I live in the Indianapolis area and up until about 15 years ago we had a Marathon refinery. It then shut down. We now have a Supply depot in the suburbs of Indianapolis and my sister lives 3 blocks from it. Shell, Speedway, Pilot; you name it, they all pull up to the same tank to fill the tankers. The gasoline comes via a pipeline from Oklahoma. I heard that in the 60's the USA had over 1500 refineries and we are now down to less than 100. Thanks NAFTA..... Bill Harrison 65 Coronet 2 dr post. P.S. I can drive 10 miles to a local air port and buy 100 octane gasoline. --- On Thu, 4/1/10, David Bailey <bb64d440@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: David Bailey <bb64d440@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Speaking of gasolin > To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx > Date: Thursday, April 1, 2010, 2:02 PM > > > > ...I only buy brand (new) name gasoline for my cars but I > will use the off brand (second hand) gas in my lawn > equipment. Why? > > I put the last 30 years of my working career employed by a > liquid petroleum pipeline company as a mechanic servicing > pumps, motors valves etc all relating to the safe movement > and handling of liquid petroleum products. This, by no means > makes me any kind of authority on fossil fuels or the > production of gasoline, but over the years I’ve seen how > petroleum products are handled in a pipeline and at storage > facilities. I found it absolutely fascinating and my hats > off to the people that operate these systems. My point of > all this is that all gasoline is transported VIA pipeline > from refineries to their respective distribution points and > then trucked to the sales stations. These pipelines do not > only carry gasoline but also other similar petroleum > products, home heating oil, diesel, etc (yes, in the same > pipe at the same time). These liquids do not mix per say > while in the pipeline because they are under constant > pressure. However, there is a small amount of what’s known > as “transmix” (the tail end of one batch against the > head end of the following batch), which normally does occur > in the line. This transmix is cut out of the stream > and stored in separate tankage. Eventually you end up with a > full tank of “accumulated transmix” product, what do you > with this stuff? It gets pumped separately to a refractory, > which re-refines or separates the different products back to > “useable” fuels once again. Hey, this is a good thing > right? Well, I agree to a certain extent. I remember ‘back > in the day’ when brand name gas sold for say .95 per > gallon while down the road was a cheap ‘no name’ station > selling gas for .55 or .65 cents a gal. How could they do > that? Like I said, I’m no expert but I’d bet they were > selling refracted gasoline but at an honest price. You got > what you paid for and it worked. Performance didn’t matter > and so what if it smoked a little more, it was cheap. So > what are these no name gas stations selling today at very > nearly the same cost as branded gas? Well, I can’t say for > sure but that is my opinion of no name fuels and why I will > only buy brand new gas for my cars. I cringe every time I > see a classic muscle car filling up at a no name station! > UGH! > Dave > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > The New Busy is not the old busy. Search, chat and e-mail > from your inbox. > http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?ocid=PID27925::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:032010_3 > -- > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > ---- > Please address private mail -- mail of interest to only one > person -- directly to that person. I.e., send > parts/car transactions and negotiations as well as other > personal messages only to the intended recipient, not to the > Clubhouse public address. This practice will protect your > privacy, reduce the total volume of mail and fine tune the > content signal to Mopar topic. Thanks! > > 1962 to 1965 Mopar Clubhouse Discussion Guidelines: > http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.org/mletiq.html and > http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.com/general_disclaimer.html. > > > >