I just received this on my email, and thought I would pass it along. Hopefully these tips will help us somewhat with the astronomical gas prices.










If everyone in the U.S. drove a car that averaged 23 miles to the gallon, we would not import one drop of Arab oil. Drive a gas guzzler? Support Arab terrorism.



Worth reading.....


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 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 f 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, 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 some large companies that do not import Middle Eastern oil:

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

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

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

B P/Phillips............0 barrels

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

ARC0....................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.

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 ?nd I'll explain how
simple it is to reach millions of people!!

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
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 HUNDRED
MILLION PEOPLE!!!

Again, all you have to do is send this to 10 people. How long would all
that take

How funny! I just received the same e-mail myself. Here's what Snopes says about it:

http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/household/gastips.asp

-nab

Gee-thought I was special!lol

Or maybe we have mutual friends on our e-mail distribution lists.

-nab

well just try owning a convenience store i will break down the cost of fuel and this is from a old invoice when our cost was 2.64970 a gallon last sept. fuel price 2.25570 federal tax 722.02 ala excise tax 627.84
al tank trust fee 39.24 al inspection fee 78.48 mobile pj excise gas 78.48 of course this was only 4000 gallons (regular only)
imagine the tax on 8000 gals so do the math we would be paying .40 a gallon less if it were not for taxes just as customers are having a hard time paying for gas so are convenience stores because banks are in bad shape right now and lowering credit lines our price for gas today is 3.21 most convenience stores today are selling gas at or below cost just to use gas as a draw when these big oil companies were allowed to merge was the biggest mistake our government ever made

I remember when a gallon of gas averaged 30 cents a gallon, a guy would fill your tank, check your oil, check the pressure in your tires and wash your windshield. Then he would give you a free set of glasses or Green Stamps so you would come back. What the heck happened????? Regulations?

well just try owning a convenience store

And I imagine that is why so many of the "mom and pop" type stores are going under. It's sad that the big corporate world doesn't allow a chance for the independent owner. I see very few independently owned gas stations or anything anymore-as opposed to as little as ?maybe 5years ago. I don't remember gas at 30 cents/gallon, but I do remember collecting green stamps-got my parents their first Mr. Coffee!!! Wish I had some green stamps, or food stamps or something to help with these soaring prices-lol!

from Dixiegirl!! I hear that the truckers are all going on strike April 1-3 due to these HIGH Gas Prices. If everyone would unite, park the trucks, and not buy fuel, maybe that would get the attention of our ELECTED officials, and the ones getting rich off the American worker! Who's going to decide when we've had enough?? The government could intervene if they wanted too, by opening the federal oil reserve, or capping the profits of the billioniares at Exxon, Shell, etc. Is anyone participating in the strike?

I find it interesting that oil dropped to $101 dollars per barrel today...yet gas prices continue to rise...

look at this way if you paid 321.9 for 5000 gals of gas and the next day it dropped in price which no one can tell would you lower your price no i can tell you when the stations get loads at a cheaper price they will drop but until i sell the fuel i purchased at 321.9 a gallon i cant afford to sell it for less and if it were up to me all the gas stations should would go on strike to protest the distributors are the ones making the money not the stations if every gas station would refuse to buy you bet these prices would come down real quick the truckers are a good start

I know people think we should all drive smaller cars to save on gas, etc. I know I drive one of those big SUV's and have compared mpg's etc and truthfully there is not a LOT of difference in my gas mileage and some smaller cars or even mini vans, with the exception of the super compact models. When I factor in the wear and tear that a smaller car would endure, going down some of the pig trails I do in my job, I actually do better driving my 'Burb. I also think that the way my truck is built is MUCH safer than smaller cars-I was actually hit by a semi today, and thank God, I am generally OK (sore, achy, but alive), and my truck has minor damage. I shudder to think what could have been, had I been in a Civic or Camry.

I drive 100 miles round trip to work everyday, if it keeps going I don't know what will happen. I already drive a smaller car. I drive across the mobile speedway everyday, if I were suicidal I would by a motor cycle. I wish they would establish some form of publis transportation across the bayway.

atbman,

They have public transportation across the Bayway. It's called baylinc
http://www.thewavetransit.com/files/BratSchedule.pdf

I drive a truck too, it costs about $100 to fill it up. And there have even been a couple times where I wasn't able to go to school because I couldn't afford to put gas in my car. Its seriously getting bad. If it gets too much worse, my boyfriend and I decided that we are going to have to get paid to go to work.. atleast gas money, (we work at the same place), we already car pool but when we work different shifts its horrible! I have a Ford Explorer Sport Trac and he has a Nissan Exterra.. they are both pretty bad and we are running out of options.