OT: WTC changes Ohio

[Kneale Brownson]

At 10:48 PM 09/11/2001 -0400, David Miller wrote:

>The lines over here an hour north of Cincinnati in a small town of 10k and
>15k students are stretching for city blocks.  Last I checked 89 octane was
>around $4 and rising fast.  Really dumb for people to panic, gas won't be
>gone when we're rescuing people from rubble.  And don't blame the gas
>stations for raising prices - which would you rather have, high prices for a
>short time (till the next shipment of gasoline) or rationing of gas
>instituted by the city and likely not repealed for a week or two?
>Microeconomics strikes again.

There's a difference between "economic rationing" and price gouging.   The 
oil companies all say there is plenty of supply available.  It's individual 
station operators who are trying to cash in on a crisis emotion.

In Michigan, the state attorney general is asking for evidence of 
gouging.   Some of the stations that got up to $4-5 a gallon were offering 
refunds after the attorney general's notice. 
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