Comments on: Population decline may leave many rural areas without gas stations

By: Joe

Joe — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 11:02:48 +0000

NHK World has just run a report on the same issue.

A solution leapt out to me immediately: find a way acceptable to health and safety authorities, to sell and dispense fuel directly from specially designed trucks. They could do that business from a designated location at designated hours. One truck and staff person or persons would be able to serve, for example, three villages each two days a week.

Commerce can always find a solution if it is allowed to.

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By: VonSkippy

VonSkippy — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:18:08 +0000

Better yet – cut overhead – the rest of the world (mostly) gets by with self-serve gas – lose those two “attendants” and I bet there’s profit to be made in selling gas, in even the sticks.

By: captain obvious

captain obvious — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:00:07 +0000

There is an obvious market based solution to this problem: increase the price of fuel. If nobody buys it still, then yes, close the place down.

By: Dave Faulkmore

Dave Faulkmore — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 04:15:04 +0000

So the article expects us to believe life as we know it ends when there is no gas station in the area?! By removing these gas stations, it creates an opportunity for other technologies to gain acceptance.

Maybe this is a sign to switch to other modes of transport. Like the bus running on natural gas, or the train running on nuke power.

Next they’ll blame the gas station closure on the Olympic bicycle training center next door.

Did anyone notice the incredible eye sore sticking out in that photo. No wonder residents don’t want to use it.

By: kj

kj — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 23:35:11 +0000

Do you have a link to the original report?

By: kipo

kipo — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 22:22:11 +0000

We have the same problem in Sweden. The swedish goverment has refused to do anything this far. So local companies have gone together and taken over the stations. But I don’t know if it helps.