Rapidcreek@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 2 months agoBiden releasing 1 million barrels of gasoline from Northeast reserve in bid to lower prices at pumpapnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square32fedilinkarrow-up1145arrow-down16
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minus-squareEheran@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·2 months agoWhy is gasoline so much(!) more expensive to store?
minus-squarecrypticthree@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down1·2 months agoIt’s really volatile and prone to evaporate
minus-squareEheran@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoThat does not make sense in a big storage tank.
minus-squareEheran@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-22 months agoHm, that makes some sense. But rotating the fuel every 6 months or so causing that much cost is crazy. For that kind of money it could be actual barrels and I pump them around by hand.
Why is gasoline so much(!) more expensive to store?
It’s really volatile and prone to evaporate
That does not make sense in a big storage tank.
Shelf life is short
Hm, that makes some sense. But rotating the fuel every 6 months or so causing that much cost is crazy. For that kind of money it could be actual barrels and I pump them around by hand.