With each passing day, based on what we're hearing about the industry being restarted, this current environment will ease,

We've been hearing for several years now that the industry is operating on a razor's edge due to a small amount of refining capacity we have in the United States in relation to demand.

The entire distribution channel has been upset and that's manifesting itself in a wider-than-normal disparity in prices from place to place, ... Until we get back to normal, it's smart for consumers to shop for the best price they can find as long as they're not burning too much gas looking for savings.

Basically what is happening is the industry is trying to stop a run on wholesale gasoline by gas stations, ... The gas station owners don't want to under price the market and possibly run out of gasoline.

At this point, anything they can do to limit their discretionary driving and conserve fuel would be helpful.

This in many ways is the worst-case scenario that the oil industry has been fearing. Production, distribution, and refining has slowed to a crawl through the whole area and that will mean higher gasoline prices throughout the entire United States.