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By ridiculous

September 30, 2008 10:17 AM | Link to this

we could end the topping off problem by having the gas staions set a minimum purchase amount say $50 ( instead of a maximum purchase amount ).

By Jeff

September 30, 2008 10:21 AM | Link to this

Why do the Republicrats think that MORE government is the solution?

MORE government CREATED the problems to begin with!!

The solution is LESS government!

By The Snark

September 30, 2008 10:26 AM | Link to this

As usual, Newt is running his mouth about something of which he knows nada. “Investing in infrastructure” is not the cause of the problem. It’s been well documented over the last six months that we have more than enough refineries and they are actually operating under capacity.

By gttim

September 30, 2008 10:27 AM | Link to this

If Sam Olens would support bike lanes and cycling infrastructure instead of giving a short shrift to cyclists, perhaps more people could be commuting by bike instead of car, lessoning our dependence on gas.

Odd Even ration is a silly idea. Then you just have half the people topping off every other day. More people will be waiting in line to top off because they won’t be able to buy the next day.

Perdue blew this by not acting quickly enough, asking the EPA to waive the clean fuel requirement earlier.

By Matt Jennings

September 30, 2008 10:28 AM | Link to this

LOL, Jeff. It was BAD government and bad political ideology that have gotten us here. Stop electing people who blindly worship the market.

By Lisa

September 30, 2008 10:31 AM | Link to this

I said a week ago that Sonny needed to mandate an odd./even gas system.. But no he is off in Europe while the state is in a gas crisis….

By rukidding

September 30, 2008 10:31 AM | Link to this

So Casey holds a press conference saying he made a few phone calls — once again he proves he is useless.

if Olens thinks rationing is such a good idea why doesn’t he do it in Cobb County? Why wait until now to come up with the suggestion, where was he a week ago.

By Jeff

September 30, 2008 10:33 AM | Link to this

Matt:

Big government IS ‘Bad’ government.

The solution is people who worship at the altar of Individual Liberty and will not settle for ANYTHING less.

By Dumb bicycles

September 30, 2008 10:39 AM | Link to this

We don’t need bike lanes. Roads were made for cars. The Silver Comet trail was made for walkers and bikers. Go there and quit hogging the road with your (bicyclists)bike and holier than thou attitudes. Better yet, ride your bike to the Grand Canyon and don’t stop until you hit the bottom.

By Small Car Owner and Proud of It!

September 30, 2008 10:39 AM | Link to this

Hey, Ridiculous? What about those of us who DON’T own gas guzzling SUVs and only spend $40 to completely fill our tanks? A $50 minumum would mean we couldn’t fill up at all.

By CJ

September 30, 2008 10:41 AM | Link to this

Sonny is as bad as McBush! McBush can’t seem to multi-task or conduct conference calls or net meetings. Why can’t Purdue conduct a meeting on the crisis via satellite from Europe? Why couldn’t McBush have participated in the failed Bailout Plan last week via conference call from the debate location?

Technology-challenged Republicans!

By Tonya

September 30, 2008 10:42 AM | Link to this

My husband’s gas tank won’t hold $50, because it gets nearly 30 mpg. Yet he is working from home today because he couldn’t find enough gas to get him to work and back. Don’t punish those with more fuel efficient cars.

By Observer

September 30, 2008 10:44 AM | Link to this

ridiculous, Not all of us drive a gas guzzling SUV or truck. While setting a minimum is not a bad idea. It simply is not very feasible given the wide variation in gas tank capacities. My car has never required a $50 fill-up. Owners of small cars with small tanks would struggle, since they would have to wait until the tank was dry before they could fill up. If the maximum is lowered to say $30, you would still see the ‘top-off’ issue by cars with larger tanks. While immediate rationing is a necessity, even with supplies predicated to increase over the next week, we should focus on the long-term objective of developing alternate full and freeing our country from its deep rooted dependence on oil.

By Small Car Owner and Proud of It!

September 30, 2008 10:44 AM | Link to this

Hey, Ridiculous? What about those of us who DON’T own gas guzzling SUVs? I fill up for $40… where does that leave me, huh? Unable to get gas? THANKS!

By Small Car Owner and Proud of IT!

September 30, 2008 10:49 AM | Link to this

Hey, Ridiculous? What about those of us who DON’T own gas guzzling SUVs? I fill up for $40… where does that leave me, huh? Unable to get gas? THANKS!

