Danny D writes:

On Sat, 11 May 2013 14:01:04 -0400, krw wrote:

Like everything Congress does, it screwed this one up *badly*.

I've been reading up on this.

The CARB/EPA apparently worked in cahoots with the gas can
manufacturer (Blitz USA, in Chapter 11 currently, who
advertises they sell 75% of all the gas cans in the USA,
says so on their web page).

Together, they "designed" the gasoline to stay *in* the can.
They did a wonderful job meeting that requirement!

The problem is that they never looked at the second half of
the requirements equation ... i.e., that the gas comes *out*.

EPA/CARB = 2 points
Consumer = 0 points

Someone is missing the beauty of the master plan.

When coming out with a few model, ALWAYS make sure that
it's less than optimal.

If you don't do that, you have NO replacement market.

Maybe Blitz shot too low on their first volley.

Sort of like MSFT with their new OS versions.
Seems like they really messed up with W2K and XP.
Really not enough warts there, but how people put up with the tinker toy
interface is beyond me.
But then they unleashed Vista and created a whole new replacement market
for Win 7. Now we're in the ridiculous touch interface where it doesn't
belong phase. Whatever they come out with as a fix MUST have some warts
or they're living on OS's for new computers only revenue.

Personally, I've adapted to the new smaller cans. Had me confused for a
while, but now I think I've got it. Fortunately I have an older larger can
with a few more years on it.

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Dan Espen