[mkiv] Tips to save GAS

Wed Mar 26 00:35:34 CDT 2008

http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/household/gastips.asp

http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/p/pumping-gas.htm

Frown.

Larry

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From: mkiv-bounces at mkiv.com [mailto:mkiv-bounces at mkiv.com] On Behalf Of Mike
Welsch
Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2008 11:03 AM
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Subject: [mkiv] Tips to save GAS

Technically this is a chain letter, and I hope it's not frowned upon.  Aside
from the moral/political statements at the bottom, it really does have some
useful information to save you money on gas.  Some I knew about, but a lot I
didn't.  With fuel probably being more expensive than track entry fees these
days, thought it was worth sharing.

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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, w hen 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 Saudi s 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 ga s 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

BP/Phillips.............0 barrels

Hess......................0 barrels

ARC0.....................0 barrels

If you go to Sunoco.com <http://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 HUND RED MILLION
PEOPLE!!!

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

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