Long, very frustrating automobile service stations and angry confrontations, patiently waiting for the, rudely cutting line between Sandy superstorm access to some of the most searing memories. Now we can drive to the gas station, the conditioned reflex brakes Online, now The when gas shortages memories, to smart planning and action in order to avoid duplication.
First of all, let us remember that we are an island nation with limited means of gas transportation, planning for the future development of a sense of urgency. We also realize that the natural gas shortage is not only an inconvenience. They pit our limited supply of each other - not just ordinary citizens, the first reaction is critical to their driving ability in disaster. This allows us to feel depressed. This is the tipping point in our helplessness and hopelessness. This limits our emergency response, and slow economic recovery efforts.
The root of the crisis lies in a completely rational market behavior: Most people know that the storm is coming, and what they are thinking, they need to stocking. Therefore, they have to fill the tank of their car, even if they are half full, buy guzzling generator. These decided to buy before the start of the lack of a little extra gas, to Sandy every step in the chain of distribution to make things worse. The U.S. Coast Guard closed ports, ports and terminals are damaged, some terminal and pipeline, and left many service stations powerless.
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Long Island 4.5 million gallons per day, most of them through the pipeline from Linden, New Jersey, Wood. There is one thing we can do is try to figure out how to expand the fuel our immediate gasoline delivery system can accommodate, the value of about three days, and to keep enough for four or five days.
Whether we need additional capacity Wood, Glenwood Landing, terminals and storage facilities in East Setauket and Holtsville, we can pay close attention to. We should figure out how to provide enough standby power terminals, therefore, the power grid interruption does not knock them out. Sandy's one of the lessons of this delivery system is not "hardened" infrastructure from natural disasters and terrorist attacks.
We can explore the establishment of strategic reserves of natural gas costs - at least the first reaction and others may become important in disaster.
We may wish to adopt legislation providing tax incentives for gas station owners who want investment generator powerful enough to run not just pump manufacturers, but the real money additional convenience stores. Generator set will be an investment of hundreds of thousands of dollars, and owners should be required by law to do this. However, if the owner is willing to bet that a generator will bring a great competitive advantage, after the disaster, we the taxpayer should say thank you for a remarkable tax credits.
Disaster, we can put how many additional stations can be reasonably charged them at all costs, an urgent need for this price incentives of rational expectations. We can program the desired ethanol content of the rapid exemption gas, if necessary.
We can design a faster state government officials, terminal operators and other industry representatives, and the Coast Guard, which prevents communication between the port protection the gas floating garbage barge.
"We, including the Department of Energy, the country's gasoline industry, local retailers and governor, Andrew M. Cuomo, to ensure that a storm damaged the gasoline delivery system works.
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