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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.
When you're filling up do not squeeze
the trigger of the nozzle to a fast mode. If you look you will see that
the trigger has three (3)stages: low, middle, and high. In slow mode you
should be pumping on low speed, thereby minimizing the vapors that are
created while you are pumping. All hoses at the pump have a vapor
return. If you are pumping on the fast rate, some other liquid that
goes to your tank becomes vapor. Those vapors are being sucked up and
back into the underground storage tank so you're getting less worth
for your money.
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
Amoco............................62,231,000 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
<http://sunoco.com/> , you will get a list of the station locations near
you.
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 HUNDRED MILLION PEOPLE!!!
Again, all you have to do is send this
to 10 people. How long would all that take
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.
When you're filling up do not squeeze
the trigger of the nozzle to a fast mode. If you look you will see that
the trigger has three (3)stages: low, middle, and high. In slow mode you
should be pumping on low speed, thereby minimizing the vapors that are
created while you are pumping. All hoses at the pump have a vapor
return. If you are pumping on the fast rate, some other liquid that
goes to your tank becomes vapor. Those vapors are being sucked up and
back into the underground storage tank so you're getting less worth
for your money.
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
Amoco............................62,231,000 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
<http://sunoco.com/> , you will get a list of the station locations near
you.
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 HUNDRED MILLION PEOPLE!!!
Again, all you have to do is send this
to 10 people. How long would all that take
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