Gasoline Flowing Again To Charlotte Area Stations

The gasoline shortage being experienced in Charlotte, NC, and reported nationally in news media and the Drudge Report has begun to ease a bit.

Apparently the pipeline system that covers the Piedmont region of NC and several other southern states has been affected by the gulf hurricanes of last month, and only now is gasoline flowing again. The gasoline flows into holding tanks, where it is dispensed to tanker trucks for delivery to gasoline stations.

This again really points up the need for new construction of gasoline refineries on the east and west coasts of the US. Here on the east coast, refineries in Charleston, Wilmington and the Chesapeake Bay would ensure that gulf hurricanes would not bring the refining capacity of the US to a screeching halt.