(Not sure if it is still there, but this was a chain club in Japan. Standing only, and must always have drink in hand)
US considering foreign tankers to move domestic fuel supplies
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/us-considering-foreign-tankers-to-move-domestic-fuel-supplies
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) is assessing whether American tankers can meet emergency fuel demands caused by the Colonial Pipeline shutdown or if foreign ships will be needed to help fill the gap.
“The Biden-Harris administration is continually assessing the impact of the ongoing Colonial Pipeline incident on fuel supplies for the East Coast and is monitoring reported shortages in parts of the Southeast,” DOT stated Tuesday. “This ongoing effort includes evaluating resources the federal government can mobilize to mitigate potential impacts.”
One of those resources is the U.S. domestic tanker fleet, of which there are 57, according to the latest data from the U.S. Maritime Administration (MarAd). If MarAd determines that there is not enough capacity available to move the needed fuel supplies, the administration will consider waiving the Jones Act, allowing foreign ships to step in.
The Jones Act requires vessels moving between U.S. ports be built, flagged and crewed in the United States.
After MarAd conducts a survey of Jones Act-qualified ships, the Department of Homeland Security, through Customs and Border Protection, has the authority to receive and approve waivers.
Vortexa, an energy analyst group, pointed out that Jones Act waivers can be provided to foreign tankers originally destined for international destinations that could then be rerouted to U.S. ports. (excerpt)
Welcome Back, Carter!
Did the master minds behind Xiden Biden plan and enact this disturbance through foreign agents.
Prices north of Gay Frisco:
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One of our Gene Pools has over a hundred pickups in his fleet. They expected regular gas for all us to be over $5/gallon by memorial day. Now, they are saying in a little over a week.
Thanks to savant idiot Joe Xiden and his masterminds in charge of this disaster now known as America.
deliberate
Pure panic porn
The same idiots that bought a years worth of toilet paper last year are topping off and loading any container they’ve got
Such insanity
People are probably starting to “top off” their tank when only down a quarter or a half. They say that was what happened back in the 70s gas “shortage”.
Bought my first locking gas cap in the 70’s.
A mere 50 years later, bought my second now for the motorhome. First to buy a cap at Autozone. Won’t be the last.
I know some want to make this political but my question is why do we have critical systems connected to the internet such that hackers can disable them? If control needs to happen remotely then maybe build your own network? Run your own fiber while you build the pipeline? This is actually inexcusable on so many levels. Lots of people need to lose jobs over this and stock holders really need to get involved to get these companies to control their systems. This is just one severe example, there have been hundreds of other examples involving healthcare and banks. I can’t believe these hackers are so much smarter than the network admins if these companies or perhaps they are due to hiring the wrong people.
My new RAM 1500 has a 33 Gallon Fuel Tank. Topped it off last Friday.
Waiting for the Gasoline thieves to start up again.
After destroying middle class job growth and the growing economy under Trump, along with STEALING the election, they have now changed course are are extracting MEGA-DOLLARS with a manufactured gas shortage.
More to come. It's about the "Benjamins"