Ag Commish Andrew Gipson issued the following statement.
Commissioner Gipson Encourages Public to Refrain from “Panic Buying” Fuel Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce Andy Gipson encourages the public across Mississippi to refrain from “panic buying” fuel due to the halted operations of the Colonial Pipeline. Colonial Pipeline expects to restore operations by the end of this week.
“In the meantime,” Commissioner Gipson suggests, “the best things we can do are: 1) limit unnecessary travel; and 2) purchase fuel only as needed.”
“I want to encourage the public across the state to purchase the fuel they need, but not over buy or panic purchase fuel. Mississippi does not face a gas shortage due to the pipeline disruption, but panic buying could exhaust, and in some cases has already exhausted some local station supplies. The Department’s Regulatory Services Bureau is closely monitoring this situation,” said Commissioner Gipson.
Commissioner Gipson continued, “The East Coast and landlocked states without refineries may see disruptions. You’ll see it on the news, I’m sure. But the Colonial Pipeline supplies less than 30 percent of the fuel in Mississippi. Our river terminals at Vicksburg, Greenville and Aberdeen are continuing to receive an abundant supply of product – increased, even, because of the the delay in shipping on the pipeline. Our land terminals are continuing to fill orders. The Plantation Pipeline is increasing supply and the Pascagoula Chevron Refinery is operating without disruption.”
The Plantation Pipeline, an additional pipeline running through the state, is working to accommodate added supply on its pipeline. The Chevron Pascagoula Refinery, one of the largest refining operations in the country located on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, is unaffected due to the outage of the Colonial Pipeline. The Chevron Pascagoula Refinery is continuing to supply its customer network along the U.S. East Coast and is managing fuel supply chain disruptions caused by the outage of the Colonial Pipeline.
Due to additional labor shortage pressure in the fuel transportation industry, the U.S. Department of Transportation has issued a waiver allowing for longer service hours by motor carriers and drivers providing direct assistance in affected states, including Mississippi.
“I recommend Mississippians limit travel as possible, but if traveling for work or pleasure this week to be mindful of their fuel needs. You should call ahead to the chamber of commerce or local tourism office at your destination to inquire about local fuel supplies. Unfortunately, gas prices have been on the rise, and we expect this will further contribute to price increases at the pump. However, we anticipate any local price increases felt by consumers will not be the result of lack of supply, but rather are related to additional shipping costs incurred with picking up product in markets outside of the routine contract area due to the disruption,” said Commissioner Gipson.
Commissioner Gipson concluded, “In summary, Mississippians should travel as necessary and purchase only the fuel they need. ‘Panic buying’ is counterproductive, and there is no need to panic.”
45 comments:
Panic buying fuels the panic buying.
Mantra of any Government, keep everyone in a State of Fear of everything. better control of the masses that way.
With a hat like that, you know he's got it under control.
Thank god I just bought a Tesla with the profits i made from selling crypto currency
Eat it, Whip and Buggy boomer losers
If he would take that damn hat off, people may take him seriously.
J.L. Jones .... to the rescue!
Gipson does a great job.
What a great way to terrorize the country. Just tell them not to panic and sit back and watch the disaster. Has anyone else had enough of the democrats yet?
Toilet paper hoarders are having fire sales to make room for all the gas cans.
JL Jones you say? Well, drive a little, save a lot. That slogan fits in this situation.
I just filled up. I topped it off so much that I spilled some on the pavement!!!
WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH! WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Grab every can we got Mama, and let's head to the pumps!! We'll buy some more toilet paper too while we're out!!!!!!
So the Agriculture guy is a gas expert? Stay in your lane cowboy
Luckily you mouth breathing hayseeds will be too slow to react to the hyperinflation.
He's not worried about gas. He's got ten gallons in that hat.
His Momma apparently didn't teach him to not wear a hat inside. His message is correct though.
@12:08
How are the democrats responsible for this?
@12:26PM
Look at the inspection stamp on the gas pump next time you fill up. You will see the commissioner’s name.
11:50, I believe you like I believe anything dopey Joe says........ Y'all related?
I've got 100 gallons of gas in my barn that I will sell for $500, or trade for 250 rolls of TP (Charmin only), or 100 rounds of 5.56/9mm.
Don't low-ball me - I know what I've got!
