Ongoing gas shortage leaves nearly 90% of DC pumps without fuel

[Legion]

I bet AOC is not riding a bike to work.....

Loose Vagina thinks 90% of gas stations being out of gas isn't a gas shortage because the pipeline's owners shut it down.

[Legion]

I was correct in that it was Colonial who shut it down.

I don't recall disputing that. Strawman much?

[T. A. Gardner]

Right, so THEY shut it down.

Just like I said.

So I was correct in that it was Colonial who shut it down, not the hackers, and they shut it down over $$.

No, they shut it down because they couldn't safely move fuel through it. Or, are you clueless about how pipelines work?



Do you know what that is and what it's used for?

[Sailor]

Loose Vagina thinks 90% of gas stations being out of gas isn't a gas shortage because the pipeline's owners shut it down.

It is dumber than a sea slug that is for certain.

[Legion]

Do you know what that is and what it's used for?

It's big enough to be Loose Vagina's prosthetic pussy.

[Sailor]

No, they shut it down because they couldn't safely move fuel through it. Or, are you clueless about how pipelines work?



Do you know what that is and what it's used for?

I believe that is something a true Muslim could not ingest......

[LV426]

No, they shut it down because they couldn't safely move fuel through it.

Sure...or they shut it down because they would lose $$ if they didn't.

[LV426]

Do you know what that is and what it's used for?

Yes, I do.

I know Colonial shut down the pipeline because they would lose money if they didn't.

[LV426]

t'd be like operating a railroad and not knowing where the trains are at on it...

Hold on...how are you coming to this conclusion when the only information you were given to the extent of the hack was that it halted "pipeline operations".

Which operations?

Looks to me like they couldn't meter the pipeline system

This is you jumping to a conclusion.

How did you come to that conclusion based on the information you have?

[LV426]

Moron, there is no shortage of gasoline...Colonial shut down the pipeline themselves and that created an artificial shortage.

[LV426]

Do you know what that is and what it's used for?

I think you should fucking kill yourself because you are never right about anything:

The company halted operations because its billing system was compromised, three people briefed on the matter told CNN, and they were concerned they wouldn’t be able to figure out how much to bill customers for fuel they received.

One person familiar with the response said the billing system is central to the unfettered operation of the pipeline. That is part of the reason getting it back up and running has taken time, this person said.

Asked about whether the shutdown was prompted by concerns about payment, the company spokesperson said, “In response to the cybersecurity attack on our system, we proactively took certain systems offline to contain the threat, which temporarily halted all pipeline operations, and affected some of our IT systems.”

At this time, there is no evidence that the company’s operational technology systems were compromised by the attackers, the spokesperson added
https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/12/polit...ent/index.html

[Legion]

Moron, there is no shortage of gasoline...Colonial shut down the pipeline themselves and that created an artificial shortage.

It is not a gas shortage. There was never a shortage of gasoline.

Almost 90% of gas stations in Washington DC have no gas, but it's not a gas shortage because it's an artificial shortage?

Can people in Washington DC pump artificial gas?

[LV426]

Looks to me like they couldn't meter the pipeline system

This, ladies and gentlemen, is called an assumption...and it's one you made without doing the research necessary because...wait for it...you're fucking lazy.

In a statement published Saturday, it said the ransomware infected only its corporate IT network. Although the operational network that controls its pipelines and distributes fuel is separate from the corporate network and wasn’t infected, Colonial said it temporarily shut down the pipelines as a precaution to prevent the infection from spreading.
https://www.colpipe.com/news/press-r...tem-disruption

[LV426]

Almost 90% of gas stations in Washington DC have no gas, but it's not a gas shortage because it's an artificial shortage?

Yes, Colonial shut down the pipeline because people would get free gas, and that's what caused the shortage.

[T. A. Gardner]

Sure...or they shut it down because they would lose $$ if they didn't.

They shut it down because they couldn't meter the flow. The pipeline sends different fuels through the same pipe. Those fuels cannot be mixed and have to be kept separate. Thus, the flow has to be metered and that metering is used to determine the amount of fuel moved that in turn determines the billing.

The billing is the least of the issue here, not central to it. It's the end result. Without being able to meter the fuel flow, the company can't reliably move different fuels through the pipeline to different locations as they normally would. Billing is just a side effect.

So, you, CNN, and the SUN are wrong about the cause. They made it about billing when its about flow metering and moving various fuels safely through the pipeline.