Eh, New Yawkas... my brother drove 30 minutes north of White Plains on the NYS Thruway and filled his tank at a rest stop without any fuss. I keep thinking of Mad Max... most of these people are gonna be dead within a month if we really have a S. Hits the Fan event.
way back in the day, my buddy worked at a gas station. The boss used to let us run it on the weekend. (Work on our own cars or do repairs for customers). Every friday before he left work he rolled out a pump on a 4 wheeled dolly and stick the hose down where you fill the tank and fill up his car with gas by passing the meters. When he left we did the same thing. You would think the gas stations could run a generator and use an electric pump (or even a gas operated pump) to fill cars from the underground tanks.
yes, they were talking about that on tv today with the experts involved in the business. The expert said it would take 10 years just to get the regulations approved. For instance, somebody would have to decide how much fuel you would have to have in your generator at all times. I think the thing today is, to have a "no electricity" bypass system the pumps are all digital and the payment system is digital I can't remember the last time I paid green cash for gasoline in many cases out there in Sandy Land, the filling stations can only accept cash, but the ATM's are also down so that would leave me SOL
The expert said it would take 10 years just to get the regulations approved. --------------------- It figures. Ditto on filling cars directly from a tanker. My favorite in this entire situation is union NJ utility workers told the non union out of state workers attempting assistance to "back off".
it aint that funny. That's what they say the problem in Italy is today. So many palms have to get greased that it takes forever to get anything done. I'm going out to do some early voting today with my daughter Still undecided you can always tell who a democrat is, because they think it is so important for government to "get things done." Just talking to you, I realize Italy has come to a halt because nobody can get anything done And apparently, when it comes to something as simple as filling up your car with gasoline, we are not that far behind.
I just got that nutmeg, it would be so simple. A tanker pulls up, and it's 5 for $20 10 for $40 limit green cash only problem solved they could do it right on the side of the highway and people could get on doing whatever they do to generate tax revenue instead of sitting for hours in line
I live in NYC right below the Mendoza line, 39th St, so I was out of power until Friday night. Couldn't do any trading for last 4 days so I went to Parx and Sands in PA to play poker. Lines for gas are ridiculous in the Jersey area just across from Manhattan. At Sands which is more north than Parx, there was a line for gas at the Turkey Hill station, I78 intersection. Both casinos border over on the PA side, close to the NJ state line. Parx area was fine, saw multiple empty gas stations. They are both equidistant from Manhattan, about 80 miles.
I live up in Fairfield County, CT - about 1.5-2 hours outside of NYC. Today I was shocked to see a line of four NYC taxi cabs at our local gas station... I guess things must be bad if you are willing to burn 1/4-1/3 of your tank (remember these are old crappy crown victoria cars) just to drive out and get gas. Nevermind the missed/lost cab fares.
I'm the same, except I do remember the last time I paid cash for gasoline. It was around March 2009 and I only remember because gas got so low that it cost me less than $20 to fill up the tank and I was so excited to go in and hand them a $20 and actually get change back. I know that will never happen again in my lifetime (unless I buy scooter). Although I never carry cash on me, I do always keep about $3k in the house, just in case there is some emergency and all the ATMs shut down or all electricity fails. I figure $3k would pay for food and gas for a few months, even if people start price gouging.