As the other person below me wrote, that’s the process in NJ and Oregon. So this person has something else in mind. Maybe drive through without stopping or something. Drive through with the door open? Just openly spray gasoline at a car like a squirt gun and have gutters send the fuel to the tank? I have so many questions!!!
Depends on the country/area. Most western countries it’s DIY, either paying at the pump or inside to staff.
Personally I prefer this because I feel lazy af otherwise. Though, it’s quite nice in Japan because they often do the windows and stuff while pumping. But places like Greece, you just sit there awkwardly wanting to stretch your legs but they’re confused if you get out.
this is my question. like instead of redesigning every car, why not just use some sort of computer vision to remove the gas cap, and then move a robot arm with the nozzle into the car. hell that’s 100% easier to retrofit or make new gas pumps like that than redesign hundreds of thousands of cars.
not to make the point that it would be even easier to just stop production of gas engine cars and go electric.
or the easiest ‘change’ is just to have attendants work the pumps like they do at a lot of gas stations. i remember not even 10 years ago being able to pull up to a full service gas station and never getting out of my car because an employee would come to my car ask me how much i wanted and what type, and then remove my gas cap and insert the nozzle. then go to the next customer.
Electric cars just move the power generation elsewhere - often a gas- or coal- powered plant. Yes, large power plants can have better treatment of waste gases, for lower particulates and sulphur dioxides. Still produce the CO2, tho. We need robust public transport options, low-carbon power sources like renewables and nuclear, and reduce the number of unnecessary journeys by shopping locally, car sharing, and working from home wherever possible.
Completely agree - let’s stop BBQ’ing the planet. Just need to make lots of little changes, but we need to start.
You dont need to do that to have a drive thru gas station.
Aren’t gas stations already drive through?
That’s just one piece of this I am attempting to unpack. What does this persons gas station experience look like?
Presumably they get out of the car? In a drive-thru restaurant, you don’t get out.
I think this is the idea. So the driver can reach the gas tank without getting out of the car.
Because gods forbid that anyone has to walk 15 steps on their own feet to pump some gas.
As the other person below me wrote, that’s the process in NJ and Oregon. So this person has something else in mind. Maybe drive through without stopping or something. Drive through with the door open? Just openly spray gasoline at a car like a squirt gun and have gutters send the fuel to the tank? I have so many questions!!!
In a few states, its illegal to pump your own gas. An attendant has to come over and do it for you. Maybe that’s what they want?
Even in the places you pump yourself, you never really leave your car. So while it’s not exactly like a drive thru, it’s not unlike one either.
Depends on the country/area. Most western countries it’s DIY, either paying at the pump or inside to staff.
Personally I prefer this because I feel lazy af otherwise. Though, it’s quite nice in Japan because they often do the windows and stuff while pumping. But places like Greece, you just sit there awkwardly wanting to stretch your legs but they’re confused if you get out.
this is my question. like instead of redesigning every car, why not just use some sort of computer vision to remove the gas cap, and then move a robot arm with the nozzle into the car. hell that’s 100% easier to retrofit or make new gas pumps like that than redesign hundreds of thousands of cars.
not to make the point that it would be even easier to just stop production of gas engine cars and go electric.
or the easiest ‘change’ is just to have attendants work the pumps like they do at a lot of gas stations. i remember not even 10 years ago being able to pull up to a full service gas station and never getting out of my car because an employee would come to my car ask me how much i wanted and what type, and then remove my gas cap and insert the nozzle. then go to the next customer.
I’m with the electric option. We need to stop barbecueing our climate anyway.
Electric cars just move the power generation elsewhere - often a gas- or coal- powered plant. Yes, large power plants can have better treatment of waste gases, for lower particulates and sulphur dioxides. Still produce the CO2, tho. We need robust public transport options, low-carbon power sources like renewables and nuclear, and reduce the number of unnecessary journeys by shopping locally, car sharing, and working from home wherever possible.
Completely agree - let’s stop BBQ’ing the planet. Just need to make lots of little changes, but we need to start.
Yeah, I’m aboard for all those things too. Especially trains and remote work :D