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Skybird · 11-22-21, 12:01 PM

I dont produce it, but I bought it: 4 20l-cans of petroleum, 80l in total, 350-400 heating hours. Gets me over one month and then some more, 4-5 weeks.

In Germany, home-storing of gasoline and fuels is allowed like this: in garages, gasoline: cars with filled up tanks up to 60l, and one 10l canister of gasoline. Diesel: up to 200l. Petroleum is treated like Diesel, so 200l. The difference is aerosols from gasoline can get ignited, those for Diesel not, Petroleum is even less prone to inflammation than Diesel, it must be produced to be that by mandatory rule.

However, storage in basements and cellars is not allowed in most cases, because most basements are below earth level. Fuels like this must be stored at ground level or higher (due to aerosols accumulating at the bottom).

Pedantic german law in principle prohibits to store anything except a car in garages, and if you have no car, you are not allowed to use it for anything then (so much for privately owned "property"). That is real law here, its insane. Nobody knows of this law, and those who do, do not care. But if I get denounced by an ill-meaning neighbour, I would face a four digit penalty.

Hilarious, obscene German pedantism. I can understand that car owners should not park cars in public space and grab parking lots that others could pick as well if they have a free garage that they happen to use for someting else. In this, the law makes sense. But that you are not allowed to store anything additional to a car in your garage, or to also prohibit people the use of it in general if they have no cars but had to buy the garage as well when they bought the home - there is no excuse for this overregulation. It serves no purpose and makes no difference good or bad for anyone whether the garage is empty, or somebody has his bicycles and repair kit stored in there. As long as car owners do not pick public parking lots when they have a garage, the state has to keep its impertinent dirty nose out of this private business of people.

It gets me angry to read about such impertinences by the state these days, and it gets worse an dworse. I know very well why I am so hostile to the concept of a state itself.

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Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,660 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	I dont produce it, but I bought it: 4 20l-cans of petroleum, 80l in total, 350-400 heating hours. Gets me over one month and then some more, 4-5 weeks. In Germany, home-storing of gasoline and fuels is allowed like this: in garages, gasoline: cars with filled up tanks up to 60l, and one 10l canister of gasoline. Diesel: up to 200l. Petroleum is treated like Diesel, so 200l. The difference is aerosols from gasoline can get ignited, those for Diesel not, Petroleum is even less prone to inflammation than Diesel, it must be produced to be that by mandatory rule. However, storage in basements and cellars is not allowed in most cases, because most basements are below earth level. Fuels like this must be stored at ground level or higher (due to aerosols accumulating at the bottom). Pedantic german law in principle prohibits to store anything except a car in garages, and if you have no car, you are not allowed to use it for anything then (so much for privately owned "property"). That is real law here, its insane. Nobody knows of this law, and those who do, do not care. But if I get denounced by an ill-meaning neighbour, I would face a four digit penalty. Hilarious, obscene German pedantism. I can understand that car owners should not park cars in public space and grab parking lots that others could pick as well if they have a free garage that they happen to use for someting else. In this, the law makes sense. But that you are not allowed to store anything additional to a car in your garage, or to also prohibit people the use of it in general if they have no cars but had to buy the garage as well when they bought the home - there is no excuse for this overregulation. It serves no purpose and makes no difference good or bad for anyone whether the garage is empty, or somebody has his bicycles and repair kit stored in there. As long as car owners do not pick public parking lots when they have a garage, the state has to keep its impertinent dirty nose out of this private business of people. It gets me angry to read about such impertinences by the state these days, and it gets worse an dworse. I know very well why I am so hostile to the concept of a state itself. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.