack of gas problem. There isn't any. Every station I passed was dry, so I went out of my way to find more stations, but no joy. I have enough to get to work tomorrow, but probably not enough to make it back.
Not good.
Not good.
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if you get past the moral, ethical, and legal implications of siphoning fuel, then you need to remember that anything modern will have a locking filler door and an anti siphon valve.
I left my house at 7:07 in search of fuel. I passed 12 stations before finding one that had signs up and a line of cars outside. I waited 10 minutes to get a pump. All they had was 87. I got about 9/10ths of a gallon of 87 in the tank before the pump cut off. "Out of gas. Out of gas." came through the station's speakers.
Drove around for 30+ more minutes until finally I found a station that had only premium. Filled up. Just got back in.
I left my house at 7:07 in search of fuel. I passed 12 stations before finding one that had signs up and a line of cars outside. I waited 10 minutes to get a pump. All they had was 87. I got about 9/10ths of a gallon of 87 in the tank before the pump cut off. "Out of gas. Out of gas." came through the station's speakers.
Drove around for 30+ more minutes until finally I found a station that had only premium. Filled up. Just got back in.
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Metro Atlanta is required by the EPA to use a unique blend of fuel not found anywhere else. The pipelines coming from the texas area are running a limited capacity so a reduced amount of this specific blend is coming through. The reason why stations are running dry is probably not due to just the reduced supply, but is probably a compound effect of panic and supply.
Many cities have unique blends. Some cities may have 2 or 3 different blends. It's freakin bullshit and one of the reasons why gas is so high.
The oil companies have asked the EPA to allow non Atl region specific fuel to be sent to Atlanta until supplies have reached normal levels again. Wouldn't take more than a couple days. So far, that's a no go.
So Atl is running out of water because of poor Army CoE regulations and running out of fuel because of poor EPA regulations. And no one in power will do a damn thing to fix it.
Many cities have unique blends. Some cities may have 2 or 3 different blends. It's freakin bullshit and one of the reasons why gas is so high.
The oil companies have asked the EPA to allow non Atl region specific fuel to be sent to Atlanta until supplies have reached normal levels again. Wouldn't take more than a couple days. So far, that's a no go.
So Atl is running out of water because of poor Army CoE regulations and running out of fuel because of poor EPA regulations. And no one in power will do a damn thing to fix it.
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Looking to move checklist:
Affordable housing: check
Plentiful IT jobs: check
gas: ****.
water: ****!
Okay, I guess Atlanta is out. San Antonio is still in the running though, I think. In this day and age, some things you just take for granted, like having water...
I know, great idea! Let's encourage farmers to all grow corn so we can use all the water in the whole country to produce 4.5 gallons of fuel.
I should be in charge here...
Affordable housing: check
Plentiful IT jobs: check
gas: ****.
water: ****!
Okay, I guess Atlanta is out. San Antonio is still in the running though, I think. In this day and age, some things you just take for granted, like having water...
I know, great idea! Let's encourage farmers to all grow corn so we can use all the water in the whole country to produce 4.5 gallons of fuel.
I should be in charge here...
#19
Looking to move checklist:
Affordable housing: check
Plentiful IT jobs: check
gas: ****.
water: ****!
Okay, I guess Atlanta is out. San Antonio is still in the running though, I think. In this day and age, some things you just take for granted, like having water...
I know, great idea! Let's encourage farmers to all grow corn so we can use all the water in the whole country to produce 4.5 gallons of fuel.
I should be in charge here...
Affordable housing: check
Plentiful IT jobs: check
gas: ****.
water: ****!
Okay, I guess Atlanta is out. San Antonio is still in the running though, I think. In this day and age, some things you just take for granted, like having water...
I know, great idea! Let's encourage farmers to all grow corn so we can use all the water in the whole country to produce 4.5 gallons of fuel.
I should be in charge here...