{"id":2005,"date":"2010-09-20T14:37:44","date_gmt":"2010-09-20T14:37:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bobtherieau.com\/blog\/index.php\/2010\/09\/20\/2010-9-20-this-seems-like-kind-of-a-big-deal-html\/"},"modified":"2010-09-20T14:37:44","modified_gmt":"2010-09-20T14:37:44","slug":"2010-9-20-this-seems-like-kind-of-a-big-deal-html","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bobtherieau.com\/blog\/2010\/09\/2010-9-20-this-seems-like-kind-of-a-big-deal-html\/","title":{"rendered":"This Seems Like Kind Of A Big Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Friends,<\/p>\n

So, the new vapor recovery gas nozzles mandated by the secret super children at the California Air Resources Board have a problem with their handle latches not working properly<\/a>. No big deal, right? We’ll just use another vendor.<\/p>\n

The problem is, there is no other vendor and the non-releasing latches have stuck open and have caused people to douse themselves with gasoline. Luckily, the state fire marshal has leapt into action and mandated that the latches be removed<\/a>, causing gas station owners to howl that their patrons will find another way to not hold the handle while gas is pumped.<\/p>\n

This is all very funny and tragic and emblematic of the shortsightedness of unelected bureaucrats, but it also gets to my point that if the petrol-fueled internal combustion engined automobile was only proposed today, regulators would have none of it. “It’s too dangerous! You would allow ordinary people to drive around with a tank full of explosive hydrocarbons wherever they want? To drive near schools! What if a terrorist should get a hold of one of these mobility machines!”<\/p>\n

The best way to fix this, of course, is to go back to the old and perfectly fine vapor recovery nozzles. You know, the ones that we’ve been using for a couple years now. Oh, and put all of the CARB board members in stocks in the public square. So they’ll be safely away from the petrol spray. Because we care.<\/p>\n

– bob<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  Friends, So, the new vapor recovery gas nozzles mandated by the secret super children at the California Air Resources Board have a problem with their handle latches not working properly. No big deal, right? We’ll just use another vendor. The problem is, there is no other vendor and the non-releasing latches have stuck open … <\/p>\n

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