# Long-range gas tank

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/long-range-gas-tank/176855>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [May 16, 2021, 10:38pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/long-range-gas-tank/176855 "2021-05-16T22:38:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![art1966](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/77aa72/32.png) [@art1966](https://community.cartalk.com/u/art1966)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2021, 10:38pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/long-range-gas-tank/176855/1 "2021-05-16T22:38:42Z")

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I hear on the news that there has been a lot of panic buying of gasoline because of the hack of the pipeline. Here’s a relevant article:

> **[Hazmat called to contain gas leaking from 200-gallon tank in back of...](https://wtop.com/prince-georges-county/2021/05/hazmat-called-to-contain-gas-leaking-from-200-gallon-tank-in-back-of-passenger-van-in-landover/)**
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> Hazmat crews were called out to Landover, Maryland, to deal with gas leaking from a 200-gallon tank in the back of a passenger van Saturday.

It reminds me of when I was a college freshman in New England. I had an upper classman friend from Texas who every Fall loaded his o-o-l-l-d station wagon with 5-gallon gas cans, filled at Texas prices. The gas would last him just about through the Spring semester. I was certainly young and foolish to ride around town with him, but he knew a lot about cars and I wanted to learn.