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Comment by Mike Knox on September 7, 2008 at 11:06am

BIG TIPS ON PUMPING YOUR 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

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

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.

Comment by Washington State for Solar, and Wind Power on August 9, 2008 at 6:30pm

Dear Mike,

Thanks for the Group. I work as an Area Manager for PowerStream Communications,Inc., and we are branching out to do Wind, and Solar Power, for both residential,and Commercial applications, as well as Wind, and Solar farms. My boss has been involved with Wind, and Solar for quite a few years now, and was a leader in Solar Washington a group that worked with leaders in Washington to push the Issues for a green Washington in Olympia the capital. We as a company want to in the future in R and D want to com up with a car, and other vehicles that are like this.

Thanks and good luck,

Kraig

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Comment by D. Holton on July 15, 2008 at 11:22am

That motor is amazing. I knew things like this were possible. How would you control speed on a motor like this? How many moving parts are there other than the obvious one? Are there any available plans people can access to make experimental models?

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