Save some cash at the pump. $4.16 a gal Ouch

Tips to help you save some $$.
OK so IM about to bust out my scooter that I have had since the 80's. Its been collecting dust in my garage all winter and generally only use it to give the kids in my neighborhood rides up and down my block. But if the price of gas keeps going up, I will bust out my purple leather jacket, plug in the my ipod to Purple Rain and do the Prince thing on my scooter around town. LOL
hey, it seats 2! Smiles :)
It's got room for Abalonia or whatever the heck that chicks name was for the movie "Purple Rain".. Or was it Nicky.. Yikes.. Anyway, this was sent to me from a friend and I thought it was worth posting here.
Efren J

Tips to help you save some $$.

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 t

ruck 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.

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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.

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........................... 205,7 42,000 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 so me large companies that do not import Middle Eastern oil:

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

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

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

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

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

ARC0.....................0 barrels

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.