Club Cobra - Pumping gasoline

I think you will find this of interest!
> ?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 $3.96 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 Jo se, CA we
> deliver about 4 million ga llons 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 c ar or truck in the early morning when the
> ground temperature is still cold. Reme mber 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 pu
> mping on low speed, thereby minimizing the vapors that are created
> while you are pumping. All hoses at the p ump 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
> storag e 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
> 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 - 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:
> < BR>> 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/%3E; , 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 an d I'll explain
> how simple it is to reach millions of people!!
>
> I'm sending this note to abo ut 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?