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To: Second_Titan who wrote (72501)	9/6/2000 9:48:46 PM
From: BigBull	Read Replies (1) of 95453

French refineries don't need to blow up to shut down, just call the shop steward baby. Unions demand LOWER taxes? The world has turned upside down! And I thought the US had a refining problem. Send lawyers guns and money dad OPEC can't fix this. ------------------------------------------------------------ news.bbc.co.uk The blockades have forced many French regions to introduce petrol rationing as filling stations throughout the country begin to run dry. A spokesman for the French oil company TotalFinaElf said 80-90% of its 6,000 petrol stations had been closed. Panic-buying Across France, steps have been taken to safeguard supplies to emergency services as panic-buying drained much of the country's remaining fuel reserves. In the southern Var and Rhone regions, petrol stations have been ordered to sell a maximum of FFr150 ($20) of diesel to light vehicles, or FFr200 ($27) of petrol. Authorities have also taken charge of 67 petrol stations in the Brittany region in the west of the country. Some motorists have been crossing from France into Spain, Italy, Belgium and Germany to fill their tanks. ------------------------------------------------------------

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