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Up up and away and we are not talking about Superman more like the piles of money that are going out the door everyday to buy gas. The gas price crisis has gone hardcore and short term relief is difficult to come by. Did see some good news coming in the not so distant future as GM announced the downsizing of their truck production and possible discontinuation of the Hummer series. With that though was the real juicy ditty that GM is going forward with a full production electric car coming in 2010. The Chevy Volt is only one of many long term solutions that are coming from automakers. Short term immediate solutions will unfortunately be hard to come by so people and business will continue to cut cost everywhere else that they can. With that said please read the following email that is going around about some good gas saving tips that will help get a little bit more out of your gas tanks. Be sure to watch the video clip about some other gas saving tips. Please share your opinions and take your shots at the end of the article.

30 Ways to Save Gas

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Technorati Tags: , , , , , I don’t know what you guys are paying for gasoline…. but here in California we are paying up to $3.75 to $4.10 per gallon. 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 3 stages: low, middle, and high. You should be pumping on low mode, 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. 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. 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. Companies that 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. Don’t buy from CITGO). 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. To have an impact, we need to reach literally millions of gas buyers. It’s really simple to do.