Desert crossing puzzle: the minimum fuel problem

A puzzle from More Problematic Recreations, published by Litton Industries in the early 1960s:

A truck, when fully loaded, can carry enough fuel to take it half-way across a barren desert. If the truck can return to its starting point as often as is necessary, what is the minimum amount of fuel required to take it all the way across?

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