On 8/2/2013 11:13 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> On 8/2/2013 10:16 AM, Nancy Young wrote:
>> Seems obvious to me, but many, many people were caught with
>> their car tanks low on gas after Sandy. I was glad I had two
>> cars full so I was good for the 10 days but a lot of people
>> were stuck at home.
>>
>> When all the electricity is out, the gas stations are out, too.
>> Fill 'er up if you know a storm is coming.

> Some states are trying to force gas stations to install generators so
> they can keep operating. While it sounds good, it is expensive and puts
> the individual stations at a competitive disadvantage unless they can
> charge much more after a storm.

That's very interesting, I hadn't heard anything about that.
I wonder what kind of generator they would need to operate just
the pumps, meaning how big would it have to be. I wouldn't
oppose state aid to install these generators. The station owners
are already under a lot of financial pressure, I don't know if it
should all fall on them when it's all of us who depended on them.

Anyway, interesting idea.

nancy