I live in Asheville, NC and all of the gas stations are running out of gas. The small town east of Asheville is also running out of gas
Long lines everywhere, everyone is aware.
The store closest to me is out already
Go get gas people
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Gas is probably running out for the same reason we ran out of toilet paper: tell everyone there's a shortage, whether there is or not, and let human nature run its course.
Yarp. I'm in ND the Bakken has more oil than Saudi Arabia. We should not be dependent on foreign oil ever.
We weren't under Trump. Not sure where we stand now though...
We stand at 40,000 feet watching Democrats realize what they've done.
I think this is really a big part of it. Wouldn't be surprised if this wasn't part of 'the plan' to get libs to feel the brunt of what biden's f'ed up administration is doing to us. They won't feel so invested in keeping Biden when these audits/truths start coming out.
We haven't since Obama but we still import oil from other people in order to refine it.
We have been importing oil for about two months.
yup
toilet paper went quick because it takes up lots of space on the shelf per unit... so an entire isle of toilet paper can vanish quickly if everyone who goes through the store that day decides to snag a few packs.
people see the empty shelf, and people see everyone in line with a big pack or two... they think they also need to grab a pack before it's gone.
people post pics on social media of the empty shelves and the customers all buying carts full of things topped by one or two big packs of toilet paper...
suddenly there's a manufactured shortage and everyone rushes out the door to their local costco and buys a truck full.
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now... we have people posting alarmist shit about gas shortages... so everyone gets in their cars to go buy gas, so lines form, gas runs out, people post pics on social media, panic ensues...
No offense...but that's a pretty commie take that you and u/HunnyB have.
It's completely rational for demand to increase due to uncertainty. In a free market, the fixed supply would result in higher prices. Because we have communist price controls (given the flowery name of "price gouging laws"), prices are not allowed to rise to counter-act the fear that uncertainty brings and ensure supply is available.
Since the prices aren't allowed to work and can't adjust, there is a real shortage.
When people say no offense they really mean I'm going to be an asshola and offend you.
All I said is that right here in the state where I live we have more oil in the Bakken shale formation than all of Saudi Arabia, and that's a shit ton, why would we ever need to be dependent on foreign oil?
I was referring to your agreement with the bad take.
Whenever you think prices should be driven by benevolence and temperament, it's using the same authoritarian logic Marx used, which in turn, killed hundreds of millions of people.
Where the hell did I say that? I as agreeing with the guy who talked about the toilet paper shortage last summer, they the government, and corporations create these shortages to manipulate us. I said nothing about prices, and nothing about the market.
I haven't had my coffee so you're making zero sense to me, and I'm sure once I've had my coffee you'll make even less sense.