By Marie

September 30, 2008 10:55 AM | Link to this

Where is the REAL proof that a majority of Atlantans are topping off their tanks? From the media reports the loooong gas lines are occuring primarily over the weekend — which seems to indicate that most people are waiting until the end of the week to fill their tanks for the next week.

Boy this is sure becoming envogue — government bureaucrats create a problem, a crisis occurs, and then its the fault of the people.

Gee I’m only 40 so I don’t really remember a whole lot about the 70s gas rationing. But I do remember there were fewer self-service gas stations back then and it was easier to enforce an odd-even system since your gas was often pumped by an attendent.

Tell us Olens and Isakson who is going to enforce this odd-even gas rationing and make sure folks are not filling up on the day they’re not supposed to. More lunacy coming from the lunatics who got us in this mess from the get go.

Not that we have a competent governor, but, now more than ever; it is time to REDUCE the size of the federal government so governors can insulate their citizens from the STUPID decisions of the know-it-alls in DC.

By Aaron Burr V. Mexico

September 30, 2008 11:00 AM | Link to this

I worship at the alter of nothing save God himself, and no man will tell me how to relate to my God.

Anyone who puts faith in anything; communism, government, markets or ‘individual liberty’ will have that faith crushed because they are made by men and therefore corruptible.

Alright Jeff, lets look at your ‘libertarian’ philosophy. The only real historical model is the early history of the nation when the Federal government was weak.

There were few regulations, this is true. However as the industrial revolution progressed, individual working conditions for the common man became intolerable. Decent salaries, decent working conditions, safety devices in work places and public education are all a result of government interaction.

In the alter of individual liberty, a business owner would have to do none of these things and any one working for him would be free to go to ‘someone else’. Or, even easier, he could just move those jobs to India or whatever dictatorship he wanted to.

Well, the vast majority, by exercizing our individual liberty decided that most of these things were a bad idea some time ago and elected leaders to do something about it.

But, being foolish creatures, we forgot what happens when you let the free market and corporations grow too powerful. Of course, we’re just as likely to fix the problem with too much regulation. Because most people are simple and like simple solutions instead of having to think about things.

So more than likely, we’re going to have a massive crash of some kind and elect pro government leaders who will create all kinds of regulations which will then have to be removed only we’ll remove too much so then we’ll have the same stupid cycle all over again.

Stupid. Stupid. Stupid. Stupid.

By lulumac3

September 30, 2008 11:07 AM | Link to this

They should make ALL students ride the bus and go to a 4 day week. There is no excuse for parents letting their kids drive at a time like this!

By Jason

September 30, 2008 11:11 AM | Link to this

If we want gas to be readily available, we need to let prices rise to a level that reflects the decreased supply and not whine about being “gouged.” I don’t know about you, but I’d rather pay five or six dollars a gallon for the short term, than constantly worry about finding a place to fill up.

By Jenna

September 30, 2008 11:13 AM | Link to this

A minimum price of $50 would mean I could never get gas.. I drive a Toyota Corolla and have never paid more than $45 to fill up from bone-dry empty.

How about we keep those people who decide to fill up FIVE 5-gallon gas cans (saw it this morning) AND their big truck?

By Darius

September 30, 2008 11:14 AM | Link to this

LOL at Mr. We Would Not Have This Problem if There Were More Bike Lanes. Cyclists are like cats, the only good ones are dead ones.

By Jenna

September 30, 2008 11:15 AM | Link to this

A minimum price of $50 would mean I could never get gas.. I drive a Toyota Corolla and have never paid more than $45 to fill up from bone-dry empty.

How about we keep those people who decide to fill up FIVE 5-gallon gas cans (saw it this morning) AND their big truck from doing crap like that??

By SteveO

September 30, 2008 11:16 AM | Link to this

Sonny Perdue doesn’t care about Atlanta. He knows his base lies in rural Georgia and considering that his election strategy is to blame Yankees (re: Atlanta) for all of the state’s problems it shouldn’t surprise anyone that he’s not going to do anything about the issue.

Make no mistake, this guy has an axe to grind with the metro area. He’s not shedding a single tear.

