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Tuesday, September 30, 2008
How can gas shortage be fixed?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
In an AJC oped piece on Wednesday, Tex Pitfield, president and CEO of Saraguay Petroleum in Atlanta, argued that the gas shortage in the region would have been avoidable with quicker response from the governor’s office.
On Friday, Chris Clark, executive director of the Georgia Environmental Facilities Authority, and Carol Couch, director of the environmental protection division at the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, responded that it was not accurate for Pitfield to blame state government for our current fuel shortage. They noted that the state was on top of the crisis and urged motorists to do their part.
In response, Pitfield has written an ajc.com online-only piece saying that the mess will probably continue for a while. He implores”the retail stores to limit sales to eight gallons, not only to conserve what you have, but to make your few available gallons available to a broader cross section of the general public.
“And I ask the same of you, the general public. You do not need to top off; we are not going to run out of gas. And if you wait until you are at a quarter tank, and only buy eight gallons, many of you will be good for several days, and it will make it so much easier to buy gas for us all, and make more to go around.
“We need to slow the system down, and we, the public need to do it, not the government and not big oil.”
What do you think can be done to fix the gas shortage in the region?
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