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Re: high gasoline prices was Re: ATM fees are about to rise substantially

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From: Matthew T. Russotto
Date: Thu, 18 Apr 1996 00:00
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In article <4l3e60$nuc@netnews.upenn.edu>,
Sanjay Sinha <sanjay@ssc.sas.upenn.edu> wrote:
}
}e.g. a gasoline pump owner at your corner has a 12,000 gallon storage
}tank and this serves them fine as their weekly sales are 10,000
}gallons and they recive a shipment every week. however, on labor
}day weekend the demand goes to 15,000 gallons a week. do yuo really
}expect the pump owner to install extra storage tanks to meet
}one week's peak demand and still stay in business?

Actually, they increase shipments during times of high demand.  Though
at the one I worked at, it went from once a day to twice a day (and
occasionally ran the tanks dry when a shipment too late). 
-- 
Matthew T. Russotto      russotto@pond.com     russotto@his.com
"Extremism in defense of liberty is no vice, and moderation in pursuit
of justice is no virtue." 
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From: russotto@wanda.phl.pond.com (Matthew T. Russotto)
Subject: Re: high gasoline prices was Re: ATM fees are about to rise substantially
Date: 1996/04/18
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