Will N.J. have a gas shortage? No, if drivers don’t panic at the pump
Updated May 12, 2021;
Posted May 12, 2021
Gas stations display the price of gasoline in Leonia, N.J., Monday, May 10, 2021. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)AP
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Panic buying by consumers at gas stations in the southeastern states was blamed for turning the shut down of the Colonial Pipeline into a gas shortage, industry experts said.
There was a common message to drivers from petroleum, gas station and tank truck industry experts at an American Petroleum Institute press conference Wednesday: stop panic buying gas like it was toilet paper in 2020.
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