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title: "If you've ever wondered why gas cans became so terrible. "The…"
date: 2019-05-15
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# If you've ever wondered why gas cans became so terrible. "The…

*May 15, 2019 · Facebook*

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[https://fee.org/articles/how-government-wrecked-the-gas-can/?fbclid=IwAR0XYYpSBvviTa6Bt-WFGFUvpVDIIDza7xRX0WHlwQ7XbGZlXuC2xqb0sRA](https://fee.org/articles/how-government-wrecked-the-gas-can/?fbclid=IwAR0XYYpSBvviTa6Bt-WFGFUvpVDIIDza7xRX0WHlwQ7XbGZlXuC2xqb0sRA){target="_blank"}
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If you\'ve ever wondered why gas cans became so terrible.\
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\"The government never said "no vents." It abolished them de facto with new standards that every state had to adopt by 2009. So for the last three years, you have not been able to buy gas cans that work properly. They are not permitted to have a separate vent. The top has to close automatically. There are other silly things now, too, but the biggest problem is that they do not do well what cans are supposed to do.\"
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