Posted on 05/11/2021 1:12:07 PM PDT by blam
Demand for gasoline soared Monday as the shutdown of the Colonial Pipeline sent Americans to the pumps.
Gas demand on the east coast of the U.S. rose 32.5 percent compared with the prior Monday, GasBuddy petroleum analyst Patrick De Haan tweeted on Tuesday.
(vs the prior Monday)
— Patrick De Haan ⛽️📊 (@GasBuddyGuy) May 11, 2021
PADD is short for Petroleum Administration for Defense Districts, a designation created during World War II to allow the government to allocate petroleum distribution. PADD 1 is the East Coast, PADD 2 is the Midwest, PADD 3 is the Gulf Coast, PADD 4 is the Rocky Mountains, and PADD 5 is the West Coast.
In addition, many areas around the country are experiencing gasoline outages, De Haan tweeted. The largest outage on Tuesday was in Virginia.
GASOLINE OUTAGES as of 11am CT: GA 4.4% AL 0.5% TN 0% SC 2.1% NC 6.3% FL 2.6% VA 7.6%
— Patrick De Haan ⛽️📊 (@GasBuddyGuy) May 11, 2021
“On the week, the national gas price average jumped six cents to $2.96. If the trend continues, an increase of three more cents would make the national average the most expensive since November 2014 –the last time we saw average prices at $2.99 and higher,” AAA reported.
From AAA’s gas price update:
AAA forecasts gas prices to climb this week in reaction to the shutdown of the Colonial Pipeline, which delivers approximately 45 of all fuel to the East Coast. Over the weekend, the Colonial Pipeline announced they were the victim of a cybersecurity attack and, as a precaution, shut down the pipeline, which runs from Texas to New York Harbor. At this time, some lateral lines have reopened, but there is no word of when the mainline, including the gasoline line, will be operational.
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Every day!
We stayed below $2.00 a gallon most of the time in my small town the whole time President Trump was in office. The price bumped up for holidays but that was the stations price gouging. Most of last summer we were $1.85-$2.00.
Do a little dance
Make a little love
Get down tonight
Over the mountain in Tennessee = plenty.
Time for gasoline bootlegging?
Hard to feel sorry for far-left Asheville...
From the tags on the car behind Rev Jim Jones there, it’s an even day.
[[We stayed below $2.00 a gallon most of the time in my small town the whole time President Trump was in office.]]
Not us- we stayed right around $2:30 the whole time- the gas stations liked to play games and drop it a few cents every now and again, but it’d go right back yup after a few days- We never got down to $2.00 or below :(
Everyone is going to suffer, get real.
I was trying to be polite. Asheville is the ONLY place I was ‘dressed down’ for not wearing a mask (a pet shop, for crying out loud)...so needless to say; they are NOT on my Christmas list. :-)
“Trump: “Do you miss me yet?”
He’ll get the blame for being there 4 years and not preparing.
Biden hasn’t had time to do anything yet!
-Media response
I dont think demand is up 32%, supply is down which is driving proce increases and shortages.
Media’s fault!
“Just curious. How did pipelines work before the internet?”
Exactly like everything else, except for the internet, which didn’t exist.
Ashevillagers should be celebrating as there will be fewer carbon emissions for the foreseeable future. Isn’t that what they want?
Demand is spiked by rumors of shortage.
If half the local vehicle fleet goes from 50% full to topped off, that’s a lot of fuel pumped in a short time.
We are a very small town with a town Facebook page. If a station went up too much the whole population of the town was on there screaming at them. The station would lower it back down.
Fair point.
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