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On 10/10/2006 22:09, Eric Hufstedler wrote:
>> Hm. Interesting. I don't remember them changing that much. But a
>> 10 deg. C change in temperature for 20 litres of gasoline
>> increases the volume by almost 10%...? Wow. (Free gas!)
>
> Yep, that's why "they" say to buy gas in the morning, since the
> pumps charge by volume, not weight.
"They" also seem to forget that the gas is stored in underground tanks
where the temperature is more or less constant. For the amount of time
the gas is above ground where it can warm up, it won't warm up 10 degrees C.
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