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Some good advice for buying gas..in these times of high gas prices from a guy who works with a petroleum company.

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
g allon. 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 & nbsp;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 fo r 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!

& nbsp;< BR>WHERE TO BUY USA GAS, THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT TO KNOW.
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 Middl e Eastern oil .

                  These companies import Middle Eastern oil:

                  Shell........................... 205,742,000 barrels

                  Chevron/Texaco......... â¤S.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 S outh 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

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

           &n bsp;       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.  Now, don't wimp out at this point.. ... keep reading and 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 h ave reached
&nbs p;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!!!