# When gas stations go out of business, where do the pumps go?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-gas-stations-go-out-of-business-where-do-the-pumps-go/828281>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 23, 2019, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-gas-stations-go-out-of-business-where-do-the-pumps-go/828281 "2019-01-23T17:15:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2019, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-gas-stations-go-out-of-business-where-do-the-pumps-go/828281/41 "2019-01-28T18:40:48Z")

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> [@dtilque](#):
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> Where do the pumps go? They end up on the street. You’ll see them at freeway offramps, holding up signs begging for a half gallon of unleaded to feed their kids. A pitiful sight, indeed.

Fortunately, some pumps don’t end end up on the street. [Here’s a heartwarming story](https://cleantechnica.com/2019/01/27/is-this-the-worlds-coolest-tesla-charger/) of a pump that managed to rise above that when it found a second career as a Tesla charger.

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**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2019, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-gas-stations-go-out-of-business-where-do-the-pumps-go/828281/42 "2019-01-30T00:31:02Z")

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I would suspect that if a gas station goes out of business it’s because it’s not a commercially viable location anymore. So no point in keeping the pumps there because a buyer almost certainly isn’t going to start another gas station.

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