David Lesher wrote:

"Pete C." writes:

My view is unless you are in earthshake territory; natural gas
is highly dependable. Diesel is a PITA to store in quantity;
and in large enough volumes you have to deal with EPA/local
equivalents.

300 gal of diesel in your basement is very, very normal. 600 gal is the
max per fire rated space. 300 will give you a two week generator fuel
supply, 600 a month, and that is 24hr operation, far longer if you
economize.

BUT unless you USE it; it grows bugs, you gotta slosh it, add
stuph, and THEN its lifetime is ~2 years.

Biocide and diesel tank tampons take care of those issues just fine.


While #2 Heat & #2 Diesel are the same flashpoint
etc. I wonder how anal code inspectors feel about indoor
storage? Buried is an EPA quagmire; many rules in a watershed,
etc.

#2 is #2, and the only difference between the two is red dye and
transportation fuel taxes. Off road diesel a.k.a. heating oil isn't even
high sulfur anymore. I've not ever heard of any sort of permit for a
heating oil tank either. Anything under 1,000 gal and not underground is
most likely exempt from everything.


You can even bury propane tanks and at least CalFire & Bay Area
local-EPA forks are OK with even 1000gal of that. No way it will
get into water table.

You can bury diesel tanks as well, but they have to be double wall with
monitoring.


Everything is a compromise.

Yep, you can always sit in the dark with a refrigerator full of rotted
food...