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Spilling petrol on your shoes after you fill your car seems like just a small annoyance. But it happens to everyone, and apparently all that wasted fuel adds up to about half a billion litres of fuel lost every year. An epidemic this simple mesh cap promises to solve.
Created by a Canadian company called Dram Innovations, the Fuel Nozzle Drip Retainer might not have the catchiest name, but its benefits alone will easily sell the product. It attaches to the end of a standard petrol pump nozzle and like the aerator on the faucets in your home, it prevents the last drops of fuel from dripping out.
Of course, a small amount of the fuel it saves will evaporate and be lost, but the design still retains about 89 percent of the petrol that would have otherwise dripped out. And while it means an end to shoes smelling like gasoline, in theory the saved fuel could also mean cheaper prices at the pumps. Because we all know that oil companies like passing savings onto the consumer, right? [Dram Innovations via Gizmag]
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I didn’t know that people actually did this. Isn’t the simplest solution just to shake the last few drops out?
Why would petrol forecourts care? Those drops have already been paid for by the consumer.
Vapour recovery is even better – you pay for the petrol and then the forecourt grabs the vapours, pumps it back into its tanks and sells it again!
If it means the petrol pumped into my car any slower, then Morrison’s wont be getting my business if they fit these. Would be sad to leave the aforementioned as their £5 back using the miles card is no bad. Also, I really do love the smell of petrol.
I never had a problem with dripping fuel – just shake the nozzle a bit before taking it out and it’s more-or-less dry.
Better idea – invert the nozzle when you’ve placed it in the tank, and not only will you get the few drops of fuel that the last customer didn’t get, but when you shut off the pump all those drips are already in your tank!
Interestingly, this also works as the lead-in to a “That’s what she said” joke.