The NBC show "Revolution" seems a bit more believable to many residents of the Northeastern USA. Some areas of the storm ravaged region are getting fuel from military distribution centers while others are zipping in and out of the nearest gas station with full tanks after paying the cheapest prices of the year. It appears that regional fuel supplies and pipelines are directly impacted by the electrical grid. Without electricity gas stays on the truck, in the pipelines and the pumps don't work.
Without power nothing is as simple as internet forum posters would have you believe......
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| Free gas in New York City. |
NEW YORK: Electrical outages caused by Hurricane Sandy explains why some have gas, some don't.
Why do some areas struck by Superstorm Sandy have plenty of gasoline and others still don't?
It turns out we need electricity to drive. Even if we're driving cars that run on gasoline. And many areas still have no power.
Without electricity, gasoline can't be pumped from refineries, through pipelines, off tanker ships, out of terminals or from gas stations into Toyotas, Chevys and Fords.
Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/11/03/3081032/electricity-explains-why-some.html#storylink=cpy
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