If they jacked up the price to $8 a gallon, people would buy just enough to get out and there would be no shortages.
Some Freeper called me a communist for suggesting this last week.
He never responded when I called him out
As we all know, gas supplies are low right now due to Katrina, add in a couple more hurricanes and we will have to burn “booze”. Current mid-west price is $2.60/gallon and I anticipate it will be above $3.00 before long.
Using R. Emanuels concept (”Never let a crisis go to waste”) , the “scalpers” will artificially inflate the price of gas even if they had an abundant supply. Perhaps there needs to be a limit on the amount one can purchase during such catastrophes.