[Splognosticus]

Took me a while to find a source that doesn't have such a blatant axe to grind, since they're evidently spamming this article everywhere. Turns out the spillage they're referring to isn't what we think of as spillage, but the fumes from the vents, which is why they're gone.

https://web.archive.org/web/20140816134507/http://www.turfma...

I rather suspect the real reason gas cans suck now is that this is the cheapest design that satisfies the requirements and nobody cares enough about gas cans to bother ordering one that works better.

[thatguy0900]

For the record, I was watching Wranglerstar review videos on youtube and saw a gas can comparison which led me down a rabbit hole that I found interesting enough to share. The video itself is a few years old. It's funny seeing the conspiratorial comments on here about downvote brigades and spamming articles, because I tend to think that way about things too.

[Splognosticus]

Yeah, I've heard people complain before about how gas cans suck now because California, but never cared enough to bother looking into it.

It makes sense though that the regulations would be about air quality, since that's a significant issue in a state with such densely-populated areas.