Originally Posted by
suern3
Interesting question. Makes me wonder if our gas pumps work during a power outage. I think they require electicity.
Unless the power outage is wide spread like after a storm, they do work. Even sometimes after a hurricane, the gas stations around us will have operable pumps. The credit card machine usually don't work so you have to use cash, but can get gas. Ordinary brown outs don't affect the pumps. One of the advantages of gas as a fuel is that you can store it. Before a storm we fill up all 5 cars (2 of which are very easy to siphon from) and have enough to last til things come back up. Electricity isn't stored except in the battery of the car and I have no idea how long before those batteries are dead.