What happened to gasoline in the mid 1970s?

Hydrocarbons are not released until evaporation or it's burned. Hydrocarbons are a byproduct. Just sittin there in a bucket with no evaporation, hydrocarbons are not produced.

You didn't answer my question. I wasn't asking if hydrocarbons were being produced from a bucket containing gasoline. I was asking if you think gasoline is hydrocarbons or not.