Rising gas prices spark increase in gas theft

[Robb]

Source: Associated Press

Thieves who target your car these days may leave the car behind and take the gas.

Police are reporting an increase in gas tank-tapping -- the drilling or puncturing of gas tanks or gas lines to drain the petroleum booty that now averages almost $4 a gallon.

For veteran mechanics and law enforcement officers, it's reminiscent of the gas siphoning in the early 1970s during the Middle East oil embargo.

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It's not just gas and diesel that are being stolen. Restaurants from Berkeley, California, to Sedgwick, Kansas, are reporting thefts of old cooking oil worth thousands of dollars.



Read more: http://www.kltv.com/Global/story.asp?S=8386722

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"Petroleum booty." :eyes:

[jpak]

1. and so it begins

:evilgrin:

[Frustratedlady]

2. I was driving down a residential street a couple weeks ago, and

three cars in a row had their gas doors open. A midnight requisition was filled as the tanks were emptied, I assumed.

[lapfog_1]

3. The largest oil tankers can hold 2 million barrels of oil

at current prices, that's over a quarter billion dollars. Someone someplace will figure a way to hijack one.

[catnhatnh]

4. My Bold Prediction.....

...watch for the Buddist Monk type immolation stories this summer...Moron+Flammable Liquid=Cosmic Justice.........

[madinmaryland]

6. That was my thought also...

"..the drilling or puncturing of gas tanks or gas lines.."

:nuke:

An instant Darwin Award Winner!

:D

[rabies1]

5. You know I've been afraid this would happen..

I have a hybrid that gets about 61 miles per gallon. Gas prices are bad now but should we attack Iran it will automatically go up to about 10 dollars a gallon - now, doesn't my car looks like gold? Should I buy a gun just in case?

[slackmaster]

7. Back in the gas crisis of the '70s I was a poor teenager

I have to admit that there were a few nights where my Oklahoma Credit Card came in handy when I was out cruising with my "droogs".