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Tmarkwald 05-12-2021 09:03 AM

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Originally Posted by golfing eagles (Post 1943316)
A 12 gallon minimum purchase will help end that behavior.

Except some of these small cars only have 10 gallon gas tanks.

tonycirocco@me.com 05-12-2021 09:12 AM

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Originally Posted by noslices1 (Post 1943209)
Yeah, you could actually buy a trailer and mount a generator on it so you can charge your batteries while you are driving on long trips. The only reason you would need to stop is, wait for it, ........GAS to fuel the generator. Or, you could just drive 300 miles a day and search for a charging station to charge overnight and take about ten days to get to California.

You don't know what you're talking about.

N44125 05-12-2021 09:12 AM

9:30 today...gas station near Publix at Southern Trace...all pumps had yellow bags covering gas nozzles.

Tmarkwald 05-12-2021 09:20 AM

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Originally Posted by noslices1 (Post 1943209)
Yeah, you could actually buy a trailer and mount a generator on it so you can charge your batteries while you are driving on long trips. The only reason you would need to stop is, wait for it, ........GAS to fuel the generator. Or, you could just drive 300 miles a day and search for a charging station to charge overnight and take about ten days to get to California.

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Originally Posted by tonycirocco@me.com (Post 1943323)
You don't know what you're talking about.

I think he knows EXACTLY what he is talking about.

Prove him wrong

davephan 05-12-2021 09:20 AM

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Originally Posted by golfing eagles (Post 1943316)
A 12 gallon minimum purchase will help end that behavior.

That’s easy to deal with a minimum purchase. Just take a five gallon empty gas can or two with you to the gas station!

golfing eagles 05-12-2021 09:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Tmarkwald (Post 1943318)
Except some of these small cars only have 10 gallon gas tanks.

Buy a bigger car (that has a bigger tank AND gets less gas mileage):1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:

ML Smith 05-12-2021 09:29 AM

Yup there will be a fad shortage because of panic buying.

OrangeBlossomBaby 05-12-2021 09:32 AM

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Originally Posted by golfing eagles (Post 1943316)
A 12 gallon minimum purchase will help end that behavior.

So you'd want to ensure that the gas-guzzling pickups and SUVs get plenty of gas, but the people who have compact cars that actually use less gas per mile, just run out (since many of them only have 10 gallon tanks). And that also means no lawnmowers, no tractor-mowers, no golf carts, no gas trimmers, no 2-5-gallon plastic gas containers unless you risk an explosion in your garage by storing 3-5 of them.

I'm thinking more of a 10-gallon MAXIMUM purchase for anyone coming in with a passenger vehicle, golf cart, pickup, with or without a plastic gas container.

Commercial vehicles and RVs can have a 20-gallon maximum.

The object is to use LESS gas, not hoard more.

DAVES 05-12-2021 09:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Tmarkwald (Post 1943318)
Except some of these small cars only have 10 gallon gas tanks.

Read the posts. You do not need to have any idea about reality to post.
I regularly post to all the complainers about the villages no it is not perfect.
Perfection does not exist but imagine if all the posting experts were actually running this place.

VILLAGES4EVER 05-12-2021 09:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Joe V. (Post 1943003)
15 minutes ago I filled up at Chevron. No one but me was at the pumps. Across the street Circle K had their pumps on and no one was waiting there either.

We are creating our own gasoline "shortage" by panic buying. I expect the lines to be short-lived once people realize there is no shortage here.

DAVES 05-12-2021 10:00 AM

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Originally Posted by davephan (Post 1943308)
That’s not surprising! The incompetent management at many corporations try to cut back, and “save” money by defunding IT security. That’s similar to incompetent politicians defunding the police.

T.J. Maxx foolishly used WEP for their WiFi security, long after WEP could easily be hacked in less than one minute, by a hacker in their parking lot. As a result of the management incompetence and reckless disregard for IT security, thousands of customers credit card information was stolen by the hacker.

If anyone is fired, it probably would be the general IT workers, instead of the incompetent and reckless management, who are responsible for the security breach that could have been easily prevented.

It is far easier to criticize than to actually make decisions. We regularly see this.

We all do this, I shoulda, coulda, mighta. More important too many say I am perfect, he shoulda, coulda, mighta.

As far a fault, we do not know. Did IT prepare reports and send them to the manager or management team? Updates cost money and upsets the system. It is worth doing?
Easy to see AFTER the system is hacked.

Too many people choose to bide their time and not rock the boat. I was a salesman.
Regular sales meeting. Management says, most scream that is great or say nothing. That is what management wants. Then when you break for lunch, or the meeting is over, the same people screaming how great it is say what the heck are they thinking this is nuts.

Reality.

Lil GTO 05-12-2021 10:16 AM

So it makes sense to cancel any further building of pipelines right? Asking for a friend.

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Originally Posted by Fairway Cruises (Post 1943117)
The pipeline goes from Houston to Jersey (5550 some miles) It supplies refineries along the way and for all the eastern seaboard affecting all southern states supplies. if the tankers can't fill up there be no deliveries be that Florida or anywhere else. There is another pipeline of less significance but that would not cope with demand.


golfing eagles 05-12-2021 10:34 AM

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Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby (Post 1943342)
So you'd want to ensure that the gas-guzzling pickups and SUVs get plenty of gas, but the people who have compact cars that actually use less gas per mile, just run out (since many of them only have 10 gallon tanks). And that also means no lawnmowers, no tractor-mowers, no golf carts, no gas trimmers, no 2-5-gallon plastic gas containers unless you risk an explosion in your garage by storing 3-5 of them.

I'm thinking more of a 10-gallon MAXIMUM purchase for anyone coming in with a passenger vehicle, golf cart, pickup, with or without a plastic gas container.

Commercial vehicles and RVs can have a 20-gallon maximum.

The object is to use LESS gas, not hoard more.

No, the object is NOT to have cars making long lines to get 3 gallons of gas, nor driving around wasting gas going station to station hoping to find some. I remember the Arab oil embargo well. Idiots were following tanker trucks around hoping that they were going TO a delivery and not returning FROM one. There were no cell phones and no internet, so people drove around just looking for a gas station.

If you have a 10 gallon tank, you can bring a 5 gallon (approved) container and fill that as well. Gasoline starts to vaporize at 140F, it's ignition point is 495F. I hope your garage is not that hot!

Lil GTO 05-12-2021 10:34 AM

I’m a fuel burner coming from 42 years in the racing industry and my wife working for Exxonmobil.

I’m wondering if everyone had electric vehicles tomorrow how would all that power be generated without burning fossil fuel and once we’re stuck with electric and using it like no tomorrow what is the expected price of a kWh once you have no choice but to plug in.

They won’t fly airplanes on electric in this century and heavy trucks are very limited on mileage on electric

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Originally Posted by airdale2 (Post 1943126)
Yeah Tesla, until the electric grid goes down also !


Jeanne wilson 05-12-2021 10:36 AM

The pipeline was for the whole nation...


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