Fuel Prices Rise In North Texas As Fears Of Shortage Grows

[highplainsdem]

Source: CBS DFW

DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – The destruction along the Gulf coast from Harvey is having consequences in North Texas… as fuel prices rise while fears of supplies running out begin to grow.

Pumps at several service stations in places like Denton, McKinney and Little Elm are seeing a shortage of gas… as refineries along the coast are shut down due to Harvey. And demand for gas has shot up making it a bit harder to find.

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Gas station chain QuickTrip is experiencing fuel outage in certain locations, but has listed locations that will have fuel. You can see the list on their website.

Overall the majority of North Texas gas stations will not run out of gas, but it will be more expensive. Prices at the pump are up almost 20 cents from this time last week.

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Read more: http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2017/08/31/fuel-prices-rise-texas-shortage-grows/

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The article goes on to say that AAA Texas says not to panic, that this is likely a temporary situation, but people should keep at least a quarter tank of gas in their cars at all times.

Judging by what I'm seeing on Twitter, people started panicking last night and headed out to fill up their tanks, causing long lines in the middle of the night.

[mpcamb]

1. Any excuse is enough for that industry to jack prices throughout the country.

[trc]

3. I live in central Texas

and some of the stations here increased their fuel prices by 10 percent...on Saturday. Yeah, this will get expensive, but there are so many refineries in that part of Texas and most of them shut down for at least a week. This will eventually get everyone. Bottom line for me is I have to pay more for gas, so many south of me lost everything, I am fine, they are not.

[rpannier]

2. Ever notice how when there's a possible shbortage they jack up the prices immediately

Yet when there's an expected glut, we're told it takes months for them to be able to lower the prices

[xor]

17. First thing I wonder was how much gas prices will be when they refill all these empty stations

and then how long will they keep those elevated prices.

[sinkingfeeling]

4. Price per gallon went up $.14 in NW Arkansas yesterday.

[IronLionZion]

5. Trump will take credit for helping the oil industry

as they open up more pipelines and fracking/shale drilling in national parks while ignoring the fact that the bottleneck has always been refinery capacity.

Texas and Louisiana have close to half of all of America's refinery capacity and they always get hurricanes

[customerserviceguy]

7. That's because

most places wouldn't tolerate another refinery in their backyards. Texas and Louisiana have legislators who take enough money from the oil and gas industry to grant permits for refineries.

[Javaman]

6. jumped 17 cents at the local station, here in North Austin, over the last 2 days nt

[SunSeeker]

8. So much for $2/gallon gas in Dallas. The locals have no alternatives.

I do feel for the people of Dallas if there is indeed a gas shortage. I was there for a week last month and I never saw a city bus or other forms of public transportation. And it has got to be the most bike UNfriendly city I've ever been in. It is a fine example of Republican city planning.

[clu]

11. dallas has very good public transport

for the metropolitan area it covers. some of the northern part of the metroplex say no to DART service to keep it gentrified but you can get pretty much anywhere in dallas proper from the rail system nerve plexus downtown

[SunSeeker]

13. No, the downtown office workers live in the suburbs, with no decent public transport.

And to make matters worse, you can't drive on the highways through Dallas without paying a toll. It seemed to me every freeway was a fucking toll road, most named after a Bush. All so rich people don't have to pay taxes to pay for infrastructure. And nothing was walkable--no shade, no greenery along the roads, just hot concrete. Forget about riding a bike, unless you want to die, since there's no bike lanes on surface streets. Like I said, a fine example of Republican city planning.

[xor]

16. You can get into/around Dallas without paying tolls.

Many of the toll roads are actually added toll lanes that run along side older free freeways. I don't always use them, but they are nice in a pinch. Going around the Dallas area they have the PGBT toll road, but there plenty of non-toll freeways that can be taken and the only tollway that I know of that runs into the downtown area of Dallas is the Dallas North Tollway. There is also the newish 635 tollway addition which is a little north of the Downtown area, but that's more of additional lanes to a free highway. They might also be done with the I-35E toll lanes too, not sure.

No one is locked out and forced to take a toll to get around. Grant you they could open them up as free roads to be more fair. I have mixed feelings about them because I do find them useful at times, and usually when you just add capacity it just encourages more people to use them by moving further away or simply moving into already overpopulated areas. I think that's a huge issue with urban planning and transportation planning. If you build it they will come sort of thing.

[workinclasszero]

9. People that have been buying big SUV's and pickups lately

are going to get the shaft at the gas pump soon it looks like.

[jpak]

10. After Katrina there was NO gasoline available on the Gulf Coast from Destin FL to Lake Charles LA

for nearly a month.

[Paladin]

12. Rumors of gas shortages in South and Central Texas.

I have friends in both Austin and San Antonio topping off their tanks, and encountering lines at the stations.

[xor]

14. I noticed lines at gas stations this morning and I was confused...

Then today people told me there was no gas at any of the stations. I have enough gas to get to work and back tomorrow and to get through the weekend. I hope they truck some gas in over the weekend, or I am kinda screwed when it comes to driving to work next week.

:/ Oh well, I guess it might mean an even longer extended weekend if for some strange reason it doesn't get fixed quickly.

[JesterCS]

15. Went up 34 cents since yesterday here. Cincinnati, Ohio n/t