Gas myths in the Middle East
August 12, 2009
This was originally post on October 17th of 2008, so the number of people at the gas stations went down a few months after this. But the number of people selling fuel on the side of the road was the same as of June 25, 2009 when I did my last convoy.
One thing that I have seen here is that despite the image that gas is cheap and readily available because of the many oil wells. But it seem that this is quite different. There are few gas stations here that are open and when they are open they are packed and so if you are not lucky enough to get there while they are open you have to buy gas from the many venders on the street. While we where working with the Iraqi army they where talking about how gas is subsidized for the army but if they want gas most people can only afford what is on the street. So all those forwarded email about how rich these oil countries are you do not see in the areas that I am at.
A.Lange & Sohne watches
Apr 23, 2010 2:57 AM