Gas Shortage: Can you mix unleaded regular gas with premium?
Using unleaded and premium won t make a difference to your car, but a service manager says there s one mistake you don t want to make.
Credit: Tai Wong Author: Devin Johnson Updated: 9:28 PM EDT May 14, 2021
COLUMBIA, S.C. According to Gas Buddy, 48 percent of gas stations are out of gas in our state, and drivers are heading to pumps looking to fill up. I ve been driving around a couple of days trying to find premium gas, said Columbia resident Christine Stanley. I stopped at a gas station on Polo Rd, and they only had regular.
Panic pumpers making problem worse, some SC stations out of gas
After a cyberattack, the Colonial Pipeline temporarily shut down. But four days later, many gas stations are out of gas due to panic pumping.
Credit: Tai Wong Author: Tai Wong Updated: 5:17 PM EDT May 12, 2021
COLUMBIA, S.C. Just four days after the Colonial Pipeline shut down due to a cyberattack, some South Carolina gas stations are running low, or are completely out of fuel.
Michael Field is the Executive Director of the South Carolina Convenience Petroleum Marketers Association. He said this is not the first time the state has seen panic pumpers.
Just four days after the Colonial Pipeline shut down due to a cyberattack, some South Carolina gas stations are running low, or are completely out of fuel. Michael Field is the Executive Director of the South Carolina Convenience Petroleum Marketers Association. He said this is not the first time the state has seen panic pumpers. “This is not the first time this has happened," Field said. "We deal with a lot of these things with hurricanes..
Copper topped $US10,000 a tonne for the first time since 2011, nearing the all-time high set that year as rebounding economies stoke demand and mines struggle to keep up.
Copper extends its rally to top US$10,000 per tonne
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Copper topped US$10,000 per tonne for the first time since 2011, nearing the all-time high set that year as rebounding economies stoke demand and mines struggle to keep up.
Prices rose as much as 1.3 percent to US$10,008 per tonne on the London Metal Exchange, before slipping back to trade near unchanged. The metal hit a record US$10,190 in February 2011.
Copper was among the best performers last month, when metals from aluminum to iron ore surged to the highest in years.
The rally is being fueled by stimulus measures, near-zero interest rates and signs that economies are recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic.