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codedokodetoday at 2:07 PM3 repliesview on HN

Gasoline is much easier to store (you can keep a reserve in your cellar) and much easier to carry and trade than electricity.


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KellyCriteriontoday at 5:06 PM

You can store it but not very long, thats btw one reason why its not useful for private people to participate in wholesale/corp market: Even if you would get a small fraction discount for ordering large amount, you cant store that large amount long enough in your basement before it gets unusable (esp. Diesel).

nemomarxtoday at 2:23 PM

Do you keep gasoline in your cellar? my understanding is that it goes bad relatively fast, so be careful to keep cycling it yearly at least.

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oytistoday at 2:19 PM

African continent is probably the last place in the world where this is relevant, and they are on track to fix it.