Some gas station owners are falling victim to a sophisticated scam.

Detroit man steals 800 gallons using Bluetooth to hack gas pumps at station::undefined

  • A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3614·
    1 year ago

    Is it really theft? Considering how much of his tax dollars have gone to subsidize the oil and gas industry?

    • Kentronix@lemmy.worldEnglish
      21·
      1 year ago

      Yes, considering the oil company doesn’t own the gas station and still gets paid for the fuel. The person you’re stealing from is the owner of the gas station who purchases the fuel and then in many areas sells fuel with very low margin in hopes of you coming into the store for snacks and drinks to make money on higher margin products. So even if they are selling a large amount of fuel, they aren’t making a lot of profit to make up for the theft.

    • angstylittlecatboy@reddthat.comEnglish
      7·
      1 year ago

      I mean, that already is used to significantly lower at-the-pump gas prices from what they actually are, and raising gas prices is an easy way to lose an election in America, so that probably won’t change. Notice that in many other countries gas prices are way higher than in the US.