I have three requests of the EPA:
1. Please give back our old-style gas cans that actually allowed us to pour gas safely and efficiently.
2. Give us back old-style toilets that used enough water to actually force the waste into the sewer system.
3. Restore us our old-style faucets and shower heads so the flow is strong enough to do the job.
And, above all, leave us the h-ll alone!
2. Give us back old-style toilets that used enough water to actually force the waste into the sewer system.
3. Restore us our old-style faucets and shower heads so the flow is strong enough to do the job.
The newest low-usage toilets are pretty impressive. I asked the plumbing supply guys for a toilet that could flush a basketball shoe, and they sold me a Toto. I actually have not tried a shoe, but this thing has performed grandly.
Faucets and shower heads can be modified by the consumer for greater flow.
>>I have three requests of the EPA:
>>1. Please give back our old-style gas cans that actually allowed us to pour gas safely and efficiently.
And, above all, leave us the h-ll alone!<<
There are many dozens of government rules and regulations that infuriate me, but your No.1 is right up at the top of my list. I’ve had to modify every one of my gas and diesel fuel cans to overcome the frustration and hazard caused by some damn D.C. desk jockey.
A very nice lady on the customer service line for Spectre, the gas can maker, told me that gravity flow spouts compatible with their cans were still legal in Canada.
Since I wasn't far from the border, she suggested Canadian Tire, an auto parts store up there. Next trip up, I came back with some of the gravity flow spouts which actually worked. Yeah, gas will overflow when you try to pour five gallons of gas in a tank which has less than five gallons of capacity remaining.
It isn't rocket science. But the EPA approved alternative is so Rube Goldberg in design that it will start leaking gas the second or third time you use it. So it is actually worse for the environment than the Canadian gravity flow version which can't be legally sold here on this side of the border.
Amen! I lose more damn gas by spillage with those foolish new cans! The old cans were safer and more efficient.
Agree 100%, especially about the gas cans. I live in rural ND and at farm auction and estate sales the old-fashioned metal gas cans with the flexible nozzle are very popular items.