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v'ur neignDornooa gas stations nave less fuel to sell their customers. That’s a fact. Whether this gas shortage is real or whether it has been deliberately created by the corporate giants to swell the bulging oil company coffers makes no difference to the little people. There’s less gas at the pumps for us to buy. That’s the bottom line.
Here in Rappahannock, we’re getting a taste of the inconveniences faced by gas starved motorists in California, Texas and Northern Virginia. Our local service stations have been cut back by anywhere from 10 to 30 percent of normal fuel supply. As a result, operators have been forced to reduce hours and impose maximum purchases.
But there’s no' crisis in our county and there need not be if folks react sensibly. It’s possible for most families to reduce their gasoline needs by 20 percent without suffering hardship. Neighbors can carpool to jobs, to the swimming pool and to town for
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