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Are you guys in Canada running out of gas??.

Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2011 8:17 pm
by 1Gary
Just saw on the news that Toronto to London Canada is running into gas shortages.You guys running out of gas??.

Re: Are you guys in Canada running out of gas??.

Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2011 10:07 pm
by Rileysowner
Only Shell stations and those independents who get their gas from the local Shell refinery. The refinery had some regularly scheduled maintenance which has run beyond its scheduled time, so it has been closed. They are apparently working on getting it up and running as fast as they can (yeah right). This is just the fallout of the continuing trend to close refineries to supposedly save on costs. In reality I think it is meant to reduce supply and thus drive up the cost of gasoline and other refinery products. I'm a little skeptical in this area.

Re: Are you guys in Canada running out of gas??.

Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2011 9:13 am
by blacknome
Rileysowner wrote:Only Shell stations and those independents who get their gas from the local Shell refinery. The refinery had some regularly scheduled maintenance which has run beyond its scheduled time, so it has been closed. They are apparently working on getting it up and running as fast as they can (yeah right). This is just the fallout of the continuing trend to close refineries to supposedly save on costs. In reality I think it is meant to reduce supply and thus drive up the cost of gasoline and other refinery products. I'm a little skeptical in this area.
I kinda thought the same thing and then gas dropped $0.07 / litre over the next 3 days. BTW the Shell around the corner from me was closed from Sunday until last night and operational again when heading to work this AM. Maybe it's been sorted out.

Re: Are you guys in Canada running out of gas??.

Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2011 10:09 am
by 1Gary
Sounds like the news here making more out of something than what it really is. #-o

Re: Are you guys in Canada running out of gas??.

Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2011 1:31 pm
by doyoulikeithere
1Gary wrote:Sounds like the news here making more out of something than what it really is. #-o
Main Stream Media putting its own spin on news to make it more 'Newsworthy", Ya Right, that never happens. [-X