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U.S. declares State of Emergency to keep gasoline flowing…
https://citizenfreepress.com ^ | Posted by Kane on May 10, 2021 11:37 am

Posted on 05/10/2021 9:04:22 AM PDT by Red Badger

The US government declared a state of emergency late on Sunday, lifting limits on the transport of fuels in a bid to keep gas supply lines open after the continued shutdown of the Colonial Pipeline.

“This Declaration addresses the emergency conditions creating a need for immediate transportation of gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, and other refined petroleum products and provides necessary relief,” the Department of Transportation said. White House Press Sec Jen Psaki added that “as the Administration works to mitigate potential disruptions to supply as a result of the Colonial Pipeline incident, @USDOT is taking action today to allow flexibility for truckers in 17 states.”

Just in case the US didn’t already have a “transitory hyperinflation” problem, gasoline futures soared more than 4% – and are likely to jump much more – late on Sunday after the Colonial Pipeline announced that while some smaller lateral lines between terminals and delivery points are now operational, its mainlines (Lines 1, 2, 3 and 4) remain offline since late Friday after the company suffered a crippling cyberattack that affected its key IT systems.

Colonial operates Line 1 for gasoline and Line 2 for diesel and jet fuel from Pasadena, Texas, some 15 miles from the nation’s largest refineries, to Greensboro, North Carolina, at a combined 2.5 million barrels a day. They merge at Greensboro to feed a line carrying about 900,000 barrels a day into New York Harbor, and other East Coast pipelines.


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To: Red Badger

...just after we get an admin that hates oil. Huh.

Just topped up all my vehicles.


21 posted on 05/10/2021 9:18:28 AM PDT by fuzzylogic (welfare state = sharing of poor moral choices among everybody)
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To: Red Badger

“The lines were long and I live in Florida Panhandle!............”

YIPE!


22 posted on 05/10/2021 9:18:40 AM PDT by BobL (TheDonald.win is now Patriots.win)
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To: Red Badger

I didn’t know about this until last night. My first thought about this was that it was a ransomware attack.

Seems to be what it is.

I believe we should be using our intelligence agencies and special forces to run these types of people down and either kill them or spirit them away to places where they can tell us all they know.

And to do this even in countries they don’t want us to do it in because the government profits from it financially, politically, or militarily.

As we see, this is a national security issue.


23 posted on 05/10/2021 9:18:41 AM PDT by rlmorel (Leftists are The Droplet of Sewage in a gallon of ultra-pure clean water.)
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To: Red Badger

Whew! We was worried there for a minute. Grrrrrrr!


24 posted on 05/10/2021 9:20:13 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this?)
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To: Red Badger

A cybertech expert was on RT Tv a few days ago. He said Russia does not have the expertise to do this level of hacking. He said China is behind it and helping the russian hackers.

Same with the hacking last December.


25 posted on 05/10/2021 9:20:43 AM PDT by setter
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To: petitfour

Earth is like honey badgers. IT DON’T CARE!


26 posted on 05/10/2021 9:21:27 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this?)
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To: Red Badger

Is there anything that the democrats can’t screw up?


27 posted on 05/10/2021 9:22:58 AM PDT by Veggie Todd (Religion. It's like a History class. Without the facts. )
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To: Leaning Right

It looks like the bug owner is being refused gas because his plate ends with a 5.


28 posted on 05/10/2021 9:23:28 AM PDT by jaydubya2
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To: setter

“A cybertech expert was on RT Tv a few days ago. He said Russia does not have the expertise to do this level of hacking. He said China is behind it and helping the russian hackers.”

NOT SO FAST, pal. It’s PUTIN, PUTIN, PUTIN, PUTIN, he is our ENEMY (for a few more years, I think), so it’s all his fault.


29 posted on 05/10/2021 9:23:45 AM PDT by BobL (TheDonald.win is now Patriots.win)
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To: Red Badger

Yet another “State of Emergency”.

“The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.”

H. L. Mencken


30 posted on 05/10/2021 9:25:01 AM PDT by glorgau
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To: butlerweave

RE: Rationing coming right up.

Wonder if the trashy Dem voters will still gush over their idiot President.

But maybe it’s persons of color not rationed.

High social credit left leaning score no ration.

Conservative, patriot, MyPillow purchaser, registered GOP, liked Trump on old Facebook or Tweet records, history of posting on FR: no gas.


31 posted on 05/10/2021 9:25:42 AM PDT by frank ballenger (End vote fraud, harvesting,non-citizen voting & leftist media news censorship or we are finished.)
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To: Red Badger

Just to help with the math a bit, 100M gallons per day, which is what this pipeline carried, requires 10,000 tanker trucks, per day to replace its flow...not to mention CERTIFIED drivers for them.

...things are going to get interesting very soon, but glad it’s happening now...we might just learn a bit from it.


32 posted on 05/10/2021 9:26:23 AM PDT by BobL (TheDonald.win is now Patriots.win)
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To: Veggie Todd

> Is there anything that the democrats can’t screw up? <

Well, they’re pretty good at stealing elections.


33 posted on 05/10/2021 9:26:46 AM PDT by Leaning Right (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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To: Red Badger
Fear the "State of Emergency," people.

God knows what they'll do under its cover.

34 posted on 05/10/2021 9:27:25 AM PDT by HIDEK6 (God bless Donald Trump. )
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To: Red Badger

There is a trucking shortage already. This is not going to work.

Expect spot outages.


35 posted on 05/10/2021 9:27:50 AM PDT by Erik Latranyi (We are being played by forces most do not understand)
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To: Erik Latranyi

Expect HUGE outages!...............................


36 posted on 05/10/2021 9:28:33 AM PDT by Red Badger (Jesus said there is no marriage in Heaven. That's why they call it Heaven.....................)
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To: Red Badger

My wife car and my car have plates just one number apart, ones even, ones odd, I’ll just swap plates to get gas when I need it if they start that odd even crap again.


37 posted on 05/10/2021 9:30:06 AM PDT by The Louiswu ((.....................insert tagline here.......................))
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To: Red Badger

I assured my concerned wife that there would be no shortage of gas in this household.


38 posted on 05/10/2021 9:30:15 AM PDT by PTBAA
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To: unixfox

Yep. Cancelling they Keystone Pipeline was a great idea. That is why Biden’s approval rating is over 60% in the latest poll. When the gasoline lines and hyper inflation hit Biden’s approval rate will surpass 90%. /s


39 posted on 05/10/2021 9:30:30 AM PDT by forgotten man
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To: Red Badger

No more Carbon for NYC and New England.

It’s what BiXiden wants.


40 posted on 05/10/2021 9:31:23 AM PDT by Paladin2 (.)
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