Good to know. I just wish that the gas station owner's first impulse was to sell by the liter rather than selling by the old outdated half gallon :). Maybe with time we can persuade them otherwise.
Mike On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 11:54 AM, James Frysinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sales of motor fuel are regulated by states. In the "Interpretations and > Guidelines" section of NCWM Handbook 130 metric pricing and dispensing rules > are given on pp 242 and 243. Those DO call for showing the price per gallon > whenever fuel is sold by the liter, as well as the price per liter. > Individual states may follow that or form their own rules. I gave a link to > a downloadable copy of Handbook 130 earlier. > > Jim > > Nat Hager III wrote: > >> I would think it would be legal in every state, considering how far >> gas-by-the-liter got in the early eighties. I know they passed the >> legislation then, as so many stations were doing it, and I doubt if they >> ever took it back. >> >> >> I think Hawaii had mandatory gas-by-the-liter for several years. >> >> >> Nat >> >> >> *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On >> Behalf Of *Phil Chernack >> *Sent:* Friday, 2008 May 30 11:56 >> *To:* U.S. Metric Association >> *Subject:* [USMA:41004] Re: Legality of selling fuel by the liter in the >> US >> >> >> I can't say for every state but in New Jersey it is legal to sell and >> dispense by the liter provided both the price per liter and price per gallon >> are displayed. >> >> On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 11:41 AM, Mike Millet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: >> >> Just curious here , as I've been readying a lot about how some older gas >> pumps have started pricing by the half gallon instead of the gallon. Is it >> actually legal in the US to sell gas by the liter? And if so, does it fall >> under state or federal regulation? >> >> All the news articles I've read so far have said that stations just have >> to apply with the state regulator to sell by the half gallon. A lot of >> people in the comments sections on the different articles seem to be in >> favor of switching the price to liters nationally but so far there haven't >> been any responses from industry or gas stations. >> >> Mike >> >> -- >> "The boy is dangerous, they all sense it why can't you?" >> >> (\__/) >> (='.'=)This is Bunny. Copy and paste bunny into your >> (")_(")signature to help him gain world domination. >> >> >> > > -- > James R. Frysinger > 632 Stony Point Mountain Road > Doyle, TN 38559-3030 > > (H) 931.657.3107 > (C) 931.212.0267 > > -- "The boy is dangerous, they all sense it why can't you?" (\__/) (='.'=)This is Bunny. Copy and paste bunny into your (")_(")signature to help him gain world domination.
