That is the question Clinton Community Company managing director John Cochrane is asking himself.
The Clinton fuel stop, due to open in a week, is being set up by the company, which is owned by 45 shareholders from the area.
However, Clinton Automotive owner John Mackenzie said he had been in discussions with McKeown Petroleum, which was considering opening a second station in the town.
When contacted, McKeown Petroleum marketing manager Paul Lindsay confirmed the company was looking at installing petrol pumps in the town, but that nothing had been finalised.
He said it would be irresponsible to get Clinton "all worked up" in case the plan came to nothing.
Mr Cochrane said while competition would be good for the town, he doubted Clinton could support two petrol stations.
"Here we had one fuel company that struggled to meet its needs in the past, and now we've got two coming into the community," he said.
"I hope the people putting the tanks in realise who the competition is - in this case, it's the people of the town."
Mr Cochrane said getting the station to this point had been a community effort, with many hours of volunteer labour spent readying the site.
Electricians were installing the last bits of wiring on the card-operated fuel pumps yesterday, and were hoping to "test-pump" the fuel, which was also delivered yesterday, to check the system was working.
However, the station will not be open to the public until at least the middle of next week, as the final safety checks still needed to be carried out.
