And what would recommend Sonny do now? HE already had the EPA to lift the "low sulfur" rule on gas.

He's in a Catch 22...I think the best thing would be a limit of $40 bucks or so per vehicle, and/or let the free MARKET decide how much gas should be until this is over. I have neighbors who top off with 3/4 of a tank, and ride around looking for stations all the time (burning gas all day long). Some folks are just crazy.

I understand the topping off as you describe above - riding around looking for gas to top off the 3/4 tank is a no-no. Watching the local news last night - we have issues with cutters, swooping into the pumps and cutting in line is also a no-no. I certainly remember the 70's with odd-even rationing and hope we don't have to go there.

Would it be kosher to use a golf cart to search for gas and hold a place in the line? If the family car with only fumes is parked off to the side, turned off, waiting for their turn at the pump- could the electric GC hold the place in line?

What say you? Otherwise we are wasting gas to get gas!

Ah, I remember well the oil crunch while living in the bay area of California. Odd even days, finding a station with gas, long long lines,then waiting for 3,4 5 hours for gas with two little ones under 5 to entertain for that amount of time. My spouse drove 80 miles a day round trip to work and worked midnights, so I had no choice spouse had to have gas in the car and had to sleep so it was up to me to get the gas. What was amazing was how quick the shortage ended, overnight. After that we bought a diesel, amazing no lines for diesel fuel back then.

Speaking on oil, T Boone Pickens(oil Barron of TX) today said on MSNBC that Oil will be our next Catastrophe, to the tune of yep $700 Billion...We are seeing the beginnings of not having enough oil so we better come up with some alternatives very soon or we as a Nation won't have much of a future.

Chuckle!!!!
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It may have 5% less horsepower at full thottle. You will live.

I have yet to hit full throttle on the parkway. I'll try it later to test your theory.

You can but the octane boost at Advance or Auto Zone, I had to do this too.

I yam what I yam....Popeye

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Someday there might only be regular produced as way to increase refinery capacity.
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Guess that's the day I'll have to dig out the old two wheeler from the back of the garage and take it to the bike shop for it's long needed tune up. Might help me get tuned up a bit too. Or maybe some of my IRA will magically reappear before it hits zero and I can engage in one of my "favorite" pastimes, car shopping.

Now that's brilliant. We can only hope that.
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Crude is selling at $97.33 a drop of $9.56.
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