Link: Petroleum Exec says GA Governor should cancel Bama/UGA game

[Bama323]

Sounds like the State of GA is in bad shape like most of the Southeast is right now with Gasoline quantities. This could turn out to be an interesting issue over the next day or two, but I doubt very seriously they really consider canceling the game.

http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/politicalinsider/entries/2008/09/25/petroleum_exec_says_governor_s.html?cxntlid=homepage_tab_newstab

 

[lafella]

Re: Petrolium Exec says GA Govenor should cancel Bama/UGA game

Noway their Governor is gonna be that guy!

 

[Bama323]

Re: Petroleum Exec says GA Govenor should cancel Bama/UGA game

If you are an an Alabama resident traveling to Athens Friday or Saturday, it may be a good idea to fill up before you cross the GA state line, or at least well before you get to Atlanta. From what I hear, there is a major shortage of gasoline in the Atlanta area right now.

 

[Bama1993]

Re: Petroleum Exec says GA Govenor should cancel Bama/UGA game

We don't care about gas prices. Obviously he hasn't seen what we pay to Tide Pride.:biggrin:

 

[Bama323]

Re: Petroleum Exec says GA Govenor should cancel Bama/UGA game

We don't care about gas prices. Obviously he hasn't seen what we pay to Tide Pride.:biggrin:

It doesn't matter what the price of gas is if there is no gas to pump.

 

[Bama1993]

Re: Petroleum Exec says GA Govenor should cancel Bama/UGA game

It doesn't matter what the price of gas is if there is no gas to pump.

Point taken.

 

[CrimsonJag]

You will be fine if you get gas outside of metro Atlanta. Other than that, it's pretty random.

 

[TIDE-HSV]

Hmmm... Very interesting. The Alabama governor might have such powers, if he declared a state of emergency, and I'm doubting that spot gas shortages would qualify there. Maybe the GA Gov. has Soviet-type powers, but I doubt it. All this does is make the oilman look silly...

 

[Tide & Titans]

I think the problem should be taken care of soon. I would advise getting gas before you head into Atlanta or between ATL and Athens, though. Nashville was basically out of gas completely from Friday until Wednesday. Any time a station would open up there would be a 30 car line and the gas supplies wouldn't last an hour. Based on the fact that all of Nashville's gas is piped in directly from Atlanta and is now at full supply, Atlanta's gas should be coming back on line shortly.

 

[TheWishbone]

If Atlanta's gas situation is anything like it is here in Charlotte, NC, then good luck trying to fill-up anywhere around Athens or Atlanta. I've never seen anything like our situation is dire here in Charlotte. Not even the fuel lines in the late '70s. If you can find a gas station here in Charlotte that has had a tanker show up, you get privilege to wait in a 2 to 3 hour line with 250 other cars! And that is not an exageration. I only saw 3 gas stations with gas today in a metro/city that has close to 2 million people. I was actually lucky several nights ago and only had to wait for an hour and a half to fill up.

Anyway, enough of my tirade. I highly doubt they cancel our ball game, especially with ESPN Gameday being there and the game being featured on national TV.

By the way I heard Arnie Spanier on Sporting News Radio tonight talk about his epiphany while being drugged up during a root canal yesterday. He said that it just came to him that he likes Bama to beat GA this weekend and that people would have to start talking about us being in the national picture. All I can say is if he is right I will personally drive the man to the dentist each week for his laughing gas and pain pills!

 

[Bama323]

If Atlanta's gas situation is anything like it is here in Charlotte, NC, then good luck trying to fill-up anywhere around Athens or Atlanta. I've never seen anything like our situation is dire here in Charlotte. Not even the fuel lines in the late '70s. If you can find a gas station here in Charlotte that has had a tanker show up, you get privilege to wait in a 2 to 3 hour line with 250 other cars! And that is not an exageration. I only saw 3 gas stations with gas today in a metro/city that has close to 2 million people. I was actually lucky several nights ago and only had to wait for an hour and a half to fill up.

Anyway, enough of my tirade. I highly doubt they cancel our ball game, especially with ESPN Gameday being there and the game being featured on national TV.

By the way I heard Arnie Spanier on Sporting News Radio tonight talk about his epiphany while being drugged up during a root canal yesterday. He said that it just came to him that he likes Bama to beat GA this weekend and that people would have to start talking about us being in the national picture. All I can say is if he is right I will personally drive the man to the dentist each week for his laughing gas and pain pills!

I hope the gas situation in Charlotte improves over the next week. I have to go up to Charlotte week after next for work.

 

[RammerJammer14]

Let the price of gas rise to meet demand and people that don't need it won't buy it. Oh wait that would be gouging. Better to have shortages...

