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EPA’s Earth Day Tip: Don’t Top Off Gas Tank—‘Small Spill Adds to Air Pollution’
Cybercast News Service ^ | April 22, 2013 | Penny Starr

Posted on 04/27/2013 2:48:20 PM PDT by Olog-hai

In the ‘tip of the day’ on its Earth Day website, the Environmental Protection Agency tells visitors that topping off one’s gas tank hurts the environment.

“During hot weather, don't top off your gas tank,” the tip on the home page says. “Even a small gas spill adds to air pollution and wastes fuel.” …

(Excerpt) Read more at cnsnews.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Chit/Chat; Conspiracy; Weather
KEYWORDS: earthday; epa; leninsbearthday; leninsbirthday
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To: matt04

“Now, those CRAB-compliant gas cans are a different story.”

No kidding! I have spilled more gas because of the liberal whacko designed gas cans than ever before.


21 posted on 04/27/2013 3:21:30 PM PDT by CodeToad (Liberals are bloodsucking ticks. We need to light the matchstick to burn them off.)
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To: CodeToad

Meanwhile, we got this stuff out of the earth.

Do tar pits also kill the earth? That’s mostly complex carbon compounds.


22 posted on 04/27/2013 3:21:51 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

Well, I for one would never spill gasoline on the ground. It isn’t like it came from there or anything.


23 posted on 04/27/2013 3:23:46 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: Olog-hai

who can afford to top off the tank these days?


24 posted on 04/27/2013 3:25:16 PM PDT by GeronL (http://asspos.blogspot.com)
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To: Olog-hai

Who the *bleep* can afford to fill ‘er up these days?


25 posted on 04/27/2013 3:29:19 PM PDT by DemforBush (Bring me the head of Alfredo Garcia!)
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Bmfl


26 posted on 04/27/2013 3:38:39 PM PDT by Pan_Yan (I believe in God. All else is dubious.)
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To: Olog-hai

Didn’t the gas come out of the ground in the first place?


27 posted on 04/27/2013 3:43:13 PM PDT by FoxPro
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To: CodeToad

Ever have the pleasure of having the stupid screw on part break will pouring and have it dump half the can out in two seconds, on everything but the part where you want the gas to go? Stupid hippies. I really enjoyed cleaning up the gallon of gas it spilled on my generator in the freezing cold in the dark. Idiots.


28 posted on 04/27/2013 3:47:59 PM PDT by matt04
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To: Olog-hai

“Topping off your fuel tank?” What’s that? I put in $15 a week and haven’t “topped off” in aboooout....six years.


29 posted on 04/27/2013 3:52:46 PM PDT by Thorliveshere (Tais deau sá taghdedaul!)
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To: Olog-hai
Our local fire station has a "DRIVE LESS" sign out front. The local weekly rag ran a full page ad last Thursday sponsored by many local businesses exhorting us to DRIVE LESS.

Screw you, busybodies. I will decide when and how much I drive, not you fokkers (pardon me, but I am really PO'd).


30 posted on 04/27/2013 3:59:38 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: Jack Hammer

Just ONE trip of AF1 for the endless campaigner in chief would fuel how many cars for now many miles? How many passenger miles per gallon does AF1 and The Beast combined get?


31 posted on 04/27/2013 4:01:35 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: Axenolith
or the ability to get 525+ miles out of a tank on my truck on a road trip.

Sounds like you have exceptional bladder control...

32 posted on 04/27/2013 4:09:45 PM PDT by EVO X
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To: Olog-hai

fuepa


33 posted on 04/27/2013 4:17:33 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (I can neither confirm or deny that; even if I could, I couldn't - it's classified.)
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To: Olog-hai

I got a tip for them. ;-] sharp, pointy, ..


34 posted on 04/27/2013 4:27:01 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi)
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To: matt04

The only time I had a spill was right after I turned the pump on. I looked at it to make sure it was on and my hand naturally followed. I smelled like gasoline for a while when I went in a store. I learned a lesson that day a few years ago.


35 posted on 04/27/2013 4:39:18 PM PDT by MamaB
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To: JRandomFreeper

We had a gravel driveway when I was growing up as a kid, although my dad attempted to “asphault” it one oil change at a time.


36 posted on 04/27/2013 5:07:53 PM PDT by MachIV
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To: rlmorel

Yeah, but don’t forget to fill your tires.


37 posted on 04/27/2013 5:08:08 PM PDT by The Antiyuppie ("When small men cast long shadows, then it is v?ery late in the day.")
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To: matt04
There are howtos out there on how to defeat the Nader crap. All of my gas cans flow nicely where and when I want them to.

And I always make sure to light a cigarette before filling the lawnmower, tiller, or genset. If you can't do that, you need rinsed out of the gene pool.

/johnny

38 posted on 04/27/2013 5:26:58 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: Olog-hai

I belched several times today. Sorry. I’m so bad.


39 posted on 04/27/2013 5:35:27 PM PDT by Sequoyah101
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To: Olog-hai
EPA’s Earth Day Tip: Don’t Top Off Gas Tank—‘Small Spill Adds to Air Pollution’

I usually ignore the EPA about everything it presumes to preach on; but this (communist) May Day I plan to top off with gusto, even though I really don't need gas yet.

Among my top 5 Federal alphabet soup agencies that we could have done without ---- ever.

40 posted on 04/27/2013 5:41:08 PM PDT by publius911 (Look for the Union label, then buy something else.)
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