Tampa Bayâs gas comes by ship, not pipeline | Letters
Hereâs what readers are saying in Thursdayâs letters to the editor.
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Gasoline tankers pass by the Colonial Pipeline storage tanks in Austell, Georgia, on Monday. [ JOHN SPINK / JOHN.SPINK@AJC.COM | AJC ]
Published May 13
Paralyzed pipeline fuels spike at pump | May 12
Our company supplies gasoline on the West Coast of Florida for Shell, Exxon Mobil, Marathon and Rally stations. The problems with the Colonial Pipeline have no impact on gasoline supplies in the Tampa Bay area simply because all of our petroleum comes to Tampa by ship and barge. But today, panic buying by uninformed people buying at rates far above normal are draining tanks faster than our trucks can refill them. We are at our delivery limits trying to keep product in stores, even as there is no shortage in the tanks in Port Tampa Bay. This âshortageâ is caused by customer behavior, not a problem in a faraway pipeline. This
Fossil fuels? Solar? Change is hard but itâs for the better | Letters
Hereâs what readers are saying in Sundayâs letters to the editor.
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The sun sets behind Georgia Power s coal-fired Plant Scherer, one of the nation s top carbon dioxide emitters, in Juliette, Ga. This pollution contributes to climate change. People need to understand the health impacts of climate change. [AP photo | Branden Camp (2017)]
Published Jan. 31
We adapt and new jobs arise
It has come to my attention that many Americans worry that transitioning from petroleum-based fuels and toward sustainable fuel sources may be problematic. Clean-energy skeptics fear that thousands of people who work in the petroleum industry, or industries supported by petroleum production, will risk losing their jobs. I cannot argue this point.