2008 Gasoline Shortage

"Why blame the people? Why don't you put it as simple as this: We don't have foreign currency to buy the fuel," he added. Egypt's economy has been badly battered by the political turmoil following last year's uprising that ousted longtime leader Hosni Mubarak.  

CAIRO — An acute fuel shortage in Egypt has disrupted Cairo’s already congested traffic, with long lines of vehicles snaking around gas stations, and drivers spending the night in their cars. In rural Egypt, witnesses on Thursday said scuffles and ...  

it was members of the Dealers' Motor Car Association of Oregon who offered the loudest protest. "The committee's opinion," said their investigative report in June 1920, "is that there is no gasoline shortage and there has not been a gasoline shortage.  

Requests to send gasoline on Colonial Pipeline Co.’s link from the Gulf Coast to the eastern U.S. have exceeded capacity since August, company data show. Gasoline futures have risen 24 percent this year, the most of any of the 24 commodities ...  

NEW YORK (Commodity Online): The idea that strategic oil reserves might get released at some point during the course of this year gained further traction last week as news emerged that the US was in talks with the UK on tapping strategic ...  

Others blame the sagging economy. Egypt's economy has been battered by the aftereffects of last year's uprising that deposed longtime leader Hosni Mubarak. Because of continuing turmoil, tourism and foreign investments are down drastically.