[Announce] S.D. TV Station: Gas Shortage Leads to Empty Pumps

[Robert Waldrop]

The fuel problems of western Kansas seem to be
migrating north to South Dakota.

This makes me think of "contraction".  When there
 isn't enough to go around, it is often the
 peripheral areas that suffer deprivation first.
 Before Rome itself fell, the Legions first left
 the British Isles. Geographically, we don't think
 of Kansas or South Dakota as being on the "edge",
 but in present day economic and cultural terms,
 when the "center" is actually the "east and west
 coasts", western Kansas and South Dakota are
 definitely on the periphery.

 So we would expect fuel shortages to first show 
up
 in areas "off the beaten track" that are not net
 fuel/energy producing areas.

 Bob Waldrop, Romero House, OKC
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> S.D. TV Station: Gas Shortage Leads to Empty 
> Pumps
> http://www.ksfy.com/news/local/8027942.html
>
> --quote--
>
> For most of us, rising prices have been the 
> major concern when it
> comes to gas. But on Friday, it was a different 
> problem plaguing some
> Sioux Falls drivers.
>
> As people pulled up to a gas station is 
> southeast Sioux Falls, they
> were greeted with signs they didn't expect. 
> Stations out of gas
> because of a shortage.
>
> Gas terminals are empty across South Dakota. 
> From Sioux Falls to
> Yankton to Sioux City, they are all out. And 
> tankers cannot find
> anywhere to fill up.
>
> "More so this summer it seems and they're saying 
> it's supposed to get
> worse before it gets better but there's just not 
> enough fuel coming
> down the pipeline into the delivery system," 
> said BP owner Shane Oien.
>
> Some gas stations in town are running low 
> because of this and some are
> already out. The BP on Marson and Southeast 
> Street ran out of 87 and
> 89 grades of gasoline Friday because of the 
> shortage. A small amount
> of premium was still available, but most took 
> one look at the price
> and looked for a new place to go.
>
> "It kind of sucks that it's expensive, but 
> that's what i have to do. I
> don't have a choice," stated Mackenzie Walsch as 
> she filled her car
> with premium.
>
> Now, gas stations are having to look as far as 
> Nebraska for gas.
>
> "Everyday, it's a commodity, so they cant tell 
> you until the morning
> what they're getting that afternoon," said Oien.
>
> This type of problem is what drives the gas 
> prices up. When supply is
> low and demand is high, gas stations say they 
> have no other choice.
>
> Area gas stations were expecting a delivery on 
> Friday night from
> Nebraska.
>
> Thankfully, gas prices are still down 24 cents 
> from where they were
> last week.
>
> --end quote--
>