Innovative Solutions
Fuel pumps all over the world run off electricity. Petroleum stations in Africa have taken a tip from the past in order to continue making sales while the electricity is out: retrofitting the machines with hand pump capabilities. In America in the 1940s we were doing the opposite: rigging machines to manually pumped fuel centers.
Most of the time pumping fuel is a one person show, requiring the user to remove the nozzle and squeeze the trigger. As you will notice my fuel cap doubling as holding the fuel trigger while the attendant turns the pump. Who needs that little metal locking mechanism? Every car has a built-in trigger-lock/fuel cap!
“%&^*% mzungu! How many liters does this car use, anyways?”
September 15, 2009 at 12:27 pm
Kevin,
As you well know. . . they LOVE me at the pump! My second visit to the Shell station, the attendant exclaimed, “Eh! You just added 140 litres on Monday! Today is only Thursday! You will be our best customer.”
September 15, 2009 at 1:39 pm