I'm so tired of this propaganda. We're all like lemmings jumping off a cliff to our deaths if we believe this nonsense.
How can there be a gas shortage due to the broken pipeline? The gas is still available it just wasn't getting to AZ via the frickin' pipeline.
Repeat after me, "there is no gas shortage - it's a myth created by the big oil companies and perpetuated by the media."
How many refineries are there in your state? California has plenty but for some reason we pay the highest gas prices here while many other states with no refineries pay far less (like Georgia and the Carolinas which were reportedly paying the very high price of less than $1.40 per gallon).
Repeat after me, "there is no gas shortage - it's a myth created by the big oil companies and perpetuated by the media."
The Labor Day weekend is the oil companies' last chance at raising prices for the year (at least until there's a really big event like another war) - they need excuses to gouge us.