Gas Rationing beginning in some areas of the country!

[cynatnite]

It's already started in Nashville at some area truck stops. They are only allowing 50 gallons per truck. More are expected to follow suit.

My hubby's trucking company has issued orders to conserve fuel and they expect the short term gas crisis to get worse.

Over the weekend he had 100 gallons stolen out of his truck.

The truckers are going to get hit hard from the sounds of it.

[The Backlash Cometh]

1. Well, I can't remember who said it, but their solution to the oil

problem was to use train transit or other energy efficient means of transporting goods and basically, put the truckers out of business.

[cynatnite]

5. Trains can do very little

For one thing they are too slow and if produce needs to get moved, it'll go bad before it arrives at it's destination. The depots these trains go to can get bottled up and cause even more delays.

They won't rely on trains much more than they do now.

[ohio_liberal]

11. Most of the railways have been idle so long

Cities have removed them, or they're so derelict that they aren't usable. We still have one rail line here to transport steel. The rest are gone.

[The Backlash Cometh]

12. But do you have a multi-mile nature walk?

In our county, they have locked a multi-mile nature walk that happens to follow major transit areas. They had to buy it piece by piece with each city figuring out how they were going to convince the private landowners to hand them over the property. Possibly they bought the property for well over its worth. Anyway, I've suspected for some time that this was going to be the location for public transportation sometime in the future.

Maybe nearer than I thought.

[ohio_liberal]

13. No, not this city

The rail systems run right along the Ohio River. It's mostly overgrown, unpopulated land.

[MADem]

2. Prices going UP!

No adequate rail system to take the load off, seeing as no one thinks rail travel is worth subsidizing.

Everything travels by truck, we'll be paying more for everything from school erasers to refrigerators....oh, joy.

[durablend]

3. Too young to understand...

I was only 7 when the last one hit back in 1979...if they start doing it for cars, what's to stop you from getting the allotment at one station, then rinse and repeat at another station (and so on until your tank is filled). Aside from the "time factor" (are you going to spend the day cruising gas stations), is the only other deterrent the "honor system" (which we know means nothing where the W'04 SUV crowd is concerned)?

[displacedtexan]

7. I'm glad you asked that question!

During the last gas rationing era (In Texas, anyway), the month sticker on your license plate determined when you could buy gas.

Even number months
Odd number months

Austin (capital city) was exempt, of course.

[Deja Q]

4. Locking gas cap...

Higher gas prices will ensure our oil companies don't go bust either. :eyes:

For a 'safe' business with longevity, they still have no qualms choking everyone else.

[KharmaTrain]

6. The Real Chill This Winter

All those higher oil prices were bad enough, but the timing of this storm couldn't be worse for this sputtering economy (unless you own Oil company & Home Despot stock). The ripple of all these increases and shortfalls will be felt across the board for months and years to come.

My courage to your husband and family...especially if he's an independent...time off the road means less food on the table.

I suspect with all that refinery, offloading and pipeline facilities in New Orleans out of commission for months to come, we're going to have a very cold and expensive winter.

Peace...

[fudge stripe cookays]

8. They mentioned something on AAR this morning...

that truckers are paying about 50 or 55 cents a MILE.

Unbelievable.
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[converted_democrat]

9. Damn....n/t

[watercolors]

10. Gas rationing just might happen

I was a child and can remeember having cupons to buy gas, during WW2. We finallly had to put our car in the barn and either walk or take bus to school and work. It might not be a bad idea again, we have to start to get smart about fuel consumtion in this country, and being conservationist.

[natrat]

14. maybe i'm wrong, but at least then it was a noble sacrafice

now it's kind of creepy

[Dora]

15. And the price of food will go up accordingly. n/t