tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479596750476933081.post8111303441087356814..comments2023-10-12T02:50:59.269-07:00Comments on The DESERT FREEDOM PRESS: Quartzsite Chevron part 2The DESERT FREEDOM PRESShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12464013491544175702noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-479596750476933081.post-24574536886936413162012-03-23T08:11:14.767-07:002012-03-23T08:11:14.767-07:00My question is, “Just how much time (in days) has ...My question is, “Just how much time (in days) has it been since your report and the States Official testing the fuel in the tanks?” My father was the owner of a gas station also some family and friends. Anyone in the industry knows that fuel shipments can be done from daily to several days between top-offs of the ground tanks.<br /><br />If they knew that the State was going to test their storage tanks, it doesn’t take much for a tanker truck to pull up and add the proper amount of fuel to give the proper amount needed to pass the test before going back to “Business and usual.”<br /><br />I remember back during the so-called “Gas Shortage” in Kalifornia in the mid 70s. Everybody was on an even-odd day refueling schedule sat by the State and you were limited to 10 Gallons max per visit. Just after midnight before leaving for Washington State my friend allowed me to top off my tank and fill 4-5 gallon gas cans. As I was paying him for the gas a gas tanker pulled up from another company and filled my friends tanks for “CA$H” for just under the going rate.<br /><br />The driver confirmed what my friend was telling me. ‘THERE WAS NO GAS SHORTAGE”! Tanker truck drivers were informed to drive out to the Kalifornia desert to a single location and dump their loads! After the first week the tanker drivers got wise and started selling their loads for “CA$H” to the independent gas stations for under the going price and created a thriving “Black Market”! The tanker drivers made unreported “CA$H” income, the fuel stations made un-reported profits from the extra fuel sales, the drivers got their fuel, and the tax paper as usual got screwed again!Paul Staudthttp://www.aview.infonoreply@blogger.com