Gasoline

[Fubuju]

Here is an email I received and FWD'd. I thought I would pass it along to everyone here.

Originally Posted by Congressman Bill Grant

"HOW" and where to buy gas

TIPS ON PUMPING GAS: I don't know what you guys are paying for
gasoline.... but here in California we are paying up to $3.75 to $4.10
per gallon. 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. You should be pumping on low mode,
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 of the 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. 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.


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.

Companies that 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 exports amount to over $18
BILLION! (Oil is now $90 - $100 a barrel. Do not buy from CITGO).


Companies that DO NOT import Middle Eastern oil:


Sunoco..................0 barrels

Conoco.. ................0 barrels

Sinclair.................0 barrels

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

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

ARCO....................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 their oil and how much they
are importing.

To have an impact, we need to reach literally millions of gas buyers.
It's really simple to do.

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
re aches 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...and maybe we can
make a dent in this gasoline dependency.

[Jenison]

Only buy or fill up your car or truck in the early morning when the
ground temperature is still cold.

this one is kinda bullshit. do you know how much energy it would take to heat up the ground surrounding the tank to make all those gallons even move +/-1 degree?

the volumetric coefficient of expansion of gasoline is about 0.000528/ºF. That means at each 10 gallon fill-up, each ºF above 60ºF that the gas is at means you pay for 1/200 of a gallon that you didn't get. Say the gas is at 100ºF, and you fill up 10 gallons. Gas is at $3.00/gal. You just wasted 63 cents.

the gas is not 100 degrees...ever. Well maybe if your gas station is sitting on a volcano....maybe <.<

[Shanter]

This reminds me of those e-mails about everyone in the US not buying gas on a certain day and gas companies losing millions.

[Mist]

So much garbage in that email, just like every email forward ever. Urban myths and lies.

[spronk]

hey guys i got an email about some nigerian dude who has too much cash, anyone want a copy

[owakefka]

Another way to save Gas is let go of the god damn peddle when you see a red light. Getting to the red light faster won't save you any more time.

[Horse]

It's starting to hit the mainstream now, but you can convert grease trap grease into diesel fuel relatively cheaply as well as certain vegetable oils. The kits cost $2,000 but then you get ~150-180 mpg at the cost of, uh, $0 per gallon.

Looks like us fat Americans are onto something! So eat up and drive more!

Hurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrggghhhh



Veggie Oil As Gas Substitute, One Owner Claims He Gets 180 MPG Using It; There Are Catches - CBS News

Grease Not Gas - Gasaholics Anonymous

Straight vegetable oil as diesel fuel: Journey to Forever

[Clericnon2boxed]

Watch out, in 10 years all americans are going to have a body fat faucet, refill your tank from your own body. Finally all you can eat without regrets !

[SceleriS]

start whining when the gas prices are as high as in the netherlands.

1.60 euro's per litre

1 euro is 1.51 dollars..

1 gallon is 4 litres

[Ashes Emberblade]

Originally Posted by owakefka

Another way to save Gas is let go of the god damn peddle when you see a red light. Getting to the red light faster won't save you any more time.

This one annoys the fuck out of me. If I see a red light 2 blocks ahead I'm not going continue accelerating, I coast until I hit it. But my god the drivers behind me act like they have to get pole position and start swerving around. As soon as they change lanes and see the red light... they start slowing down.

[Zistrix]

Snopes takes apart most of the email:

snopes.com: Tips on Pumping Gas

[kasey]

A nigerian dude found a distant relative of me and just wants to give me my money, he mailed me! Don't be fooled, only take money don't give em. I just have to pay this little fee for the transaction.

[Horse]

Originally Posted by SceleriS

start whining when the gas prices are as high as in the netherlands.

1.60 euro's per litre

1 euro is 1.51 dollars..

1 gallon is 4 litres

The Netherlands is also about the size of Maryland here, and I drive across that 2x every other day for work.

Needless to say that the US economy lives and dies on the cheapness of gas.

[Zarcath]

When I first started working at this place early '08 only 2 dudes rode bikes to work. Now the front door is cluttered with 5 bikes.

[Criminiminal]

Originally Posted by owakefka

Another way to save Gas is let go of the god damn peddle when you see a red light. Getting to the red light faster won't save you any more time.

The best way i've heard this described is "Quit trying to qualify off of every green light."