Gas prices are rising

[Saxum]

My wife came home today and asked me what is going on with gas prices.

We had some issues with Texas chill earlier in year which raised prices.

Other than for shopping and medical appointments I rarely leave house so while I knew gas prices were going up but not dramatically.

She said she could not get off the exit because cars were backed up two lanes to exit and that exit is on other side of light.

 

Apparently issue on East Coast is a ransomware attack on Colonial Pipeline

https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/local/2021/05/10/aaa-pipeline-shutdown-increase-gas-prices/5021253001/

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/05/10/hacking-group-darkside-reportedly-responsible-for-colonial-pipeline-shutdown.html

 

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According to Boston-based Cybereason, DarkSide is an organized group of hackers set up along the “ransomware as a service” business model, meaning the DarkSide hackers develop and market ransomware hacking tools, and sell them to other criminals who then carry out attacks. Think of it as the evil twin of a Silicon Valley software start-up.

 

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Cybereason reports that DarkSide has a perverse desire to appear ethical, even posting its own code of conduct for its customers telling them who and what targets are acceptable to attack. Also apparently protected are entities based in former Soviet countries. Fair game, then, are all for-profit companies in English speaking countries.

 

[TBBills]

Yea we have a  state of Emergency here in Florida over it. 

[DrDawkinstein]

Folks are losing their minds here in GA too.

 

And it is that panic that is actually creating the perceived shortage. Idiots are once again "stocking up", aka hoarding, which is creating the scarcity to begin with.

 

These morons...

 

 

[Gugny]

25 minutes ago, DrDawkinstein said:

Folks are losing their minds here in GA too.

 

And it is that panic that is actually creating the perceived shortage. Idiots are once again "stocking up", aka hoarding, which is creating the scarcity to begin with.

 

These morons...

 

 

 

They're still blue.  Bless their little hearts.

[Patrick Duffy]

Yeah I sat in line over 45 mins this morning at only station in whole area that did manage to have some gas. I'm sure they ran dry before lunch.

[PastaJoe]

It’s already being resolved.

 

“Colonial Pipeline has initiated a restart of its pipeline operations after a ransomware attack forced one of the nation’s largest oil transporters to shut down, exposing vulnerabilities in America’s infrastructure and sparking gas panic buying across the southeast.

Pipeline operations restarted about 5 p.m. ET, the company said in a statement.”

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/business/live-news/us-gas-demand-05-12-21/index.html?__twitter_impression=true

 

Just another example of the need for significant infrastructure upgrades.

[RaoulDuke79]

Reminds me of the great toilet paper shortage of 2020.

[Saxum]

Or mask shortage which China knew ahead of time about and its factories were increasing output before known need.

 

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Once the pipeline is back online, it will take a while for supply system to return to normal. It takes 15 to 18 days for a gallon of gasoline to flow through the line from Texas to its terminus in Linden, New Jersey, Albert notes. 

 

[shrader]

I couldn't help but laugh as I drove past a couple gas stations here in NC today.  These people have probably burned off more gas than they even needed in the first place just idling in those lines forever.

[UConn James]

1 hour ago, DrDawkinstein said:

Folks are losing their minds here in GA too.

 

And it is that panic that is actually creating the perceived shortage. Idiots are once again "stocking up", aka hoarding, which is creating the scarcity to begin with.

 

These morons...

 

 

JHC. That woman’s car is going to get sloshed with gas. Those containers aren’t anything close to waterproof. And that large container with the metal girding around it… also not designed for gas and it’s now unusable for anything else in the future. SMH 🤦🏻‍♂️.

[TBBills]

1 hour ago, DrDawkinstein said:

Folks are losing their minds here in GA too.

 

And it is that panic that is actually creating the perceived shortage. Idiots are once again "stocking up", aka hoarding, which is creating the scarcity to begin with.

 

These morons...

 

 

That is what happens to conspiracy nuts.

 

[SinceThe70s]

1 hour ago, Patrick_Duffy said:

Yeah I sat in line over 45 mins this morning at only station in whole area that did manage to have some gas. I'm sure they ran dry before lunch.

 

Wait, what? Are you no longer in LA? 

1 hour ago, PastaJoe said:

It’s already being resolved.

 

“Colonial Pipeline has initiated a restart of its pipeline operations after a ransomware attack forced one of the nation’s largest oil transporters to shut down, exposing vulnerabilities in America’s infrastructure and sparking gas panic buying across the southeast.

Pipeline operations restarted about 5 p.m. ET, the company said in a statement.”

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/business/live-news/us-gas-demand-05-12-21/index.html?__twitter_impression=true

 

Just another example of the need for significant infrastructure upgrades.

 

More pipelines or better cyber-security?

[HereComesTheReignAgain]

2 hours ago, DrDawkinstein said:

Folks are losing their minds here in GA too.

 

And it is that panic that is actually creating the perceived shortage. Idiots are once again "stocking up", aka hoarding, which is creating the scarcity to begin with.

 

These morons...

 

 

Is it wrong that I hope those people encounter a spark and go up in a big gasoline mushroom cloud?  

[PastaJoe]

46 minutes ago, SinceThe70s said:

 

Wait, what? Are you no longer in LA? 

 

More pipelines or better cyber-security?

Cyber-security is part of the infrastructure, just as expanded broadband is. It’s not just the past centuries old roads and pipes.

[T&C]

2 hours ago, TBBills said:

Yea we have a  state of Emergency here in Florida over it. 

bull#### lol... nothing like that going on here. 

[DrDawkinstein]

1 minute ago, PastaJoe said:

Cyber-security is part of the infrastructure, just as expanded broadband is. It’s not just the past centuries old roads and pipes.

 

The Colonial Pipeline is owned and operated by private energy corporations.

[PastaJoe]

6 minutes ago, DrDawkinstein said:

 

The Colonial Pipeline is owned and operated by private energy corporations.

And? The US needs to develop upgraded cyber-security and standards to share with all public and private sectors. It’s too important to leave to a patchwork of solutions.

[DCOrange]

14 minutes ago, T&C said:

bull#### lol... nothing like that going on here. 

DeSantis literally declared a state of emergency. 

Edited May 13, 2021 by DCOrange

[T&C]

1 minute ago, DCOrange said:

DeSantis literally declared a state of emergency. 

Maybe near Georgia but most people here get their gas from the port of Tampa. Got a link to this entire state of emergency?

[DrDawkinstein]

8 minutes ago, PastaJoe said:

And? The US needs to develop upgraded cyber-security and standards to share with all public and private sectors. It’s too important to leave to a patchwork of solutions.

 

Good to see someone keeping the dream alive of the US government creating and enforcing regulations on the Private Energy sector, as if THEY aren't the ones controlling the govt and writing the laws for themselves.

 

Maybe someday.