To make things even more fun, we have quartz sand instead of silicon, which is why our beaches are “sugar white”.

Our big problem is that the gas comes from above ground storage tanks that are filled from barges, and then distributed in stainless steel tanker trunks, so the tanks are being filled with pre-heated gasoline.

Temperatures in the gas station storage tanks are generally controlled by the surrounding soil within which they are buried. Soils have differing abilities to transmit surface heat energy to lower depths; for example, here in volcano country the silica-rich soils transmit very little heat downward more than a few inches. Depending on the average ambient temperature of the place you live, the daily soil temperature at the depth at which those large gas storage tanks live may not vary all that much from hot days or seasons to cold. On the other hand, filling your ‘cold’ gas tank in the morning and leaving room for expansion is an excellent idea…