This was Dallas just five months
ago, it was a scene repeated thousands
of times each day around the country,
long gas lines, short tempers,
frustration and fear.
Could it happen again now that President
Carter has cut off oil imports from Iran?
Shell district manager Orville Brown says
it could happen, but he doesn't think it
will.
No, I don't think so.
I think if the people
react in a normal manner,
they don't top off their tanks.
They don't hoard.
No panic buying.
I don't think we'll have a problem at all
because the Iranian imports are
only three percent, three to five percent
of what we import in the United States
from the foreign countries.
Brown said that it will be 60 to 90
days before any effects can be seen
in a large metropolitan area like Dallas
Fort Worth. People depend on their cars
and the economy depends on the mobility
of those citizens if another
serious gas shortage should occur.
Experts predict the governor will
implement his odd even gas rationing
plan. Once again, check out
Channel 5 Action News in Dallas.