Exactly...


Decrease in Quantity + "gouging" laws= shortage! Who woulda thunk it...



PS-Is it just me, or did we leave some smilies back on the old server. Only certain smilies show up for me...

 

[BamaDMD]

Exactly...


Decrease in Quantity + "gouging" laws= shortage! Who woulda thunk it...



PS-Is it just me, or did we leave some smilies back on the old server. Only certain smilies show up for me...

Same here. I thought it was just me though. Prob a few hiccups that need ironing out.

 

[BrettStah]

I bet that Atlanta has some special fuel blend regulations that require a particular type of gasoline to be sold within the city limits. There are TONS of state and local regulations that dictate that specific fuel blends be sold, which causes havoc with the normal supply and demand - there could be a surplus of ANOTHER fuel blend, but it can't be shipped to Atlanta because it's illegal there. This is a rare case where I think the federal government should step in, and dictate federal fuel blend regulations... there shouldn't be a need for more than a handful of blends (depending on weather conditions), rather than the dozens that are required now.

(Stepping off my soapbox now.)

 

[bamaga]

If Atlanta's gas situation is anything like it is here in Charlotte, NC, then good luck trying to fill-up anywhere around Athens or Atlanta. I've never seen anything like our situation is dire here in Charlotte. Not even the fuel lines in the late '70s. If you can find a gas station here in Charlotte that has had a tanker show up, you get privilege to wait in a 2 to 3 hour line with 250 other cars! And that is not an exageration. I only saw 3 gas stations with gas today in a metro/city that has close to 2 million people. I was actually lucky several nights ago and only had to wait for an hour and a half to fill up.

Anyway, enough of my tirade. I highly doubt they cancel our ball game, especially with ESPN Gameday being there and the game being featured on national TV.

By the way I heard Arnie Spanier on Sporting News Radio tonight talk about his epiphany while being drugged up during a root canal yesterday. He said that it just came to him that he likes Bama to beat GA this weekend and that people would have to start talking about us being in the national picture. All I can say is if he is right I will personally drive the man to the dentist each week for his laughing gas and pain pills!

Arnie Spanier is an idiot, he was replaced in Atlanta by a longtime rock station shock jock that knows little about sports, arnie knew less about cfb!!! but I'll take his pick!
this game has gotten huge!!!, even before the sc loss

 

[RammerJammer14]

I bet that Atlanta has some special fuel blend regulations that require a particular type of gasoline to be sold within the city limits. There are TONS of state and local regulations that dictate that specific fuel blends be sold, which causes havoc with the normal supply and demand - there could be a surplus of ANOTHER fuel blend, but it can't be shipped to Atlanta because it's illegal there. This is a rare case where I think the federal government should step in, and dictate federal fuel blend regulations... there shouldn't be a need for more than a handful of blends (depending on weather conditions), rather than the dozens that are required now.

(Stepping off my soapbox now.)

True, and I don't think I would mind the fed stepping in. I guess it would fall under interstate trade and commerce(?)

 

[TIDE-HSV]

The feds step in and take over gas? Hell, they'd take over Wall Street before that. Wait....!

 

[BrettStah]

True, and I don't think I would mind the fed stepping in. I guess it would fall under interstate trade and commerce(?)

Yep... they don't need to do much beyond pass legislation that said that the Energy Department has the right to determine how many blends of fuel are absolutely needed, and then let states and local governments pick from that list of "approved" blends. I can't imagine that more than a few are really needed.

(Note that the federal government already has passed laws dealing with outlawing lead in gasoline, and mandating that diesel fuel be a low sulfur variety, so this isn't really anything new.)

 

[BamaNation]

THE EPA granted a waiver yesterday that permits higher sulfer fuel to be sold now. Of course, finding excess and available fuel anywhere for shipment here might be part of the problem, too.

For the last 14 days, there has been little to no fuel available at any of the stations I pass each day in Cobb / Fulton counties. Today, 3 of the 4 I checked had gas. The 4th was selling this afternoon. I take that as a really good sign that things are improving rapidly.

 

[Mamacalled]

I bet that Atlanta has some special fuel blend regulations that require a particular type of gasoline to be sold within the city limits. There are TONS of state and local regulations that dictate that specific fuel blends be sold, which causes havoc with the normal supply and demand - there could be a surplus of ANOTHER fuel blend, but it can't be shipped to Atlanta because it's illegal there. This is a rare case where I think the federal government should step in, and dictate federal fuel blend regulations... there shouldn't be a need for more than a handful of blends (depending on weather conditions), rather than the dozens that are required now.

(Stepping off my soapbox now.)

The EPA approved yesterday that the summer blend can now be sold in Atlanta until the fall blend comes online.