Gasoline Shortage Summer 2021

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Looks like there may be a gasoline shortage this summer according to Car & Driver and CNN. Apparently not enough truck drivers certified to haul gas.

I’m sure there won’t be a shortage in the sense of gas stations running out of gas. Probably just higher prices until the limited supply meets the potentially strong demand.

A good time to be an EV owner.
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Now if my solar installer would add my extra panels, I could quit paying the electric company too.
 

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Looks like there may be a gasoline shortage this summer according to Car & Driver and CNN. Apparently not enough truck drivers certified to haul gas.

I’m sure there won’t be a shortage in the sense of gas stations running out of gas. Probably just higher prices until the limited supply meets the potentially strong demand.

A good time to be an EV owner.
Let the swine and filth in their ICE dinosaurs run out of gas. The future is electric! I will laugh at all those in line to get gas as I drive by in my electric vehicle.

Well, I will be doing that until PG&E shuts down the power grids and I can't charge my EV. I will then pull my 8MPG truck out of the garage with its full 36 gallon tank and laugh at all those hipster EV owners fighting over the only working 110v outlet at Wal*Mart!
 

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Looks like there may be a gasoline shortage this summer according to Car & Driver and CNN. Apparently not enough truck drivers certified to haul gas.

I’m sure there won’t be a shortage in the sense of gas stations running out of gas. Probably just higher prices until the limited supply meets the potentially strong demand.

A good time to be an EV owner.
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Looks like there may be a gasoline shortage this summer according to Car & Driver and CNN. Apparently not enough truck drivers certified to haul gas.

I’m sure there won’t be a shortage in the sense of gas stations running out of gas. Probably just higher prices until the limited supply meets the potentially strong demand.

A good time to be an EV owner.

Gas prices are still not high enough imo... when you see idiots leaving their engines running for nothing, taking their cars to get to the store that is only a 2 minute walk away, the people that just drive around to spend the day/kill boredom, etc
 


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Exactly!

Here in Canada/Quebec they are starting to say: "Hey wait, you guys driving EVs, you don't pay gas tax anymore, and those taxes are used to fund road infrastructure and maintenance..."

And now they are starting to say "we should put an incremental tax at purchase time on EV to compensate the fact that they are not contributing to the gas tax"

OHHHH brother!
 

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gas prices hit 3.00 dollars here this weekend. Now oil companies are making profits is being reported. I would say here in my area we hit 3.50 this summer so sure.
 
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Exactly!

Here in Canada/Quebec they are starting to say: "Hey wait, you guys driving EVs, you don't pay gas tax anymore, and those taxes are used to fund road infrastructure and maintenance..."

And now they are starting to say "we should put an incremental tax at purchase time on EV to compensate the fact that they are not contributing to the gas tax"

OHHHH brother!
Virginia EV drivers pay $88 to register their cars to make up the difference. The gas registration is only $32.
 

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The only problem with increasing the price of gas is that it will have a domino effect on everything from produce to toilet paper
 

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People complain about EV subsidies (not a dig at you) all the while Big Oil subsidies have kept our gas prices artificially low for decades. It's a joke.
 
 




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