Mobile gas stations

[Libertytree]

Reading and listening to all the stories about how hard it is to find gas post Sandy, not to mention Katrina and my own experience after Hurricane Charley I find it very odd that this basic staple is such a problem. It seems to me it would be very simple to have mobile gas stations ready to roll if needed after a storm when needed, be it by entrepreneurs or by the state. I'm not saying it should be free, we'd still have to pay fair market $ but at least getting gas wouldn't be such a cluster.

They have mobile clothes washers and dryers sponsored by Tide and many types of mobile food carriers, why not gas?

[slowbell]

Reading and listening to all the stories about how hard it is to find gas post Sandy, not to mention Katrina and my own experience after Hurricane Charley I find it very odd that this basic staple is such a problem. It seems to me it would be very simple to have mobile gas stations ready to roll if needed after a storm when needed, be it by entrepreneurs or by the state. I'm not saying it should be free, we'd still have to pay fair market $ but at least getting gas wouldn't be such a cluster.

They have mobile clothes washers and dryers sponsored by Tide and many types of mobile food carriers, why not gas?

That's a pretty damn good idea actually. Maybe there's too much red tape, DOT regs, that get in the way of something like that. Hazardous materials and all. Having a rolling gas station on wheels seems like a great business idea however.

I know we have one on the water. We take fuel out to the big ships when they are waiting at anchor, with a barge.

The only downside to your idea, is that you need a disaster to get business. Not many folks will pay extra when they can just drive to the gas station when times are good.

[Libertytree]

It seems to me that Shell, BP, Chevron etc would already be set up for this, especially at their own outlets that have no power.

[slowbell]

It seems to me that Shell, BP, Chevron etc would already be set up for this, especially at their own outlets that have no power.

Seems to me FEMA would have something in place. Maybe there's a reason why it's not set up. Gas means mobility. Makes it harder to round people up and stuff them into camps, if they have gas.

[Ponce]

The delivery tanker that they have now days would be very easy to adapt for this with two hoses on each side of it, also, the truck don't have to be running sinse the gas would flow by gravity......all that it would need is a meter per side and one person per side to keep order and someone in the cab to make change............love it.



First post of the day..........good morning to one and all.

[midnight rambler]

It seems to me that Shell, BP, Chevron etc would already be set up for this, especially at their own outlets that have no power.

Apparently you suffer the delusion that they give a fuck.

[Libertytree]

Apparently you suffer the delusion that they give a fuck.

Lol, no, not at all MR, not at all.

[Neuro]

A much cheaper option would be if gas stations had gas generators so they could run the pumps, they could run the generators as long as they had gas.

[midnight rambler]

A much cheaper option would be if gas stations had gas generators so they could run the pumps, they could run the generators as long as they had gas.

Lemme repeat for clarification - Big Oil doesn't give a fuck and any indy operators aren't going to shell out the kinda of funds it would require for a sufficiently sized standby powerplant (and the necessary routine maintenance/fuel replacement [to keep fresh fuel in the tank] a standby genny REQUIRES) based upon the very thin margins that Big Oil 'allows' them.

[Ponce]

Well Neuro, the best place to put them in would be by the roads going out of town for those trying to leave.......and you know how empty their tanks would be......the one dollar increase would pay for the three people taking care of business.

[midnight rambler]

'Red tape' would prevent any entrepreneurs from undertaking something like this. The very moment some enterprising soul or group sprang into action doing something like this along would come Big Bro/Big Sis to drop the hammer on them and punish them severely for 'not having their papers in order'. Plus there'd be charges of 'price gouging' should anyone set up to do this and charge more than a few pennies over the local avg. price for fuel. (licensed/franchised filling stations get a lot more leeway with regards to any 'price gouging')