http://austinontwowheels.org/2008/10/02/suck-on-this-gas-shortage/ The Online Magazine of Austin Cycling Culture Tue, 15 May 2012 00:59:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://austinontwowheels.org/2008/10/02/suck-on-this-gas-shortage/comment-page-1/#comment-288 elliott Sun, 05 Oct 2008 13:19:23 +0000 http://austinbikeblog.org/?p=1017#comment-288 There is currently a gas shortage in the Southeast U.S. due to refineries shut down by Hurricane Ike. Many stations have no gas or are limiting gas purchases to $20. There are reports of people following gas trucks around and waiting over an hour to fill up. Unfortunately, the idea of living without driving your car everywhere does not compute with a suburban sprawl city like Atlanta. This ought to be a wake up call to everyone that we need to change how we do things in this country, but the only response I've heard is "Drill, baby, drill." Blah. There is currently a gas shortage in the Southeast U.S. due to refineries shut down by Hurricane Ike. Many stations have no gas or are limiting gas purchases to $20. There are reports of people following gas trucks around and waiting over an hour to fill up. Unfortunately, the idea of living without driving your car everywhere does not compute with a suburban sprawl city like Atlanta. This ought to be a wake up call to everyone that we need to change how we do things in this country, but the only response I’ve heard is “Drill, baby, drill.” Blah.

]]> http://austinontwowheels.org/2008/10/02/suck-on-this-gas-shortage/comment-page-1/#comment-287 Doug Sun, 05 Oct 2008 03:07:37 +0000 http://austinbikeblog.org/?p=1017#comment-287 Any clue why the line for gas was *so* long there? Any clue why the line for gas was *so* long there?

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