[Fredslist] Gas savings for real

[Jeanne Anne Norton]

I received this and thought I should pass it along.  We all need to save
money where we can.  

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	Let's try it and see if we can save more money and get better
gas
	
	 
	TIPS ON PUMPING GAS   (Good information) 
	  
	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 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. 
	  
	Hope this will help you get the most value for your money. 
	  
	DO SHARE THESE TIPS WITH OTHERS! 



 
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