Stock up in December.Did you know that hot fuel was costing you money last summer? Actually, I had never even heard of hot fuel until I saw an article by Steve v. t. 1. To pack or stow, as cargo in a ship's hold. See Steeve. Everly of McClatchy newspapers explaining the phenomenon. It seems that gasoline gasoline or petrol, light, volatile mixture of hydrocarbons for use in the internal-combustion engine and as an organic solvent, obtained primarily by fractional distillation and "cracking" of petroleum, but also obtained from natural gas, by is supposed to be sold at a temperature of 60 degrees, but the standard is not enforced. And, writes Everly, every degree over the 60-degree standard diminishes the energy in a gallon gallon: see English units of measurement. of gas, because the gas expands as it is heated. Fuel pumps Fuel pump A mechanical or electrical pump for drawing fuel from a storage tank and forcing it to an engine or furnace. The type of pump chosen for a given fuel depends to a great extent on the volatility of the liquid to be pumped. could adjust for temperature change, but gasoline companies are naturally not eager to make the adjustment, because the more the customer has to pay, the more they make. Government regulation seems like the obvious answer. And the case for it is made, unconsciously I'm sure, by Anne Peebles of Shell Oil, who, in the course of arguing that Shell can't do anything about the problem, tells Everly, "Temperature correction is not something one company can do. It would have to be [a] regulatory requirement Regulatory requirements are part of the process of drug discovery and drug development. Regulatory requirements describe what is necessary for a new drug to be approved for marketing in any particular country. that puts all facilities on the same page." |
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