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> If it took some vehicles 45 minutes to pump 20 gallons of diesel, I guarantee stations would start charging per minute.

I wouldn't be so sure, not in the US anyways. It sounds like a captive audience, and convenience store+gas station combos are already known to generate more profit from the overpriced crap inside than the gas since gas prices are so cut-throat competitive. There's already a few gas stations around me that I explicitly avoid because their pumps are notoriously slow to pump. If gambling were legal here, they'd have video slots in the convenience store.




Don't forget the gas stations that play video ads with audio blasting on the damn pump.




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