The Gasoline Gang ??
I just had an economics thought... What if gasoline is deliberately priced just slightly before it starts a gas theft crime wave?? In other words, crime sets the gas price.
Too much gas stealing...gas price goes down...Too little gas stealing..gas price goes up..
If the gas price tracks the rate of gas crime then the gas price can be max'd out while keeping gas crime at tolerable levels.
Just a thought... :P
D from BC British Columbia Canada
That is actually available where i live (Sack of tomatoes)
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I wonder how often this happens to diesel vehicles.
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Or an icepick.
I was talking to a trucker who says farm vehicles and construction vehicles are getting hit by diesel thieves.
-- Jim Yanik jyanik at kua.net
I started doing that too. Its great. I also quickly stop the flow to clear the filter and pump faster.
greg
Hello, We specialize in the equipment your talking about and I know what you mean. The equipment is slow because they are all custom built devices, mostly 8 bit embedded processors. You can check out the inside boards at our web site
I switched from a debit card to credit card when they started giving me 10% (teaser, now 5%) back. Why use my money when I can use theirs and get paid to do it?
They're not all that bad here. It sometimes takes a while for the CC authorization though. No PINs or signatures to slow me down either. :-(
-- Keith
I usually have several hundred in my wallet (about $800, right now). I used to squirrel away $200 or so for an emergency, but I've gotten used to grabbing cash regularly (allowed so many "free" foreign ATM transactions per month) and use less cash so it queues up to be spent. ;-)
-- Keith
Custom built?? With 1000's of gas pumps in N. America, how the crap is that a custom build?? Where's the line between 'custom' and mass produced? Is the Pod a custom build?
You make it sound like pump controllers are school projects where each student makes a custom 8 bit system to control a gas pump..
Check out boards?? Only if I can beat them with a gas nozzle. :P
D from BC British Columbia Canada
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