On Sat, 17 Nov 2012 01:55:49 -0800 (PST), harry
wrote:

On Nov 16, 6:33Â*pm, wrote:
On Thu, 15 Nov 2012 23:28:05 -0800 (PST), harry

wrote:
On Nov 16, 1:57Â*am, Oren wrote:
...for fuel oil in Canada. House changing to Electric service.

"A home near Victoria had to be demolished after an oil company got
its addresses mixed up and delivered a load of furnace oil to the
wrong house."

"...I had disconnected the oil tank and was getting 200 amp service in
for electric heat," said Phillips.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2012/11/14/bc-oi...

Putting an oil tank under a house would be illegal in the UK.
And I thought it was about fire regulations.

Â*They used to be in the basements around here. Underground (burried)
tanks have been illegal here for several decades.

You can have outdoor buried tanks here but few people do because of
expense.
Most are above ground, made of plastic with an incorporated "bund" to
catch any spillage/leaks.

Stealing oil is a big thing over here as it's so expensive. Since the
plastic ones appeared it has been a lot easier then the metal. They
just cut a hole in the plastic and pump it out.


Apart from"normal" petrol thefts, they are stealing petrol too from
filling stations. They take up the manhole covers and pump it out. No-
one been caught yet. Petrol here is $12/gallon

Great uncle used to have a problem years back with motorcyles (local
Satan's Choice and Henchmen) stealing fuel from his farm gas tank
which was at the corner of the driving shed about half way up his
lane. They'd come coasting down the bridge street hill, engine off,
and up to the tank, fill up, coast back down the lane, and down the
hill where they would engage the clutch, starting the engine - and
take off. After several months of this he moved the gas to a new tank
behind the shed and filled the old tank with diesel for his new Dexta
Major. The next morning there were 6 Harleys, Nortons, and Hendersons
parked on the shoulder within a mile of the farm - and he never lost
another drop of fuel.