Recieved this on an email. Thought it worthy to pass on.... 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 teperature 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!. TO SUM UP: Fill up in the morning in the slow mode when your tank is half full but not when the tankers are filling the storage tanks.
I'm going to print that off and show it to my eldest son and daughter as they're both drivers. Our petrol cost us £1.06p a litre here so your tips are very handy to know.
Nice tips, thank you. One litre is now nearly NOK 13, about USD 2,50, GB pounds 1,25 or 1,6 euro. I'll convert that to price per gallon, hang on... 1 US gallon is 3,8 litres, which gives me the result of 9,5 dollars per gallon.
Thank you desertflower . . . your post couldn't have come at a better time . . . If something does not happen soon, I do not know what folks are going to do . . . Back in the 1970s . . . we had a gas war . . . the prices went up to 57 cents a gallon! (I never thought I would be paying what I am now . . . $3.26 per gallon . . . I long for the good old days ) My goodness, Droopy!!!! How do you all deal with those outrageous prices????? I guess I shouldn't complain.
We cut back on stuff like chocolate, sodas and other luxuries. It's gone down about 0,50 NOK or 50 øre again now, to NOK 12,40 per liter. I was shocked when I passed a petrol station and discovered that diesel is more expensive than petrol today. Nearly 0,10 NOK or 10 øre.
I know, Droopy . . . we are concerned regarding how much it is costing our truckers to fill up those rigs . . . this will affect the price of food . . . and with the drought conditions that we have not recovered from . . . gardening is almost completely out of the question. I plan to do some container gardening to offset some of our food costs, and hope to find some local produce . . . last year it was pitiful.
Great tips DF I will definitely try to follow them. SOJ - that is so right - when the fuel price goes up, everything follows suit. Droopy here by us the situation is the same - it is more expensive to drive a diesel vehicle than a petrol vehicle. In fact our petrol is R8,50 per litre. The diesel is R8,75 per litre. With the US$ costing us R7,70 that means our fuel prices are just plain rude (especially for us where)
