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TaxKat POA Site Supporter Prowler Junkie From:Huntington Beach CA |
posted 03-16-2008 02:55 PM
This was from a friend who is in the oil business Hope it helps!!!!!! TIPS ON PUMPING GAS I don't know what you guys are paying for gasoline.... but here in California we are also paying higher, up to $3.50 per gallon. But my line of work is in petroleum for about 31 years now, so here are some tricks to get more of your money's worth for every gallon.. Here at the Kinder Morgan Pipeline where I work in San Jose, CA we deliver about 4 million gallons in a 24-hour period thru the pipeline. One day is diesel the next day is jet fuel, and gasoline, regular and premium grades. We have 34-storage tanks here with a total capacity of 16,800,000 gallons. Only buy or fill up your car or truck in the early morning when the ground temperature is still cold. Remember that all service stations have their storage tanks buried below ground. The colder the ground the more dense the gasoline, when it gets warmer gasoline expands, so buying in the afternoon or in the evening....your gallon is not exactly a gallon. In the petroleum business, the specific gravity and the temperature of the gasoline, diesel and jet fuel, ethanol and other petroleum products plays an important role. A 1-degree rise in temperature is a big deal for this business. But the service stations do not have temperature compensation at the pumps. One of the most important tips is to fill up when your gas tank is HALF FULL or HALF EMPTY. The reason for this is, the more gas you have in your tank the less air occupying its empty space. Gasoline evaporates faster than you can imagine. Gasoline storage tanks have an internal floating roof. This roof serves as zero clearance between the gas and the atmosphere, so it minimizes the evaporation. Unlike service stations, here where I work, every truck that we load is temperature compensated so that every gallon is actually the exact amount. Another reminder, if there is a gasoline truck pumping into the storage tanks when you stop to buy gas, DO NOT fill up--most likely the gasoline is being stirred up as the gas is being delivered, and you might pick up some f the dirt that normally settles on the bottom. Hope this will help you get the most value for your money. DO SHARE THESE TIPS WITH OTHERS! WHERE TO BUY USA GAS, THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT TO KNOW. READ! ON Gas rationing in the 80's worked even though we grumbled about it. It might even be good for us! The Saudis are boycotting American goods. We should return the favor. An interesting thought is to boycott their GAS. Every time you fill up the car, you can avoid putting more money into the coffers of Saudi Arabia. Just buy from gas companies that don't import their oil from the Saudis. Nothing is more frustrating than the feeling that every time I fill-up the tank, I am sending my money to people who are trying to kill me, my family, and my friends. I thought it might be interesting for you to know which oil companies are the best to buy gas from and which major companies import Middle Eastern oil. These companies import Middle Eastern oil: Shell.......................... 205,742,000 barrels Chevron/Texaco......... 144,332,000 barrels Exxon /Mobil............... 130,082,000 barrels Marathon/Speedway... 117,740,000 barrels Citgo gas is from South America, from a Dictator who hates Americans. If you do the math at $30/barrel, these imports amount to over $18 BILLION! (oil is now $90 - $100 a barrel Here are some large companies that do not import Middle Eastern oil: Sunoco..................0 barrels Conoco..................0 barrels Sinclair.................0 barrels B P/Phillips............0 barrels Hess......................0 barrels ARC0...................0 barrels If you go to Sunoco.com, you will get a list of the station locations near you. < /SPAN> All of this information is available from the Department of Energy and each is required to state where they get their oil and how much they are importing. But to have an impact, we need to reach literally millions of gas buyers. It's really simple to do. Now, don't wimp out at this point.... keep reading and I'll explain how simple it is to reach millions of people!! I'm sending this note to about thirty people. If each of you send it to at least ten more (30 x 10 = 300)...and those 300 send it to at least ten more (300 x 10 = 3,000).. and so on, by the time the message reaches the sixth generation of people, we will have! reached over THREE MILLION consumers !!!!!!! If those three million get excited and pass this on to ten friends each, then 30 million people will have been contacted! If it goes one level further, you guessed it..... THREE HUND RED MILLION PEOPLE!!! |
UK ProwlerFan POA Site Supporter Prowler Junkie From: Leicestershire England |
posted 03-16-2008 03:13 PM
Great tips TaxKat, that should work really well in England as well as the States. I just thought I'd make you guys all feel a little better when I tell you I have to pay approx $9.70 per gallon and that is about average in the UK, certainly not unusually high. Ok, a UK gallon is 4.454 liters instead of 3.785 for a US gallon, but that still works out at about $8.10 on a like-for-like basis... Hope that makes you feel a bit better!! UK ProwlerFan |
FL Phil POA Site Supporter Prowler Junkie From:Kissimmee, FL USA |
posted 03-16-2008 03:14 PM
Great information. I knew some but gained some new knowledge. |
CJ POA Lifetime Site Supporter Prowler Junkie Personal ScrapBook From:Rochester Hills, MI USA |
posted 03-16-2008 03:24 PM
Very interesting. |
ASHEVILLE-KAT Prowler Junkie From:Weaverville, NC |
posted 03-16-2008 07:40 PM
as always, CAVEAT EMPTOR... SNOPES article: http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/household/gastips.asp |
Top Kat POA Site Supporter Prowler Junkie From:Glen Allen, Va U S A |
posted 03-16-2008 08:18 PM
Thanks .... I plan to do my part!!!!! Jim |
LAwil POA Site Supporter Prowler Junkie From:Southern Calif. |
posted 03-16-2008 08:40 PM
Thanks...Roger that. ------------------ |
TooHipCat POA Site Supporter Prowler Junkie From:Londonderry,NH |
posted 03-17-2008 07:22 AM
Good info guys...Thanks!!! |
newfieboy POA Site Supporter Prowler Junkie From:Edmonton,Alberta, Canada |
posted 03-26-2008 11:12 PM
sounds very interesting. This is a job for mythbusters |
garysss POA Site Supporter Prowler Junkie From:Balto. Md. |
posted 03-27-2008 08:01 AM
I'm not sure if any of these will make any difference at all. Yes it is true that all gas is sold at 60 deg. but once it is put in underground storage tank at station temperature is not going to change much no matter what time of day it is. Yes big storage tanks have internal floating roofs but more to control vapors for explosion than for evaporation. As for vapors while your filling your tank I don't see much savings there if any, since your tank is vented anyway you most likely loose a lot more driving around with gas flopping around in tank. JMO |
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