Here's the scoop, I jumped the gun. I'm still pissed, and with good reason. It wasn't big oil gouging us (in this instance), it was local gas stations who have the gall to make this tragedy a profit machine.
Local independant stations have raised the rate of gas. For anybody who doesn't believe me and thinks it's a rumor, you're wrong. Big time. Gas at several stations here in the Minneapolis suburbs was between $4-$6 per gallon. Many stations throughout the midwest were jacking rates through the roof. The API has condemned this action and stated there is no fuel shortage.
Incidentally, that pisses me off too. Big suprise huh? Here's why. Here in MN gas has been between $1.80-$1.90/gallon for 87 octane because of big oil jerk offs. They've been gouging the hell out of the midwest citing two refinery's going down (again), one with no released explaination (again) just before a holiday that corresponds to heavy driving (again). The idiots in the oil industry just can't seem to keep the refinery's going in the midwest, using fuel shortage as an excuse to charge up to $0.60-$0.70 more PER GALLON than some other areas of the US. So that's why I automatically assumed it was the oil companies screwing us over (again). They've been crying fuel shortage! fuel shortage! all year long, and we've yet to see it. This is BS, and I'm sick of it.
The thing that got me the most of course, was the idea that people were trying to capitalize on this event!
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