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"In the middle of the 20th century, large gas stations in the US began to be
built based on a new self-service model. Since the early 1900s gas station
attendants had always come out to pump gas for each customer. Small gas
stations were against it, not being able to afford the changes required to
support self-service.
By 1968, most gas stations in the US had switched to self-service but in 23
states bans on self-service were in effect after human-service gas stations
(with support from local fire marshals) played up safety hazards around
self-service, arguing that untrained drivers would overfill their tanks and
start fires.
Eventually, human-service gas stations were no longer as profitable as
self-service (even for small stations) so gas station operators lobbied to
reverse the bans. By 1992, 80% of gas stations in the US were self-service.
In New Jersey, human-service is still mandated by law. Thousands of gas station
attendants are still employed to do work that has been long since automated
almost everywhere else."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
