CKT in short
WHEN, I received a forwarded message. It read -
TIPS ON FILLING YOUR CAR(S) (Good information)
Petrol is becoming more and more expensive!
My line of work has been in petroleum for about 31 years now, so here are some tricks to get more of your money's worth for every litre. Here at the Marian Hill Pipeline where I work in Durban we deliver about 4 million litres in a 24-hour period through the pipeline. One day is diesel the next day is jet fuel, and petrol, LRP and Unleaded. We have 34-storage tanks here with a total capacity of 16,800,000 litres.
Only buy or fill up your car or bakkie 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 fuel, when it gets warmer petrol expands, so buying in the afternoon or in the evening your litre is not exactly a litre. In the petroleum business, the specific gravity and the temperature of the petrol, diesel and jet fuel, ethanol and other petroleum products plays an important role.
A one 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 vapours that are created while you are pumping. All hoses at the pump have a vapour return. If you are pumping on the fast rate, some of the liquid that goes to your tank becomes vapour. Those vapours 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 tank is HALF FULL.
The reason for this is because the more fuel you have in your tank the less air is occupying its empty space. Petrol evaporates faster than you can imagine. Petroleum storage tanks have an internal floating roof. This roof serves as zero clearance between the petrol 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 litre is actually the exact amount.
Another reminder, if there is a fuel truck pumping into the storage tanks when you stop to buy, DO NOT fill up - most likely the petrol/diesel is being stirred up as the fuel 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
AND, that got me thinking. Firstly, THAT IS A LOAD OF BULLSHIT. Of course me being me, I spent the next 20 minutes of my time explaining to the sender why every point that was made in that "viral" text was false, and was really just getting people to beat around the bush, and achieve nothing.
Secondly, and more importantly, and thus this is the title of this post, is that in this current landscape, it is just more and more likely that you will fail, if you listen to media, read posts and do not do fact checking. And the sad part is that most people do not do fact checking, and even if they do, they have no idea as to what they are checking, and even worse, they end up bolstering their nonsensical claim with another even more bogus website.
To end this of, I suggest that all of you open your eyes. Everything is said for a reason. Everything is done for a reason. (Well, by those in power, government or religious, and also big companies at least). Most of what is said or done is to lead you in a particular direction. This direction is to keep you unquestioningly following, as you march on to your end. You think you are special? Yes, so did everyone else over the thousands of millions of years past. In the grand scheme of things, we are insignificant. And once you realize that, only can you really strive to do good. To help your fellow human, To help your fellow Earth - mate. I believe the first lie that most of us are fed is that we are special.
