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To: stboz
It is not so simple to pump gas out of holding tanks. When the tanks are filled, it's a huge gravity drop and not a pumping. All 10,000 gallons of a tanker trucks load is emptied into the holding tank in about a minute. It's like flushing a huge toilet.

Now getting the gasoline out is a slow process. I would suspect it was just stolen at the retail pumps with the assistance of employee/s. Each pump has a mechanical counter which can be jammed with a strong sewing needle temporarily.

21 posted on 01/11/2004 9:44:30 AM PST by blackdog (I'm hooked on phonics but smoking it is not so easy.)
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To: blackdog
I'm more concerned about whether Mustafa bin Yo-Mama can get his hands on enough gas by trickery/theft to go out and hurt some of us infidels. The gas seems to be missing, so where 'd it go?
27 posted on 01/11/2004 9:53:00 AM PST by stboz
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