By Sophy

September 30, 2008 11:26 AM | Link to this

Hey Jenna Judgemental,

That may have been ME you saw filling up my Explorer AND a 5 gallon gas can! The can was for my husband’s motorcycle which he rides to work daily.

The Explorer I drive because I carpool 4 kids back & forth to church, school & sports events with all their equipment/instruments. Carpooling saves all the parents a lot of gas. I used to drive a Corolla & loved it until our kids & their friends would no longer fit into it.

By Jeff

September 30, 2008 11:28 AM | Link to this

Aaron Burr:

Ah, but a solid Christian IS a Libertarian if he truly follows God.

Qeustion: What was God’s greatest gift to man?

Christians typically will say ‘Jesus Christ’, but they are partially correct and compeltely WRONG.

The CORRECT answer to this question is that God’s greatest gift to man was the ability to choose. No other being in ALL of Creation has that ability, and in fact God does not allow even Himself to have that ability.

It was because of our ability to choose and our refusal of Him that God had to send his own Son to repair our relationship with Himself.

If God would give us the ability to choose, knowing that one day it would cost Him His own Son, what right does man have to tell another man how to think or act?

By b6542

September 30, 2008 11:28 AM | Link to this

Keep the government out of it. They are the cause not the solution.

By ComSense

September 30, 2008 11:30 AM | Link to this

Hey Ridiculous, you’ve got the right idea. Sorry so many people (read have-nots) failed to understand your $50 figure was an off-the-cuff suggestion - not sharpened math. My pencil is sharp…

None of these folks have cars with tanks smaller than 12 gallons capacity. Thus, they should easily be able to accommodate 10 gallons each time they fill-up. At common rates, these anti-capitalists will then need at least $35 worth of the wonderful black stuff which they say they hate but keep on using (yep, you Observer). So, a $35 minimum will work fine.

You paranoid SUV-phobes can then assume that EVERY SUV in line is just “topping off” their ridiculously large tank! That’ll meet your rage quota for the week! (To be fair, I’m jealous of Al Gore because he is has more money than me and gets to fly around in a big jet every day! I wonder how big that gas tank is! I’m just so mad!)

By David

September 30, 2008 11:38 AM | Link to this

How about ending ridiculous price gouging laws and letting the free market work as it’s supposed to. When the price goes high enough…voila…conservation. Then the trucks have a chance to fill the underground tanks. Gas stations see they have no customers…Prices come back down. Even a liberal should be able to understand this simple economic concept.

By rayray

September 30, 2008 11:58 AM | Link to this

As for the minimums, just make it 30 bucks so the Toyotas and Hondas can fill up. We need that or a rationing of some sort. This is ridiculous. Its only for a few weeks. Surely we can help each other out by not being gluttons.

By findog

September 30, 2008 12:00 PM | Link to this

As a member of the national guard that was ready in 1978 to take over the delivery of fuel because of a threatened truckers strike and blockade of the distribution centers I believe I can assuredly state that their taking over deliveries is the stupidest idea to be presented. Apparently Governor Barnes is unaware that good portions of the state’s transportation assets are currently out of town. Further, too few soldiers are qualified to actually drive the soup trucks, which would then increase the potential harm to life and limb.

By gttim

September 30, 2008 12:00 PM | Link to this

I love to see the bike hating idiots spring up whenever cyclists are mentioned. The fact is that if there were alternatives to driving, the gas situation might not be as bad. More cyclists are on the street, and it will continue. More people are choosing to commute by bike. If you do not like it, do not drive anymore. Or better yet, move out of our country- we do not need trash like you! If you do injure a cyclist with your car, prepare for criminal prosecution followed by civil lawsuits.

Morons p** and moan about the shortage of gas yet slam alternatives that might lesson our dependence on it. Complete morons.

By Outside the Metro

September 30, 2008 12:03 PM | Link to this

Hey Sam - we have plenty of gas in Macon, why should we suffer? Do you ever get out of Cobb County?

By phyllis

September 30, 2008 12:15 PM | Link to this

Maybe if we all (read Gwinnettians) embrace MARTA and USE MARTA, we wouldn’t have the problems we have on lots of fronts. Our roads would be adequate, we would have enough gas, the price would be stable, and everyone would get to work on time. Let’s use MARTA as it was intended! Let’s vote for MARTA to expand to the outer lying areas NOW!

