Gas shortage

[YoDoug]

Saw this on FB and having to deal with MN winters, I felt it is appropriate.

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[Matthew Hajicek]

At the gas station I filled up at yesterday they were limiting gas purchases to $30 dollars.

That sounds fine, as long as they don't limit how much gas you get.

[JParis]

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[JParis]

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The wallet used by the DarkSide ransomware group to receive bitcoin (BTC, -2.96%) ransom payments has been identified, according to data analysis firm Elliptic, citing intelligence collection and analysis of blockchain transactions.

[neurosis]

I probably shouldn't laugh so hard at these stories.  

S.C. woman hoarding gasoline catches on fire after crash

A South Carolina woman who was hoarding gasoline caught on fire Thursday after her vehicle crashed and burst into flames, authorities said.

The Pickens County Sheriff's Office said the accident occurred after a deputy attempted to stop a 2007 Pontiac G6 with a stolen license plate.

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[marshal]

At the gas station I filled up at yesterday they were limiting gas purchases to $30 dollars.

that wouldn't even come close to filling my truck.  I just put 32 gallons in.

[Jon@NOWHERE]

At the gas station I filled up at yesterday they were limiting gas purchases to $30 dollars.

that wouldn't even come close to filling my truck.  I just put 32 gallons in.

It would get you a third of the way there if you were buying the cheap stuff(87 octane)..

It took $29.50 to fill my car up which was a little over 10.5 gallons.

[Dan_AKA_ROY23]

Of course it was the Russians that did this  /s

Something isn't passing the smell test, if you were to hold an oil company hostage and demand a ransom, why the hell would you set the amount to a paltry $5million?

There was a movie I saw last week. Meh, okish. Denzel Washington starred in it. The villain hijacked a train and asked for 10 million dollars. Why only 10 million, they wondered? Because, the event he caused sent gold prices soaring (Manhattan subway train heist rocketed gold prices,...which is BS, actually, markets would yawn at that). The villain made 500 million on a trade he placed before the hijacking (although he dies in the end...never mind that).

This 5 million dollar ask price "smells" like the same as that movie plot to me, Jeff. Gas prices soared. The culprits here may have anticipated that and bought a ton of gas futures.

Or that's my theory...

[marshal]

At the gas station I filled up at yesterday they were limiting gas purchases to $30 dollars.

that wouldn't even come close to filling my truck.  I just put 32 gallons in.

It would get you a third of the way there if you were buying the cheap stuff(87 octane)..

It took $29.50 to fill my car up which was a little over 10.5 gallons.

yup.  $92 today.   I miss the Trump gas prices already.

[Matthew Hajicek]

I haven't had to fill up once since this thing started.

[Jeff]

Of course it was the Russians that did this  /s

Something isn't passing the smell test, if you were to hold an oil company hostage and demand a ransom, why the hell would you set the amount to a paltry $5million?

There was a movie I saw last week. Meh, okish. Denzel Washington starred in it. The villain hijacked a train and asked for 10 million dollars. Why only 10 million, they wondered? Because, the event he caused sent gold prices soaring (Manhattan subway train heist rocketed gold prices,...which is BS, actually, markets would yawn at that). The villain made 500 million on a trade he placed before the hijacking (although he dies in the end...never mind that).

This 5 million dollar ask price "smells" like the same as that movie plot to me, Jeff. Gas prices soared. The culprits here may have anticipated that and bought a ton of gas futures.

Or that's my theory...

Are you thinking of that remake he was in with Larry Fishburne? The Taking of Pelham 123?

[RobertELee]

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[Dan_AKA_ROY23]

Are you thinking of that remake he was in with Larry Fishburne? The Taking of Pelham 123?

That's it! (I don't think Fishburne was in that movie)

[HTM01]

Are you thinking of that remake he was in with Larry Fishburne? The Taking of Pelham 123?

That's it! (I don't think Fishburne was in that movie)

Denzel and Travolta

[Dan_AKA_ROY23]

Are you thinking of that remake he was in with Larry Fishburne? The Taking of Pelham 123?

That's it! (I don't think Fishburne was in that movie)

Denzel and Travolta

 Ah. Yes. Denzel good guy, Travolta villain. No Fishburne. He may have been in that similar Denzel train movie.

EDIT: Unstoppable. (better movie than Pelham 123, IMO). No Fishburne. Denzel and Chris Pine (both good guys, I think). A true story.