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I'm guilty of topping off my gas tank
Atlanta's gas crisis appears to be over, but for some reason I am fearful that our South Florida stations also will run out of gas. 
Every time I pass the cheapest gas station near my house now, I fill up, even if I only need a quarter of a tank.
Metro Atlanta stations ran out of gas after Hurricane Ike late last month. Experts said the pipeline that brings gas to "the Southeast" (not sure why it didn't affect us here) got disrupted. So Atlanta stations started placing limits on how much gas you could buy. Many ran out of gas and didn't get refills for days, creating miles-long lines at stations that did have gas.
My state of panic is not helped by my gas-guzzling minivan. It means I have to top off my car every three or four days! Please help me calm down and allay my fears that we will always have plenty of gas in South Florida (ha!).
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Comments
You can demand they remove price gouging laws. The laws that stop increased prices are harmful to society, because they inhibit all the ways of stopping a gas shortage. Ask yourself this, if gas was expensive say 5-6 dollars would you get gas every time u passed a station, or wait till it comes down. Also if there was no gouging law, tankers from other states could bring in expensive gas, not viable previously.
Posted by: Matt | October 9, 2008 6:07 PM
It is thinking like yours that exacerbated the problem up north. Relax. Our gas down here doesn't come in on that pipeline - you're a reporter, you couldn't dig this info out yourself?
No offense to you as a person, but working at the "new" SunSentinel" must really be a mind numbing drag.
Posted by: Jeff | October 10, 2008 2:08 PM