Some interesting comments about filling up at the gas pump.

[Guest guest]

(Richard Cinta emailed me the following. Just thought I'd pass it on.

Dr. John La Tourrette)

 

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 fo

r 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, 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 th

eir 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?

[Guest guest]

> Hope this will help you get the most value fo

> r your money.

-

Here's another tip. I drive a Toyota Camry Hybrid. This makes previous

automotive technology obsolete.

It costs me at the pump 30% of what my old ford Taurus cost and the hidden

bonus is a huge decrease in maintenance costs.

 

If Detroit went hybrid there would be No Middle Eastern oil imported into

the U.S. IMMEDIATELY.

 

rusty

 

 

-

" docspeed2001 " <docspeed2001

 

Tuesday, April 15, 2008 12:29 AM

Some interesting comments about

filling up at the gas pump.

 

 

> (Richard Cinta emailed me the following. Just thought I'd pass it on.

> Dr. John La Tourrette)

>

> 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 fo

> r 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, 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 th

> eir 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!

>

[Guest guest]

Thanks, Doc. This is great. Our head programmer (a Caltech PhD in chemistry)

learned a few tricks too. Which really excited him

 

Helen

 

 

-

(Richard Cinta emailed me the following. Just thought I'd pass it on.

Dr. John La Tourrette)

 

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.

[Guest guest]

, helen

wrote:

>

> Thanks, Doc. This is great. Our head programmer (a Caltech PhD in

chemistry) learned a few tricks too. Which really excited him

>

> Helen

<docspeed2001 wrote:

>

>)

>

> TIPS ON PUMPING GAS

 

(Hi Helen, Group. Kelmie sent me some recent web sites that are more

up-to-date. Thank you Kelmie. Dr. John La Tourrette)

 

Hi Doc-

 

 

These have been going around for awhile:

 

 

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

 

 

http://www.snopes.com/politics/gasoline/saudigas.asp

 

 

Kelmie