Re: How to get rid of old gasoline?
I am not a fan of dumping it in the local auto parts store's recycle tank. The local NAPA stores used to take old oil back, and now they do not. The story I got was someone dumped either brake fluid, or gasoline in the tank. When the truck unloaded at the refinery plant the concentrations were evidently high enough that it kinda blew their equipment. ($10,000)
The fact that it is already black tells me it is pretty far gone (over 10 years old) Find out who their pickup company is and call them, or better yet stop over there. Talking to a person at the auto parts store any more is like talking to a brick wall, that just wants to make problems of their day go away. Even the managers are not real managers, and hardly even know about parts.
You need to find out the real way to deal with this, or you will ruin the program for everyone. Everyone includes you.
When I managed datacenters, we had our fuel oil dealer come pump out are old diesel fuel, and take it back. Then we bought fresh stuff. Consider stopping by and asking one of them. BTW, we paid for that service. Paying to get rid of it is way cheaper than an EPA fine, or a visit to the burn ward. Also, they sometimes use this chemical in gasoline called (EBT) tersherary buetal ethenol. About 1 pint of that will pollute an entire communities water supply for like 50 years.
Do the right thing, because if you don't you could be broke for life.
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