By Jason

September 30, 2008 12:36 PM | Link to this

Serious question for those of you who bike to work: Does your office have a shower, or do you just stink all day?

By Ken

September 30, 2008 1:33 PM | Link to this

First of all, the problem is not an oil shortage. Gov. Bubba tried to look good by asking the President for oil from the strategic reserves. If he’d been paying attention, he’d have realized that it’s a gasoline shortage caused by the hurricanes with limited supply to our area of the world. Not an oil shortage. How the heck did he get reelected for a second term? Oh yeah, noe i remember, he was the lesser of 2 evils running.

By senoiadawgs

September 30, 2008 3:34 PM | Link to this

How I read this blog and almost passed out. How stupid are some of you? First my situation.

I live in Coweta County and am fortunate enough to be able to work from home and my wife only works 7 or 8 miles from home. We filled up pre Ike and didn’t have to get gas again until this weekend. Being a good citizen and allowing all of you that needed to get gas we avoided topping it off until we were nearly out. It was aggravating to find but gas but we found it and made it ok.

Now on to some of the comments. I am a republican supporter however I am not against voting democrat if some democrats would actually go back to the meaning of a true democrat they would certainly get my vote at this time seeing the republicans are just as out of the true republican part beliefs.

Quite honestly Sonny should be fired. What kind of idiot goes and spends $100K of our money when he is laying people off and drastically reducing the budgets of the majority of the states needs. Sounds like he is using all of the money. I would be in full support of having him recalled and removed from office for going to Europe during a state budget crisis and topping it off the state gas crisis. The reaction to this crisis is much worse than fed’s reaction to Katrina. Sonny lives in Atlanta and could clearly see with his own eyes everyday just how bad the gas situation was. He did nothing until the system was able to correct it itself in a matter of days. The EPA ban was lifted way to late and as the former Gov. suggested he could have used the national guard. It is clear that not only has Washington changed the republicans, the state capital of GA has also changed our own republicans.

Someone above stated that this was not an infrastucture problem. I believe it was someone called “The Shark”. If you don’t think the infrastructure is the problem how about thinking for just one dad gum minute. In todays world we build redundancy for everything. We have two pipelines that supply the metro area and outlying areas. Now I am sure you think we have two so that means redundancy. Wrong, the refineries and the orgin of the pipelines themselves sit nearly side by side in the Gulf in the LA and TX areas. So this means that if a bad Hurricane or Hurricanes occur guess what we are SOL. These pipelines do not have th ability to pull from other places so we are at the mercy of mother nature and the EPA.

Our state govt. should immediately jump on the ability to build a new refinery in GA and we can partly supply our own gas with our own oil now that we can drill off of the coast. Not only that if there is enough oil the royalities to the state could possibly allow for no state taxes. Come on people the govt. is screwing us at the state and national level. If these people do not start listening and listening now they should be fired immediately.

sonny didn’t listen I would support any group who wanted to get him out off office immediately and I am responsible for putting him there but he has clearly let our state down.

By Mike

September 30, 2008 3:40 PM | Link to this

Odd/Even??? What do people do with vanity plates that are all letters?

If people would stop waiting til they were empty to get gas, we wouldn’t be in a panic mode. When your tank gets halfway, go fill it up. It won’t take as long; you won’t need as much; and if we find ourselves in a “maximum purchase” situation, the worse you’ll be is 3/4 full.

By Koz

September 30, 2008 3:50 PM | Link to this

The minimum doesn’t need to be a set price - $50, $35, $30 whatever.

It need to be a set number of gallons, 9 or 10 gallons minimum should suffice to keep most people from just topping off.

OR

We need to do away with this silly price gouging thing. Let the market work. When the price goes up due to lack of product people will stop topping off and the supply will return much more quickly and then the price will drop.

By Truthful

September 30, 2008 4:00 PM | Link to this

Well, to help with the gas shortage, my wife and I have been working from home, combining trips where necessary, etc. But c’mon - this is ridiculous.

I only believe in getting a fill-up, around 1/4 tank, as always. The bad news is that we were caught off guard with this mess, as we normally gas up on the weekend or Friday night… and all of the cars in our household run Premium fuel only [BMW/Benz]. Not only is there a gas shortage, but we would be using less than ideal product in our vehicles.

