Gas Cost Contest

As all of yous know, New York in addition to New Bailiwick of Jersey are having huge gas lines inward the wake (still) of hurricane Sandy. Both are enforcing laws against "gouging," in addition to New Jersey's attorney general, apparently having fourth dimension on his hands, is going later on people who listed gas for resale on Craigslist.

Let's showtime a petty comments attempt contest. If New York in addition to New Bailiwick of Jersey permit people accuse whatever they wanted for gas, in addition to prices went upwardly to $25 per gallon then...

Here are some ideas to instruct yous started

• People would voluntarily remain home.
• Rather than allocating gas to people alongside fourth dimension on their hands to aspect inward line, gas would instruct to people who are actually busy. 
• People would voluntarily flat carpools. Better, they would advertise for paying carpool mates on Craigslist, in addition to the minivan possessor running it would move able to instruct gas. 
• People who bring emergencies, similar married adult woman needing to instruct to the infirmary to deliver a baby, could instruct gas to create so. 
• Ditto emergency services, fire, ambulances, cops
• Gas stations would bring bought generators, thence they could take in in addition to sell gas at a big net turn a profit when the ability goes out.
• Gas stations would purchase said generators now. (We demand to instruct rid of gouging laws on the generators too, thence that gas stations needing generators tin pay through the olfactory organ to instruct them, instead of mortal who wants to recharge his iphone.)
• People who don't bring to instruct anywhere would siphon their gas in addition to sell it neighbors. Or second-car gas. 
• They'd siphon their lawnmowers too.
• People would rent tanker trucks, displace around the northeast, purchase gas in addition to resell it inward NY.
• Actually, people mightiness instruct a bunch of gas cans in addition to displace the gas inward from rural areas inward the dorsum of pickups. Not certain if this is a skillful idea, peculiarly for smokers, merely it would ameliorate gas supplies.  
• Exxon would bring spent the coin for to a greater extent than storage tanks inward NJ, cause to sell gas at high prices inward an emergency. 

OK, yous instruct the idea. I took the depression hanging fruit, merely you've got fourth dimension on your hands, obviously, you're reading a blog. Let's come across some inventiveness here. 

Interactions betwixt gas in addition to New York's reported prohibitions on abode made nutrient for shelter, tree clearance without permits, restrictive taxi in addition to limo licensing laws, taxi prices, etc. are peculiarly welcome. 

Stories of marketplace adaptation to rationing rules are also welcome.  I assemble that alongside AG prosecution for gas pricing inward the air, Craigslist ads at ane time ask $5 for gallon of gas. $100 for container. Are local teenagers yet starting petty businesses to instruct laid out gas for neighbors? --"For $25 I'll instruct aspect inward describe in addition to cause total upwardly your car?" Are people swapping plates yet?