Oh, I knew it was coming; it's my more near-sighted friends and acquaintances
who are gobsmacked.

Kat


On Monday 05 September 2005 17:49, ken barber wrote:
> our governor removed state tax from gas here in
> georgia, write your governor and ask that nc do the
> same. by the way i was in north carolina this morning
> and could have filled up at 3.19.
> write your congressman and senators and remove the
> federal tax on gas.
>
> but, of course there is a gas shortage. there was a
> short supply before the storm. roughly 25 per cent of
> the countries energy comes from the gulf coast.
> refineries are under water. we have not built a new
> refinery since 1975. most of the refineries were
> running at near capicity so those left can't take up
> the slack. this just points up the folly of not
> drilling for our own oil and building our capacity.
> the very folly of the politics that has blocked this
> for years. some of us saw it comming.
>
> --- Kathy <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > We're feeling the effects here in NC too, Bobby -
> > there is a gas shortage
> > here. too, and I even saw that a gas station down
> > East was charging $4.65 a
> > gallon!
> >
> > Kat
> >
> > On Saturday 03 September 2005 3:53 pm, you wrote:
> > > What you are not seeing on national TV are the
> >
> > collateral problems. For
> >
> > > instance, the entire city of Memphis is out of
> >
> > gasoline! I just talked to a
> >
> > > lady from Baton Rogue and they have a curfew
> >
> > because of rape and gunfire.
> >
> > > It doesn't take Einstein to realize to ripple
> >
> > effect re: pipelines, etc
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