That SUCKS. We never had this problem before Katrina, I thinkthis whole thing is as bogus as a Halmark Holiday. Just another way for the oil companies to post more record profits.
I dont think it is all bogus... some of it yeah but part of our problem (GA) that other stats dont have is we use "Sweet" crude now (winter mix) and most other states do not. So in the pipeline that runs the coast, in the summer they can ship all "sour" crude because everyone uses it. Well now in the fall/winter months they have to ship up sweet crude but keep on sour crude for the west of the pipeline. It just happens that the refineries on the coast that produce the sweet crude happen to be down right now.
Now what do I think is bogus? The governor waiting until now to get the EPA standards gone till Oct 10th so we can use sour crude. Why wait till now to do it? This "crisis" has been going on for near 2 weeks now. Not to mention, this is one hell of a media driven crisis. Every time you turn on the news they talk of gas crisis, no gas coming into GA, lines on the street, ect...