Gas
Gasoline
(Distilled from an email my granddaughter sent)
TIPS ON PUMPING GAS
The price of gas continues to escalate and is over $3.50 a gallon here in Florida. You see fuel prices affecting your electric bill, cost of groceries, and every other service or commodity. We need to act politically and personally. Here are some tricks to get more for your money at the pump... and to make a political statement.
First, only fill up your tank 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 one-degree rise in temperature is a big deal for this business. But the service stations do not have temperature compensation at the pumps.
Second, gas is very volatile, meaning not only is it quite combustible, it readily converts from a liquid to a vapor, and that action is amplified by quick movement of the liquid. So, when you're pumping gas, always use the slow mode. If you look you will see that the trigger has three (3)stages: low, middle, and high. In slow mode you are minimizing the vapors created while pumping. All hoses at the pump have a vapor return. If you are pumping on the fast rate, some of the liquid that goes into your tank becomes vapor. Those vapors are being sucked up and back into the underground storage tank so you're getting less value for your money.
Third and one of the most important tips is to fill up when your gas is down to half a tank, no less. The reason for this is, the more gas you have in your tank the less room there is for air to occupy the empty space. As stated above, 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.
Another hint, 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.
PLEASE DO SHARE THESE TIPS WITH OTHERS!
WHERE TO BUY USA GAS, THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT TO KNOW. READ ON
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.
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 would amount to over $18 BILLION! (oil is now $90 - $100 a barrel or more)!
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 station locations near you.
Al 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.
Assume 30 people read my blogs... (actually, the number is many times that). If each of reader sends this information 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!!! How great an effect would that be?!
Again, all you have to do is send this to 10 people. Either copy it into an email, or simply send this link: http://ionanet.com/blog/2008/05/gas.htm
How long would all that take?
Prayer
Yesterday was The National Day of Prayer but I was confused and sent this out today... Whether or not you are involved with an organized prayer function today, I hope you will take time to stop and pray for our nation and people, our government (at all levels), the election, our troops... Also, pray globally. The world is in desperate need of healing and hope. Nowhere will they be found save in the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Here is the National Day of Prayer official website:
http://www.ndptf.org/home/home.html
(Distilled from an email my granddaughter sent)
TIPS ON PUMPING GAS
The price of gas continues to escalate and is over $3.50 a gallon here in Florida. You see fuel prices affecting your electric bill, cost of groceries, and every other service or commodity. We need to act politically and personally. Here are some tricks to get more for your money at the pump... and to make a political statement.
First, only fill up your tank 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 one-degree rise in temperature is a big deal for this business. But the service stations do not have temperature compensation at the pumps.
Second, gas is very volatile, meaning not only is it quite combustible, it readily converts from a liquid to a vapor, and that action is amplified by quick movement of the liquid. So, when you're pumping gas, always use the slow mode. If you look you will see that the trigger has three (3)stages: low, middle, and high. In slow mode you are minimizing the vapors created while pumping. All hoses at the pump have a vapor return. If you are pumping on the fast rate, some of the liquid that goes into your tank becomes vapor. Those vapors are being sucked up and back into the underground storage tank so you're getting less value for your money.
Third and one of the most important tips is to fill up when your gas is down to half a tank, no less. The reason for this is, the more gas you have in your tank the less room there is for air to occupy the empty space. As stated above, 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.
Another hint, 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.
PLEASE DO SHARE THESE TIPS WITH OTHERS!
WHERE TO BUY USA GAS, THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT TO KNOW. READ ON
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.
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 would amount to over $18 BILLION! (oil is now $90 - $100 a barrel or more)!
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 station locations near you.
Al 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.
Assume 30 people read my blogs... (actually, the number is many times that). If each of reader sends this information 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!!! How great an effect would that be?!
Again, all you have to do is send this to 10 people. Either copy it into an email, or simply send this link: http://ionanet.com/blog/2008/05/gas.htm
How long would all that take?
Prayer
Yesterday was The National Day of Prayer but I was confused and sent this out today... Whether or not you are involved with an organized prayer function today, I hope you will take time to stop and pray for our nation and people, our government (at all levels), the election, our troops... Also, pray globally. The world is in desperate need of healing and hope. Nowhere will they be found save in the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Here is the National Day of Prayer official website:
http://www.ndptf.org/home/home.html
Hoping you will pick a time to pray daily for all these and more. Many are praying at 8 p.m. central, but the most important thing is to pray daily, whatever the timing.
And my day was like this...
- 06:21 Stripping beds, vacuuming, mopping. Getting ready for flea treatment (followup).
- 13:12 Pets & I have been out of the house 4 hours so we don't get sick along with the bugs. We're all glad to be back in the house.
- 15:04 Sent out Nat'l Day of Prayer email... a day late! About 10,000 people got the notice. oops!
- 15:04 Leaving to go to the gym.
- 18:57 Relaxing after dinner... before putting the house back together after flea treatment. I'm sleepy.
- 19:56 Wasting time on pogo.com
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