Then there's the case of Hsiaoliuchiu Island, off the coast of Pingtung. In the past, there wasn't a single gas station on the island, and residents who needed gasoline for their motorcycles or farming equipment had to cross the water to Tungkang. Every family had two tanks in their house for storing petrol. "It was like keeping two bombs in your home!"
又如位於屏東外海的小琉球，過去全島沒有加油站，居民的摩托車或農具要加油，要「過海」到東港去提油回來，因此每家都準備兩個汽油桶，「猶如兩顆炸彈放在家裡」，吳松林說。