Yeah, yeah - I know that some of you will say, “just put 87 in it, it won’t hurt”…but where will you be when it is time to get the car repaired? Burning lower octane fuel in a car that requires higher grade retards the timing to prevent knock and detonation (which, is harmful to the engines that demand it). In addition, the car will run like gar-bage. I would rather help by styaing home as long as possible until things lighten up and there are no 2 hour lines with no gas.

Let’s just all get along.

By Sarah

September 30, 2008 4:10 PM | Link to this

You people need to get a life. Let’s just be thankful that we actually have jobs, cars, houses, and people who love us and care about our well being. There are too many ACTUAL problems in this world to be acting crazy about a supposed “Gas Crisis” in Georgia. Settle down and give it a week. We had a natural disaster that shut down main pipelines at the same time we were switching out our summer to winter regulations. It’s all about timing. If you’re really that concerned why don’t you wake up at 330 in the morning with the rest of the crazies and sit in line at the gas station to get your precious gas. But, realize that you are only contributing to the mess. Oh and while you’re at it QUIT making yourself out to be some kind of victim and just be thankful for all the wonderful things in your life.

By Sarah

September 30, 2008 4:15 PM | Link to this

You people need to get a life. Let’s just be thankful that we actually have jobs, cars, houses, and people who love us and care about our well being. There are too many ACTUAL problems in this world to be acting crazy about a supposed “Gas Crisis” in Georgia. Settle down and give it a week. We had a natural disaster that shut down main pipelines at the same time we were switching out our summer to winter regulations. It’s all about timing. If you’re really that concerned why don’t you wake up at 330 in the morning with the rest of the crazies and sit in line at the gas station to get your precious gas. But, realize that you are only contributing to the mess. Oh and while you’re at it QUIT making yourself out to be some kind of victim and just be thankful for all the wonderful things in your life.

By got gas

September 30, 2008 4:27 PM | Link to this

Sarah, you are SO right on!

By Bicyclist cause accidents

September 30, 2008 4:36 PM | Link to this

When bicyclist start following the rules of the road as they are suppose to, I’ll stop running them off of it.

By This is retarded

September 30, 2008 4:37 PM | Link to this

This is all self induced. It will all work itself out eventually. We don’t need minimums or maximums because there is no crisis here. If people would stop freaking out and buy gas when they normally would have, before the shortage, there wouldn’t be as big of an issue. Don’t be an idiot and wait until you are on E to find a station that has gas and then you run out looking. Fill up when you have enough gas to drive around and look for a station say when you have 1/4 of a tank. Everyone needs to just stop being big babies and whining so much.

By Mike

September 30, 2008 4:38 PM | Link to this

Odd even system What are you a moron? Who’s going to pay for enforcement? How about pulling your head out of the sand and increasing the avaialable inventory. You sir are a retard.

By Steve Lloyd

September 30, 2008 4:43 PM | Link to this

The most precious things in life are a relationship with god, your family, your health, and your job. Everyone chill—-this is not a permanent situation we are in. If any of us woke up without or health or families today, then you really have something to be concerned about

By sneak-around

September 30, 2008 4:43 PM | Link to this

Well gas is really plentiful if you know how to impersonate a government official. I painted my car to resemble an unmarked detective vehicle and now when I oull up to the pumps at any police precinct I can get all the fuel I want and no lines. NOT It’s just a thought. Might even work since paint is cheaper than gas.

By Aaron Burr V. Mexico

September 30, 2008 4:49 PM | Link to this

There is a debate as to whether or not our free will is His greatest gift.

Imagination? Procreation? Death? Sensation? Love? Forgiveness? Knowledge?

Choice is a gift beyond price, it is true, but then again, so is Water.

Or Air.

Or Sunlight.

So when one deals with infinities, it to me becomes semantics as to which of these is greater than the other.

But I do know that too much of anything corrupts and damages the pureness of the thing.

Too much market, too much government and too much choice.

Liberty is wondrous but if your liberty comes at the expense of my freedom then it isn’t automatically a good thing.

By smart(er) than you

September 30, 2008 5:05 PM | Link to this

Hey Ridiculous,

Great idea but about me, my gas tank doesn’t hold enough gas to get to $50. Why should I be punished for having a car that gets 40MPG and has a small tank. I’m part of the solution not the problem maybe if y’all parked those gas guzzlers or at least slowed down on the highway to conserve you’d need less gas. You use less gass at 60 MPH than 80 MPH.

