So the local Asheville station had a report..
GasBuddy @ 9:12am said that 78% of the Upstate/Asheville stations had no gas.
Then the next paragraph, it states that ; 24.8% of North Carolina Gas stations have no gas....
Should we just all drive to the middle of nowhere to fill up our tank?
https://www.wlos.com/news/local/78-of-gas-stations-without-fuel-in-region-gas-prices-rise-above-3-nationally
Why isn't the media talking about this??.?
72% of gas stations in both Charlotte and Raleigh have no gas now. This is pretty wild. When do they think trucks will be able to get out and about en masse?
WSJ has an article on gas prices and the pipeline issue and shows a picture of a woman in Benson NC filling up 8 gas cans (that are visible)...
I found a station outside of town that had gas so I filled up both cars and bought a new car just so I could have space to store more gas.
But experts stress there's no underlying supply shortage to panic about — unless the run on gas pumps creates one.
"Let me emphasize that, much as there was no cause for, say, hoarding toilet paper at the beginning of the pandemic, there should be no cause for hoarding gasoline, especially in light of the fact that the pipeline should be substantially operational by the end of this week and over the weekend," Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said at a Tuesday briefing.
WSJ has an article on gas prices and the pipeline issue and shows a picture of a woman in Benson NC filling up 8 gas cans (that are visible)...