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"HOT FUEL" - * USA - Golden State to study controversy
Sacramento,CAL,USA -Today's Trucking -18 July 2008: -- Preliminary results of a study done by the California Energy Commission on fuel temperatures shows average fuel temperatures in the state are higher than the industry standard, appearing to lend credibility to the complaint that vehicle owners are overpaying for gasoline and diesel thanks to hidden "hot fuel" costs... According to the Owner Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA), the study found that gasoline was sold in California at an average year-round temperature of 72 degrees, which means that drivers are getting almost 1 percent less than they pay for... Gas and diesel expands as the temperature rises, approximately 1 percent for every 15 degrees Fahrenheit... The CEC found that the average year-round temperature of gasoline sold in California is 72 degrees. Nationwide, if prices hold in the $4 range for a year, drivers will give up over $3 billion to hot fuel sales, OOIDA says... (Motorist and owner-op advocates complain that fuel retailers are ripping them off at the pumps)Labels: hot fuel
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