By woodie

September 30, 2008 5:07 PM | Link to this

Rationing should already be in place. I’m pretty sure the biggest problem right now is gas-guzzling SUV’s and trucks driving around town sucking all the gas up. These are the same people that “like to ride high” and “like protection” and don’t have a gas budget. These people should pay luxury gas prices. Better yet, they should park the behemoth’s till after the gas crisis is over.

By AJ102

September 30, 2008 5:15 PM | Link to this

This thing should pass, hopefully, in a week or so. But, this is just a warm up! Wait until the next storm comes along. Atlanta will run out of gas again because everyone will panic, no one will change their driving habits (all the unnecessary trips for activities they really don’t need) and as is typical, the politicians (regardless of party) won’t be ready and won’t have a plan. As soon as this crisis is over, the pols will go back to business as usual and wait for the next mess they won’t know how to deal with.

By Teppic

September 30, 2008 5:24 PM | Link to this

The problem stems from not having enough reserve capacity at the refineries and not from infrastructure. Gasoline is a commodity that requires the cost of labor and materials to produce. It does not turn a profit, which in part to benefits shareholders, while sitting in tanks for emergencies. It becomes an overhead investment which cannot be recovered until it’s sold. That may take months or years. That’s our market economy Newt. Don’t blame the government for the System.

By Teppic

September 30, 2008 5:25 PM | Link to this

The problem stems from not having enough reserve capacity at the refineries and not from infrastructure. Gasoline is a commodity that requires the cost of labor and materials to produce. It does not turn a profit, which in part benefits shareholders, while sitting in tanks for emergencies. It becomes an overhead investment which cannot be recovered until it’s sold. That may take months or years. That’s our market economy Newt. Don’t blame the government for the System.

By cobber

September 30, 2008 6:02 PM | Link to this

Not a good idea. I travel for work for a living at times 3 and 400 miles a day. Am I supposed to cut my work in half or add some gas cans to the back bumper? This works with watering our lawns, not watering our cars. Then again, maybe I can get a trailer with a tank and pull it.

By The Thin Guy

September 30, 2008 6:14 PM | Link to this

Since Sonny isn’t running for anything why try to impune his motives? If you had your choice of flying to Europe on a Lear jet on a boondoogle or staying here to listen to us complain which one would you pick? Georgia needs an oil refinnery on the Atlantic coast. This business of getting oil from Texas through a pipe where it moves @ 3 mph is absurd. Drill for oil anywhere you find it and turn it into gasoline near us. In 3 years Chevy will market an electric car (The Volt). I’m certainly buying one after 3 weeks of gasoline Hillary.

By CGA

September 30, 2008 7:19 PM | Link to this

Is this your best idea, Sam Olens? If it is, then I’ll remember NOT to vote for you in 2010! The idea of an odd/even system for buying gas is just not feasible. Who would be responsible for enforcing this idea? It doesn’t even work now with water rationing! The only solution that might work would be for all gas stations to set a maximum amount per purchase. It surely would prevent what I saw someone doing at about 6:30 am today at about the Kedron Village Kroger in Peachtree City. This man filled up 5 five-gallon gas cans in addition to filling up his car! This type of panic-buying didn’t cause the shortage, but it sure isn’t helping us all get through it.

By Parched

September 30, 2008 7:24 PM | Link to this

As too often, an arbitrary and, well… dumb plan

Odd/Even based on tag number? What about all of those vanity tags with no numerals? Or all of the out of state tags without conforming numeral formats, whatever the heck that is?

And the minimum purchase required is more sensible than a maximum, but it simply needs to be set in gallons, not dollars, duh.

Oh, and don’t forget to exempt two- or three-wheeled vehicles from either plan. Same for pedestrians carrying one gas can.

No matter… this novelty is nearing the end. Just wait for the next Big One to actually damage the oil infrastructure in LA/TX. We’ll all be riding donkeys for a year.

By Jeff

September 30, 2008 7:32 PM | Link to this

Aaron:

That is the beauty inherent to the Libertarian philosophy. The ONLY time an individual’s liberty is infringed upon is when his liberty begins to infringe upon another’s. (For example, murder. If Individual Liberty reigned completely supreme, any one individual could murder any other with no repercussions. However, since that act CLEARLY infringes upon the other person’s freedom, it cannot be allowed. Note here that I am specifically avoiding the abortion issue, as Libertarian thought is fairly divided on that one, with the overall consensus being that it should at best be a States’ Rights issue and not one decision handed down from the National government.)