GubMint "controlling" the masses??? LMAO. Son, the "private sector" was responsible for the failure to secure the computers and the ones driving up prices and speculating. Other actual functioning governments (that means not Mississippi) are stopping price gouging and waiving taxes. However, Good Ole LiberaLtarian/Anarchist Andy says Too Bad, we are going to get screwed at the pump and my Rich LiberaLtarian Handlers say Eat it.
Some of our Sit on the Assets types are probably chortling at the chance to stick it to the working class again, after THEIR screwups.
Just like Texas. The energy sector screws up, and then gets to screw the consumer one more time.
The cowboy certifies and regulates gas pumps. This is his lane.
Jim Buck Gipson
Whats it looking like today? Ridgeland and Jackson Kroger were out last night. Saw long long lines at Sam's yesterday. Don't post who has it. Just curious about stations being out right now.
A brief ride around town [Hattiesburg] confirms that people ARE indeed fueling up. There's a car at every pump and one or two more waiting to get in.
10 years ago the US Govt started working on protecting our internet/online stuff. The big fear 10 years ago was a terrorist shutting down the electric grid. Now 10 years later and surely countless millions of dollars later.....we are HERE!
Remind me of the biggest fear the public has.
Hi I am from the Government and I am here to help!
All the people in line to "top off" their tanks are wearing tinfoil hats and refuse to get a vaccination.
Murphy oil draws from Colonial in Meridian
Murphy’s USA at the Pearl Walmart is out of 87 Octane fuel.
@2:36 PM
The government can’t stop the average computer user from being a cyber retard. But honestly, if everyone was cyber literate then you would all stop giving away your privacy to the likes of Google and Facebook.
No, the ultimate threat to cyber security is from the idiot users on the “internal” side of the firewall. That means you, not Russia and China. We would have to practice the same cyber security as the military, which forbids personal smartphones inside secure areas since they are so easily compromised and are basically high tech listening devices.
Some of you may remember the 73 Oil Embargo. Now those were lines and very short hours with gallon limits set everywhere.
This is just one pipeline. Pipelines are largely buried, but completely unguarded. If one pipeline out of commission causes this much confusion, imagine what a group of terrorist could do by attacking a dozen or more of them with some well-placed explosives.
Mid-grade and Premium was at trickle last night at Chevron in downtown Brandon.
when there's a panic buy, somehow most people have more than enough money to buy gallons and gallons of reserve gas...explain how that works?
thank the media for this. and russian hackers. but we never hear about our own government who hacks russia and china all the time...crickets there...
Panic buying morans using their hoopties to haul their stockpile of a highly flammable liquid home...WHAT COULD GO WRONG?
About 75 to 100 gallons in plastic cans inside their suv...
https://twitter.com/swimmerbr78/status/1392074170201223169
No can? A plastic bag will do. Better double bag to git it done!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRjNdgAetQE
@12:58 I posted the explanation why the democrats let this happen. Unfortunately Kingfish and his minions didn’t feel the need to allow it. It’s his blog but I’m not really sure who’s running it!!
@5:00
Kingfish is a windsock. He is highly sensitive to be labeled a “conspiracy theorist” and won’t allow comments that are not “mainstream” until after they have appeared elsewhere.
Where do we have gas? I stopped by 4 locations between my work and home and they were all sold out. I barely have enough gas to get to work tomorrow. If I can’t find fuel on my way in tomorrow then i wont make it back home. Can the commissioner please tell us where we can get gas?
Good question but I'm not posting an answer.
I'm tired of seeing people post locations on Facebook and seeing the media report them. Then a herd of locusts descends within an hour to clean them out.
@Kingfish
You heartless monster! How am I going to get food for my babies without gas?
Hay Wyatt Earp, you should gotten off your tail and did this yesterday. I guess the irony is you "closed the barn doors after the horses got out". Nice job buckeroo !
Well, this comment is for us Boomers:
(And yes, I still have a crush on Sally Field)
But with that goofy hat, Andy could take off & land
better than the "Flying Nun".
If only they had paid a livable wage. Welcome to the Thunderdome.
I would be interested in knowing how one hoards gasoline. Not many of us have a three hundred gallon fuel storage tank in the back yard.
Kingfish doesn't want anybody posting the whereabouts of fuel supplies because he wants to post that himself, a week from now.
"Unfortunately Kingfish and his minions didn’t feel the need to allow it. It’s his blog but I’m not really sure who’s running it!!"
My guess is either Salter or Alan Lange.
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