mil76@juno.com wrote:
>
> Is it just me, or has California lifted the requirements for these
> contraptions on the pump? While filling my tank last week at a pump
> equipped with this device, I looked at the shadow of the nozzle, and I
> saw a shadow of fumes emitting from the pump as if there was nothing
> stopping them. Then when I filled up at a newer gas station yesterday, I
> did a double take when I pulled out the nozzle and there was no vapor
> recovery device whatsoever. I can't imagine the California Smog Nazis
> loosening their grip on any regulation they've managed to ram down our
> throats. Have they realized that the amount of gas spilled trying to use
> these things cancels out all the fumes recovered from proper use? Or do
> they not work at all?
>
> John Miller
Newer systems can recover the vapors without the recovery boot they have
been in use for several years. Slow to take hold in areas where the
older boot style systems have been installed.
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