I had a statics professor at Annapolis that who had three pricipals of statics. The sum of the forces equals zero, the sum of the moments equals zero, and you can't push on a rope.
Pushing fuel up a hose seems a lot like pushing on a rope.
2 posted on 07/04/2010 11:20:08 PM PDT by USNBandit
(sarcasm engaged at all times)