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The small section on aircraft fuel tanks was written as a casual response to an inquiry on wet wings. It wasn't really suitable for an article as it was addressing another person, using words like "your" and "you", etc. Perhaps he would do us the favor of rewriting it like he suggested. Mexcellent 10:28, 17 December 2005 (UTC)

I know the style could be improved, which I have done a little now, but it was better than nothing.--Patrick 22:54, 17 December 2005 (UTC)

I rewrote it to be more complete, including tanks other than just the two he mentioned. Mexcellent 13:58, 20 December 2005 (UTC)

Contents 1 Fuel Theft 2 Picture does not fit the article 3 Merger proposed (Racing fuel cell) 4 Strange sections

[edit] Fuel Theft

Someone wrote:

A rise in fuel theft has been linked to the rise in fuel prices in countries all over the globe, in particular Australia and Germany. (Sources: ABC7 News and SMH.com.au)

More is now required from fuel tanks, especially on large trucks which carry large amounts and are often parked in unsecure locations whilst out on jobs. There are many after sales accessories available on the market to protect fuel tanks including fuel monitoring sensors and anti-syphon devices. An example of which can be seen at: www.syphon-sound.co.uk

For Syphoning see: [1]

1. Although I hear much complains about fuel price, I haven't heard much, if anything, about fuel theft in Germany.
2. The first link is a software producer, not saying anything about the topic.
3. The second link is a producer of devices to protect ageinst fuel theft.

--Ikar.us 16:13, 4 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Picture does not fit the article

The picture is for the storage of fule, not part of a car. Should this be two articles? How about one for "gas tank" that would describe things like standards, average size, saftey etc.

[edit] Merger proposed (Racing fuel cell)

[edit] Strange sections

I'm seeing stuff like "Reserve tank Sometimes called the reserve tank, a light on the instrument panel of autos typically illuminates when the fuel level dips below a certain point in the tank. There is no current standard, although some efforts are made to collect this data for all automobiles.". I dunno about you guys, but that sounds more like a "LOW FUEL" light to me. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.168.71.168 (talk) 06:04, 1 January 2008 (UTC)