04-10-2007, 06:05 AM
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wow..I never even though about that. Thanks for sharing, Jim 
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04-10-2007, 06:57 AM
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good luck with those lawsuits (adding the thermostats at the pump)!
I highly doubt the Oil companies are going to willingly put back Billions into the consumers pockets...
who knew they were selling us marshmallows.
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04-10-2007, 07:00 AM
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Something I never even thought of. It would be interesting to see exactly how much of a difference the temperature makes.
-aren
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04-10-2007, 07:08 AM
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i read something along those lines few yrs back, and btw, got some gas last nite at 1am 
every penny counts, so why not....
but its funny, gas prices by my house and by my GFs house are veryyyy different, as much as .30, and i only live 20 mins away  so i always fill up by my house
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04-10-2007, 09:20 AM
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Smart Houstonians don't wash our cars at spray car washes after dusk or fill up with gas after about 9:30 pm... too many bandits and thugs out after dark around here.
It's become really dangerous since all the impoverished Katrina victims were bussed into town and left here to scavenge for themselves.
Every single night the news reports someone getting carjacked and killed or stabbed by being on the street late at night pumping fuel on one of our major freeways, even near high dollar neighborhoods.
I think I'll start pumping my gas at 7 am when it's still cool so as to keep myself safe and get a quarter gallon more for no extra charge.
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04-10-2007, 09:40 AM
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[QUOTE=RandallNeighbour]
Every single night the news reports someone getting carjacked and killed or stabbed by being on the street late at night ...
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Great! when I can I move to Houston? RN, I'm going to report you to the Toursim board. 
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04-10-2007, 09:25 AM
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Gas is stored in underground tanks... which automatically regulates the temperature of the gas. On 100 degree days, you're not buying 100 degree gas, just like the gas isn't 0 degrees when the outside temp is 0.
From an edu website: "If you take the average yearly temperature (see Table 1) of an area, that will approximately give the constant ground temperature at about 30 feet below the surface of the ground in an area which is exposed to the sky."
In other words, if you live in the north, you get a better deal, year-round. If you live in the warmer south, you don't do as well. But there's probably little actual difference from month to month in the same area... at least not as much as that article leads you to believe. And especially not day to day, as the earth many feet down from the surface simply can't react that fast.
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04-10-2007, 09:49 AM
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Originally Posted by JackG
Gas is stored in underground tanks... which automatically regulates the temperature of the gas. On 100 degree days, you're not buying 100 degree gas, just like the gas isn't 0 degrees when the outside temp is 0.
From an edu website: "If you take the average yearly temperature (see Table 1) of an area, that will approximately give the constant ground temperature at about 30 feet below the surface of the ground in an area which is exposed to the sky."
In other words, if you live in the north, you get a better deal, year-round. If you live in the warmer south, you don't do as well. But there's probably little actual difference from month to month in the same area... at least not as much as that article leads you to believe. And especially not day to day, as the earth many feet down from the surface simply can't react that fast.
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Hi,
Yes, but the Tanks are Vented and so pull in Ambient Temperature Air to offset the Gas which is pumped out. How much difference this makes probably depends on the Air Temp, how full the Tank is, etc...
Happy Motoring!... Jim'99
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