Received an email from someone in the Petro business. Most of this stuff is common sense but some of it was new to me.
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 pipeli
ne. 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.
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.
I mean come on: Reduce the capacity of your tank by 50%. It will save you $5 per year. All you have to do is pull over to the station twice as often, it will only take you an extra 5 hours per year. But you will save $5. LOL. Do they ever think of time being money, and that pulling over, stopping and re-starting takes gas in itself?
What I really do wonder about though is what's the reason people start these emails? I really can't see a good reason.
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I am constantly receiving emails along this vein, from friends and relatives.
I always run it past Snopes.com for verification, then reply with a link back to snopes.
Some folks have actually stopped sending me this kind of stuff. I hope it's because they are doing their own verifying.
Thanks for the good intentions, though.
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