Well gosh, do you think there's any chance that this was partly a consequence of this?
(Of course, the picayune environmental requirements don't help - it's not that they're stricter than surrounding gas regulations so much as that they're incompatible. Heaven forbid different states' environmental lobbies get their act together and settle on one standard.)
Posted by Matt Bruce at September 23, 2008 12:29 AMChristina Wedge, a resident of the Atlanta suburb Decatur, said her tank was on empty Sunday. When she went to fill up, she passed six stations closed down before finally finding one with gas for nearly $5 a gallon. She got just enough to continue looking for a cheaper price. Watch how hurricanes have wreaked havoc with gas in the South.
About a mile away, she found a station with long lines for gas around $4.29.
"I waited 30 minutes to get gas," she said. "It does concern me. I'm actually frustrated that the prices are so high."
So taking maybe two hours to get gas and having to literally drive all over town (thereby increasing one's need) doesn't frustrate her, but a few extra dimes a gallon does.
Posted by: Kubi at September 23, 2008 06:03 PMHeaven forbid different states' environmental lobbies get their act together and settle on one standard.
Honest question -- are these really set at the state level. I always assumed that the federal EPA lined everything up.
Posted by: Kubi at September 23, 2008 06:05 PM