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How much excess gasoline storage capacity do you think people have? I would bet that the vast majority of people nothing more than their car's tank, and a small
by throwaway8581 5y ago
How much excess gasoline storage capacity do you think people have? I would bet that the vast majority of people nothing more than their car's tank, and a small minority additionally have a handheld one or two gallon red canister. "Hoarding" is not enough to explain this.
- ja27 5y agoApparently as many buckets, totes, or even plastic bags as they can fit in the trunk :( Here in Florida, there's always a run on gas as tropical storms approach. Just everyone making sure they have a full tank at the same time is a big strain on the supply but there are a lot of people with generators and 5-10 five gallon cans.
- justwalt 5y agoIf we assume that the average gas tank is half full, and then a large number of people decide to top off their tanks, that could be a huge amount of fuel, right?
- throwaway8581 5y agoThat just moves up demand for the next week into the next two days. It's a spike but not that much.
- snypher 5y agoIn 2016 SC had 1.8million vehicles, maybe 75% of them pump an extra half tank (~~8 gallons?) Call it 10m gallons extra, and I think the pipeline transports 100m gallons a day.