These are some of the first shots with my new Canon EOS Digital Camera. Today we are off to our annual 4th of July get-a-way, the overlook park in White Rock, New Mexico.

Please stay tuned for more pictures later this evening. More like this one here

They shift blame, don’t have a response to explain all their profits. In my humble opinion, they (oil executives) are trying to stock up on as much green before the the global market goes green.

This one was just released 3 hours ago.

Interesting Article please read if you are at all concerned about the rise in gas prices.

By Steven Mufson

Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, April 2, 2008; Page D01 It’s becoming a rite of spring. Gasoline prices climb. Members of Congress fume. And oil executives make the trek to Capitol Hill to do battle over who’s to blame.

Facing unhappy members of the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, executives from five giant oil companies yesterday sought to portray their firms as part of the energy solution, not the energy problem. And they put part of the blame for high oil prices on the federal government, lamenting obstacles to offshore drilling.

Read the full article here

This advice comes from a gentlemen whose been in the petroleum buisnes for 31 years.
+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 te mperature
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.

I hope this is helpful to you all.

+Here are few more Gas saving tips.

here are some more easy ways to save gas

1o things Gas Stations won’t tell you