Estimates have 75% of the US interstate tanker truck fleet involved in this.
Remember, the whole East Coast now has to be supplied by truck until more pipelines can be certified - everone east of the Mississippi is now without an oil supply - and that has to be filled by the 25% that are uninvolved.
Oh, and until Wednesday, they couldn't do that anyway. It is illegal (or was) to sell the specially formulated gas for one market or city in another market or city. Go look up "boutique blends". Since Bush got the EPA to suspend the law, we now can just produce plain gasoline at refineries and send it around the country.
That is soooooo going to speed things up, too. We are just getting into the season where they have to change over from Summer blend to winter blend fuel... that always puts a crimp in the supply. BTW, has China offered us any of their reserves?
Estimates have 75% of the US interstate tanker truck fleet involved in this.
Remember, the whole East Coast now has to be supplied by truck until more pipelines can be certified - everone east of the Mississippi is now without an oil supply - and that has to be filled by the 25% that are uninvolved.
Oh, and until Wednesday, they couldn't do that anyway. It is illegal (or was) to sell the specially formulated gas for one market or city in another market or city. Go look up "boutique blends". Since Bush got the EPA to suspend the law, we now can just produce plain gasoline at refineries and send it around the country.
All greek to me,,,I wasn't talking about a fancy tanker,,just something that could safely transport gas,,,as far as the legality of one market to another, i could care less,,,people are dying for lack of resources,,,,really, what are they gonna do between texas and mississipp arrest me??? they have their hands full,,,,but I was trying to THINK of something,,,my cousin is down there and 9 months pregnant, grandmother just had open heart surgery, brother/aunt are both asthmatic and it's hot as all get out there,,,,desperate times call for desperate measures