maybe a bunch of you got it too, but anyway...

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 of 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 in to 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

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 M ILLION PEOPLE!!!

Again, all you have to do is send this to 10 people. How long would all that take?

 

damn ...i dont feel like reading is there a shorter version...

ok i read it lol

 

Uh.. won't work. Instead of thinking of ways to get back at the oil companies, cut down how where and how much you drive. Also rethink how you drive your car. Basically don't push the pedal down to the floor when accelerating, keep distance between you and the car infront of you so you're not constantly braking then accelerating. Stuff like that.

 

Very interesting.

 

I agree with evrything you said, but hopefully you didnt mean the beggining part wont work..
Gas is denser when its cooler, fuel up slowly, dont get gas after directly after the main tanks are filled (stirred up sediment) and keep your tank full are all good points..

I only gas up twice a month or so.. I never drive.. lol

 

i dont know how you are saying that your gas is high when i just filled up for 3.99 a gallon

 

anything over a dollar is high to me.. anyway.. the gas in florida is over 4$ at places, this guy is in California..
more to the point were the tips in how to save yourself from wasting some of those pennies..

 

Oh yea I didn't read it all Filling up when its cold out is good, and not filling up when the tanks were just filled is good too. Of course gas is high, but its not nearly as much as other countries are paying. Then again those other countries also use their public transportation more than cars so it's not that bad.

 

I already knew about the not filling up when the truck is there, but the filling up in the morning is interesting. Thanks.