Asheville North Carolina gas shortage
Update—-9/29
The situation has improved somewhat in the Asheville area, not as many gaslines as there were and they are somewhat shorter. (In fact I saw places over the weekend had settled back to NO lines.) Some stations are still lacking fuel entirely though and this news story suggests the southeast could see further gas shortfalls over the next two weeks.
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The southeast in general and Asheville, North Carolina in particular has had some remarkable gas shortages in the last several days. I’ve put together some links and information for those that are looking to buy gas in the Asheville, NC area and those that are out of gas and just want to take some time to read about the situation.
Below I have some listings of prices and availability of gas in and around the Asheville area even into Madison and Henderson Counties. I’ve tried to group the listings by the part of the county (or counties) the towns are in. Below that there is a link to a good page at the Citizen-Times that they are supplementing information on who has gasoline currently. Following THAT is a place where YOU can report price and availability that you’ve seen. At the bottom of the page are some news feed stories about the Asheville Gas Shortage.
First, here are the current prices and availabilities in Alexander, Barnardsville, Weaverville and Woodfin
click here for Barnardsville Gas Station phone numbers to call in advance, click here for Weaverville Gas Station phone numbers to call in advance
| Lowest Gas Prices in Alexander, Barnardsville, Weaverville, Woodfin |
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Prices and availability in Asheville: click here for Asheville Gas Station phone numbers to call in advance
| Lowest Gas Prices in Asheville |
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Prices and availability in Arden, Biltmore Forest, Fletcher:
| Lowest Gas Prices in Arden, Biltmore Forest, Fletcher |
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Prices and availability in Black Mountain, Montreat and Swannanoa:
click here for Black Mountain Gas Station phone numbers to call in advance, click here for Montreat Gas Station phone numbers to call in advance, click here for Swannanoa Gas Station phone numbers to call in advance
| Lowest Gas Prices in Black Mountain, Montreat, Swannanoa |
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Gas Prices and Availability in Candler, Leicester:
click here for Candler Gas Station phone numbers to call in advance, click here for Leicester Gas Station phone numbers to call in advance
| Lowest Gas Prices in Candler, Erwin, Leicester |
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Gas Prices and Availability in Fairview:
click here for Fairview Gas Station phone numbers to call in advance
| Lowest Gas Prices in Fairview – Buncombe |
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Gas Prices and Availability in Hendersonville:
click here for Hendersonville Gas Station phone numbers to call in advance
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Gas Prices and availability in Mars Hill and Marshall:
click here for Mars Hill Gas Station phone numbers to call in advance, click here for Marshall Gas Station phone numbers to call in advance
| Lowest Gas Prices in Mars Hill, Marshall |
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The Asheville Citizen Times has also been tracking current gas availability at this link.
WWNC is doing something similar at this link.
Report prices you’ve seen:
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Here are some news feeds related to the current shortage via Google News:
asheville gas shortage – Google News
Stimulus cash aimed at stopping another panic at the pumps – Mountain Xpress (blog)
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Stimulus cash aimed at stopping another panic at the pumps
Mountain Xpress (blog) Nearly $210000 federal stimulus dollars are coming to Western North Carolina to help prevent a repeat of the September 2008 gas crisis. The Asheville based … Organic Growers School set for March 6, 7 |
General Gas Shortage news feed results:
gas shortage – Google News
Gas shortage hits Sunyani – Peace fm Online
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Gas shortage hits Sunyani
Peace fm Online "I have to take off the gas carburettor and replace it with a petrol carburettor due to the gas shortage. I can't stay at home workless when I can use what … |
BHP Halts Nickel Refinery on Hydrogen Gas Shortage – BusinessWeek
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BHP Halts Nickel Refinery on Hydrogen Gas Shortage
BusinessWeek … the world's biggest mining company, halted production at its Kwinana nickel refinery in Western Australia on March 15 because of a lack of hydrogen gas. … BHP says nickel refinery outage may last 2 weeks |
Argentina blames Shell, Petrobras for gas shortages – Petroleumworld.com
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Argentina blames Shell, Petrobras for gas shortages
Petroleumworld.com SA) on Wednesday of causing gasoline shortages in the local market in order to force rival YPF (YPFD.BA) to raise its prices. Planning Minister Julio De … Argentina to import gasoline for first time in 30 years Shell Denies Argentina Charge That It's Refining Below Capacity YPF confirms it will import fuel |
China in “great leap forward” for gas – Reuters
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China in "great leap forward" for gas
Reuters "There remains enormous pent-up demand for gas across China…current demand is artificially limited by access to supply, as highlighted by the gas shortage … |
Gas shortage raises Egyptians’ anger at government – Columbus Ledger-Enquirer
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Gas shortage raises Egyptians' anger at government
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer A winter shortage has sent authorities scrambling to find a solution and has once again fueled criticism that the government of this key Mideast US ally is … Egypt's gas shortage hits poor Gas shortage raises Egyptians' anger at government |
Govt promises to solve supply shortage – Jakarta Post
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Govt promises to solve supply shortage
Jakarta Post PGN's president director Hendi Prio Santoso said last week that the gas shortage was mainly because a big portion of existing domestic gas supply had been … |


































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