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Show STORIES OF HOW HOW GASOLINE IS DUMPED No matter where you turn, you hear rumors of how gasoline is being wasted, or how it is being burned, and how the military ser-vice ser-vice wasts gasoline. Common sense should tell anyone that such-stories such-stories are nothing more than rumors. A little thinking upon the part of all) of us would go far to halt such fantastic tales. A few weeks ngo it was rumored rumor-ed that gasoline- was being dumped dump-ed and burned at an airbase near Boise. A congressional investigation investiga-tion revealed that an excitable school teacher had seen some gasoline gas-oline being burned all1 right, but what actually happened was that gasoline used to clean bomber parts was thrown over an old condemned con-demned B124 bomber and Bet on fire. Why? To permit the air-craft air-craft fire fighting crews to get in some practice and experience. Certainly this was no waste of gas oline. Another story is that bombers always dump their gasoline before landing. Now, we've met anyone who hag been sprayed by this dumped gasoline. Outside of the fact that such actions would be the cause of causing a fire hazard it dosn't make sense. There is no reason why the gasoline cannot stay in the bomber's tanks, is there? Motorists do not dump their gas before they drive into their garage, and still, gasoline tanks on planes are a lot safer than those on automobiles. Then we hear that oil compan-ies compan-ies dump gasoline to make room for more. Frankly, we can't picture pic-ture any oil company throwing away good money, and that is what they would be dong if they dumpted gasoline. And so the stories go, and so the facts refute them. Why waste your time repeating such tales If you have reasons to believe that gasoline is being wasted go to the proper authorities and let them .investigate ? why spread the story around it is only a silly tale anyway. |