By P** Off

September 30, 2008 9:06 PM | Link to this

Can anyone explain how this is supposed to reduce gasoline consumption? If people are topping off their tanks daily, then all this does is change the pattern to topping off every other day; people fill up half as often, but require twice as much gas at each fill up. Where are the savings?

I ride a motorcycle to work. The gas tank has a capacity of a little under two gallons and a round trip to work uses a little over one gallon. If I do not add gas before heading home, I can not make it back to work the next day.

How would I deal with only being able to fill up every other day? I would switch to driving my car, which uses four gallons per trip instead of one. How would this improve the situation?

By Artex2000

October 1, 2008 2:53 PM | Link to this

Oddly enough, with all these people proposing different solutions to the mess, created by government only - that stupid “price gouging” thing. Only one of all mentioned this problem. Let the price go up - 6, 7, 10 dollars/gallon - and in a few days there will be plenty of gas - it’s obvious. First, people will use gas more practically avoiding innecessary driving, and second - suppliers, attracted with higher profit will send their gas tanks here. By the way, the same solution works with water ban - instead of that stupid thing, just let the price of water go high - and let people decide how much water to use

By Artex2000

October 1, 2008 2:58 PM | Link to this

Oddly enough, with all these people proposing different solutions to the mess, created by government only - that stupid “price gouging” thing. Only one of all mentioned this problem. Let the price go up - 6, 7, 10 dollars/gallon - and in a few days there will be plenty of gas - it’s obvious. First, people will use gas more practically avoiding innecessary driving, and second - suppliers, attracted with higher profit will send their gas tanks here. By the way, the same solution works with water ban - instead of that stupid thing, just let the price of water go high - and let people decide how much water to use

By Artex2000

October 1, 2008 2:58 PM | Link to this

Oddly enough, with all these people proposing different solutions to the mess, created by government only - that stupid “price gouging” thing. Only one of all mentioned this problem. Let the price go up - 6, 7, 10 dollars/gallon - and in a few days there will be plenty of gas - it’s obvious. First, people will use gas more practically avoiding innecessary driving, and second - suppliers, attracted with higher profit will send their gas tanks here. By the way, the same solution works with water ban - instead of that stupid thing, just let the price of water go high - and let people decide how much water to use

By Artex2000

October 1, 2008 3:02 PM | Link to this

Oddly enough, with all these people proposing different solutions to the mess, created by government only - that stupid “price gouging” thing. Only one of all mentioned this problem. Let the price go up - 6, 7, 10 dollars/gallon - and in a few days there will be plenty of gas - it’s obvious. First, people will use gas more practically avoiding innecessary driving, and second - suppliers, attracted with higher profit will send their gas tanks here. By the way, the same solution works with water ban - instead of that stupid thing, just let the price of water go high - and let people decide how much water to use

By joanne sanclemente

October 1, 2008 5:55 PM | Link to this

you all sound like the government ,can’t agree on anything. minimum at a station is good until the problem is resolved. so the attended would understand you wont use 50.00 worth because you have a small car so the attended would understand say go fill up .that’s what i would i work at a station we have a 5 galloon max right know but if some one needs more and ask me i would. one man asked if he could fill up he had a wheel bound daughter that he was taking home to florida i said go for it. i wouldn’t want that man to brake down with a kid in a chair. you people call yourself holly rollers ,brothers and sisters and yet you dont know how to work together.in nj where i am from in the 70 we did do odd even days it was a pain in the a* but worked. yes we had someone pumping the gas but you are right hear in ga or for that matter anywhere it wouldn’t work anywhere.people just dont care about there neighbor no compassion self absorbed. about sonny boy you need him and the good old boys out.

By Just the Facts

October 1, 2008 9:48 PM | Link to this

For all you folks calling for a minimum purchase. Just remember that you will have to go into the store to accomplish this because pay at the pump cannot be programmed to do this.

So let’s see…the average store has up to 30 fueling hoses, so you can plan on at least 30 people in line if the store is packed.

Sounds like a lot of fun…..