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Six US States Declare Emergency after Major Gasoline Pipeline Spill; Media Almost Silent

posted by martyb on Monday September 19 2016, @09:12AM   Printer-friendly

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The Colonial Pipeline spill has caused 6 states (Tennessee, Virginia, Georgia, South Carolina, Alabama, and North Carolina) to declare a state of emergency. Gasoline (petrol) prices on the east coast are likely to spike. Yet, most puzzling is how this vast emergency and its likely effect on cost of living has gone unnoticed by mainstream media outlets. The pipeline is owned by Koch Industries: is this why the media is silent?

[Are there any Soylentils in the affected area who can corroborate this story? Have you heard of the spill, seen long gas lines, or any price gouging? -Ed.]

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  • (Score: 2, Informative) by jrbrtsn on Monday September 19 2016, @12:01PM

    by jrbrtsn (6338) Subscriber Badge on Monday September 19 2016, @12:01PM (#403683)

    Yesterday I filled my gas tank. There was one popular fuel station (QT at I385/Pleasantburg) which had no gas, and nearby stations had bumped the price up by $0.20.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 19 2016, @12:15PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 19 2016, @12:15PM (#403687)

    The price bump is due to the extra costs of shipping by tanker truck rather than pipeline.
    And this whole "State of emergency" is about those tanker trucks - it gave the state governors the legal authority to suspend the rules for tanker drivers so they could spend more time on the road.

    The term "state of emergency" is really misleading, it helps to think of it is as "special circumstances that require temporary changes to the law and sometimes also money from FEMA."