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ON PUMPING GAS AND SAVING
MONEY
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I
don't know what you are paying for gasoline in your
geographical locations, but in California it
seems to keep rising higher,
up to $3.50 per gallon. BThis advice comes from
someone whose line of work is in petroleum for
about 31 years, so here are some tricks to get more
of your
money's worth for every gallon.
Our
Reader says: 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 grade
s. We have
34-storage tanks here with a total capacity of 16,800,000
gallons.
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Only buy or fill up your car or truck in the early
morningwhen
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 play 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 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.
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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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