Comments on: Greenfield Demands Immediate Action to End Gas Crisis

By: MediumThinker

MediumThinker — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 13:59:36 +0000

Dan Daoust
It would lead to social unrest which is a heavier toll on the economy than social discomfort due to lines.

By: Whiteberry

Whiteberry — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 02:58:37 +0000

“I don’t get it. 99% of frum Jews voted Republican yesterday,”

While people won’t admit it, I’m willing to bet that this number is closer to 50%.

By: Whiteberry

Whiteberry — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 00:49:14 +0000

Politics aside.

The market forces of supply and demand are in fact in play. Where gas is readily available, prices are down 40 cents or more a gallon due to a glut in inventory. Despite said glut in inventory, where it is not readily available one has not seen the 40 cent decline, and in fact small increases have been noted. This is not a question of economics, it is a question of logistics. If by all accounts there is a glut of inventory, why is it not making its way to stations around NYC? It is a legitimate question to ask a full week after the storm.

By: Vaad

Vaad — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 00:42:50 +0000

Dan Daoust:
You didn’t have to tell us you voted for Obama, we figured it out from your shallow comment.
You want to know why if 99% of frum Jews voted republican, we should allow price gouging.
The answer is simple. Because the conservative answer is NOT price gouging. The conservative answer is STOP PUTTING RESTRICTIONS ON THE FUEL INDUSTRY. It’s the democrats who are backwards. First the put restrictions on the fuel industry, then they want to know why there is a shortage, then they want to regulate the pricing. There is no problem with supply, there is plenty of supply. Its the democrats re limiting the supply causing the demand to go up causing the prices to rise.
Yes, keep watching and all those liberal media outlets and you will remain uneducated. Maybe change you source of information and you will see how foolish the liberal agenda is.
Good luck with the backwards liberal ideology! remain in your bubble.

By: computerbubby

computerbubby — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 00:16:33 +0000

How much gas was going to be used for the marathon ancillary staff & media? There’s enough coming out of Mad Mayor Mike’s mouth, that’s for sure.

By: brooklynhocker

brooklynhocker — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 00:11:12 +0000

Ok let’s stop the Greenfield bashing. He’s doing his job. He’s very directly trying to convince the higher ups(as Mark Levine pointed out)to remove the cleaner gas formulation restrictions that are in effect for NYC at any other time. David Greenfield’s job is to report to these same politicians when something effects the people of his district. Now, (informed-in- flatbush) is right by saying that the production of this- let’s call it cleaner gasoline (higher ethenol content,more detergents) isn’t the first priority on the refineries list. They ARE making gasoline, just not the NYC recipe. That’s why there aren’t any lines in Jersey (it’s not the even/odd restriction). What Greenfield is asking for is a waiver of this requirement without publicly blowing up why our gas is always about 30 cents more expensive then Jersey. Basically we’re dealing with mass panic and real supply shortages mixed in with media driven hysteria. Cuomo and Bloomberg could end this overnight.

By: mms601

mms601 — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 23:51:07 +0000

WIY – google “Obama 57 states”

By: zaftig44

zaftig44 — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 22:42:20 +0000

This is why I like Greenfield. He is a man of the people and he gets it. I follow him on tiwtter @NYCGreenfield and got all his updates and saw how he is trying to live with the problem just like us.

If Bloomberg had to fill up in Jersey like me, you and Greenfield he would have solved this problem already.

THANK YOU DAVID FOR BEING THERE FOR US!

By: simon01

simon01 — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 22:34:43 +0000

No Wait for Gas in Monroe

By: The Chassidishe Gatesheader

The Chassidishe Gatesheader — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 22:33:48 +0000

At work, I recently had to ship some things urgently in NY/NJ using UPS. Turns out a 4-hour SLA became 72 hours, because UPS couldn’t get enough fuel! The customer was red-hot mad.

This situation is damaging the economy…