Coming Soon to a Gas Station Near You: Half Gallon Pricing!Not just for milk anymore... |
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| By Steve Balogh in Energy, Peak Oil | May 28, 2008 | |
This was in our local paper – a sign of the times.
New York state Agriculture Commissioner Patrick Hooker today announced that gas stations with non-digital fuel dispensers can apply for half gallon pricing, since older equipment cannot compute prices in excess of $3.999.
Signs advertising fuel prices must still advertise the price for a full gallon of fuel, but the price displayed on the pump would be half the per-gallon price.
Amazing to think that the manufacturers of those fuel pumps couldn’t imagine a world where gasoline cost more than $3.999.
Coming soon?:
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Clifford J. Wirth said,
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Mike@EasyGreensy said,
It’s a sad sign that’s for sure. On the plus side they could require stations to upgrade the pumps. If they did though they would then tack the costs of the upgrades onto the consumers. Then again increased cost would mean people driving less. It’s a no win situation.
sdf said,
i urge everyone not to stand for this kind of horsesh*t.
fletch said,
shouldn’t that read 2.25 and 4/5th’s
Pattyb68 said,
Just think of how many people will go into the gas station thinking the gas is 2.25 when it is actually 4.50/gal. This is were the news media would be a big help in educating the public way before this goes into effect. How many of us will start pumping before we realize our stupid error???