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This article from a few months ago comes to mind: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-05-02/gas-delivery-startups-want-to-fill-up-your-car-anywhere-is-t

by fred256 10y ago

This article from a few months ago comes to mind: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-05-02/gas-delivery-startups-want-to-fill-up-your-car-anywhere-is-that-allowed http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-05-02/gas-delive...

ChuckMcM 10y ago
I was wondering about that as well since TC makes no mention on what the fall out was from that. There was a joke going around about the "Farm Service startup, big trucks full of fertilizer and diesel fuel going from farm to farm to top up their supplies. What could possibly go wrong with that?" But more seriously, there are three things here that I can see from a public policy/safety viewpoint that have to be controlled for; Spillage (fuel is a hazardous substance), fire (you really need to control open flames when you're refilling, so you need to control the location), and transport (are your supply vehicles adequately protected in the event of a crash, are they marked so that first responders can understand the risks). It isn't something we do a lot of but sometimes when we are on our way to camping our motor home is running its fridge on propane. There is an open flame somewhere that is feeding the heat pump. We turn it off when we go into a gas station but if someone parked next to us, they would probably not know that it wouldn't be a good place to have their car refueled. Hard to know what is going on exactly in your environment.
TillE 10y ago
> “If it was illegal, they would have and should have told us many months ago.” I love this quote so much.
- ben_jones 10y ago
  > “If it was illegal, they would have and should have told us many months ago.” Said the man to his cellmate.
tlrobinson 10y ago
I'm adding gasoline delivery to the list of startups which should absolutely not "move fast and break things" or "beg for forgiveness rather than ask for permission" > "We haven't talked to them. I don't know about that. It’s news to me" > "You can never ask for permission because no one will give it"
- nick007 10y ago
  We take this seriously. We comply with all regulations (local/state/federal). The Bloomberg article was a little... off... on a number of things. And we actually go above what is required by law on a number of things relating to safety. See also https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12073856 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12073856
- serge2k 10y ago
  That "We haven't talked to them" line is pretty ridiculous. Of course you haven't talked to them, you know they would flip out about transporting extremely flammable liquid around the city (I'm guessing with questionable methods) and fuelling cars just wherever.
- aianus 10y ago
  > I'm adding gasoline delivery to the list of startups which should absolutely not "move fast and break things" or "beg for forgiveness rather than ask for permission" The status quo is that every half-drunk, chain smoking, Joe Regular is allowed to fuel up his tank unsupervised. This is unlikely to be any more dangerous. > "You can never ask for permission because no one will give it" This is the unfortunate truth.

by fred256 10y ago

ChuckMcM 10y ago

I was wondering about that as well since TC makes no mention on what the fall out was from that. There was a joke going around about the "Farm Service startup, big trucks full of fertilizer and diesel fuel going from farm to farm to top up their supplies. What could possibly go wrong with that?" But more seriously, there are three things here that I can see from a public policy/safety viewpoint that have to be controlled for; Spillage (fuel is a hazardous substance), fire (you really need to control open flames when you're refilling, so you need to control the location), and transport (are your supply vehicles adequately protected in the event of a crash, are they marked so that first responders can understand the risks). It isn't something we do a lot of but sometimes when we are on our way to camping our motor home is running its fridge on propane. There is an open flame somewhere that is feeding the heat pump. We turn it off when we go into a gas station but if someone parked next to us, they would probably not know that it wouldn't be a good place to have their car refueled. Hard to know what is going on exactly in your environment.

TillE 10y ago

> “If it was illegal, they would have and should have told us many months ago.” I love this quote so much.

ben_jones 10y ago
> “If it was illegal, they would have and should have told us many months ago.” Said the man to his cellmate.

tlrobinson 10y ago

I'm adding gasoline delivery to the list of startups which should absolutely not "move fast and break things" or "beg for forgiveness rather than ask for permission" > "We haven't talked to them. I don't know about that. It’s news to me" > "You can never ask for permission because no one will give it"

nick007 10y ago
We take this seriously. We comply with all regulations (local/state/federal). The Bloomberg article was a little... off... on a number of things. And we actually go above what is required by law on a number of things relating to safety. See also https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12073856 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12073856
serge2k 10y ago
That "We haven't talked to them" line is pretty ridiculous. Of course you haven't talked to them, you know they would flip out about transporting extremely flammable liquid around the city (I'm guessing with questionable methods) and fuelling cars just wherever.
aianus 10y ago
> I'm adding gasoline delivery to the list of startups which should absolutely not "move fast and break things" or "beg for forgiveness rather than ask for permission" The status quo is that every half-drunk, chain smoking, Joe Regular is allowed to fuel up his tank unsupervised. This is unlikely to be any more dangerous. > "You can never ask for permission because no one will give it" This is the unfortunate truth.