Diesel is 294.9c/L, down 1c from yesterday 🥰 #fuel #launceston
I have a theory that you get slightly more fuel if you fill up in increments vs doing an empty to full fill in one go. What do you think? #poll #fuel
Same
42.6%
More in increments
13.1%
More in one fill
6.6%
No opinion
37.7%
Poll ended at .

@SeaFury It is a genuine physical property of petroleum that it takes up slightly more volume when agitated. You absolutely can and will get slightly more if you pump it in a slow, steady stream than if you jam it in as fast as the pump will allow. I’d love someone to do the math on just how much; I don’t think it’s a particularly noticeable amount and I’m certain just driving calmly etc. will have a much bigger effect.

(Note: this is not the fuel station ripping you off: they absolutely DID pump 50 litres or 20 hogsheads or whatever into your tank… and then when it settled, it genuinely BECAME only 49.x liters. It’s a time trade off that is actually unavoidable, though of course in finding the right balance, they are motivated in perhaps a different way than you, the consumer.)

@whybird interesting!!