Re: [MBZ] OT: Gasoline for the Wal-Mart good/bad debate

2009-11-07 Thread harry watkins
Thanks, there should have been a ? at the end of my question, that turned out not to be a question, but really was a question. Harry No, a pig is one of those pipe cleaner deals that squeels like a pig. harry watkins wrote: And that slug of water is called a pig. Harry

Re: [MBZ] OT: Gasoline for the Wal-Mart good/bad debate

2009-11-05 Thread Mountain Man
Mitch wrote: Since it all comes into Michigan on the same pipeline, it's difficult to impossible to find real gasoline here. Once upon a time I was told that these pipelines float a pig down the pipelines to separate formulations or products? Is anyone here familiar with pipeline

Re: [MBZ] OT: Gasoline for the Wal-Mart good/bad debate

2009-11-05 Thread Mountain Man
Mark wrote: And corn producers... Forget about the producers - it is all about ADM, one of the handful of companies that owns all our food production systems. ADM is not nice, neither is Monsanto. I don't know if there are any ethics at Cargill, but I would not be surprised to hear horror

Re: [MBZ] OT: Gasoline for the Wal-Mart good/bad debate

2009-11-05 Thread Mitch Haley
Mountain Man wrote: Once upon a time I was told that these pipelines float a pig down the pipelines to separate formulations or products? Is anyone here familiar with pipeline mechanics/practice? - Is it possible to push a pig thru a pipeline and have it separate product without contamination?

Re: [MBZ] OT: Gasoline for the Wal-Mart good/bad debate

2009-11-05 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
I doubt that. The way I understand it they use water to separate what they are sending thru. Mountain Man wrote: Mitch wrote: Since it all comes into Michigan on the same pipeline, it's difficult to impossible to find real gasoline here. Once upon a time I was told that these

Re: [MBZ] OT: Gasoline for the Wal-Mart good/bad debate

2009-11-05 Thread Allan Streib
Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.net writes: I doubt that. The way I understand it they use water to separate what they are sending thru. That's what I've heard. When they're changing the contents they put a big slug of water in to separate them. I guess this presumes that the stuff on

Re: [MBZ] OT: Gasoline for the Wal-Mart good/bad debate

2009-11-05 Thread Mitch Haley
Kaleb C. Striplin wrote: I doubt that. The way I understand it they use water to separate what they are sending thru. Ah, water, my favorite fuel contaminant. Especially if it's intentionally contaminated with ethanol. Mitch. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com

Re: [MBZ] OT: Gasoline for the Wal-Mart good/bad debate

2009-11-05 Thread LWB250
...@striplin.net Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Gasoline for the Wal-Mart good/bad debate To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Date: Thursday, November 5, 2009, 7:57 PM I doubt that.  The way I understand it they use water to separate what they are sending thru. Mountain Man wrote: Mitch wrote

[MBZ] OT: Gasoline for the Wal-Mart good/bad debate

2009-11-04 Thread Dillon, Meade M CIV SPAWARSYSCEN-ATLANTIC, 53310
My pro-capitalism piece for the day... The researchers take issue with a study by Wal-Mart Watch, one of the chain's most dogged opponents, that claims that the expansion of a single Iowa store in 2005 was responsible the closing of no less than 1,581 small firms, including 555 grocery

Re: [MBZ] OT: Gasoline for the Wal-Mart good/bad debate

2009-11-04 Thread Gary Hurst
it doesn't quite sound likely. ridiculous, actually On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 1:12 PM, Dillon, Meade M CIV SPAWARSYSCEN-ATLANTIC, 53310 meade.m.dil...@navy.mil wrote: My pro-capitalism piece for the day... The researchers take issue with a study by Wal-Mart Watch, one of the chain's most

Re: [MBZ] OT: Gasoline for the Wal-Mart good/bad debate

2009-11-04 Thread R A Bennell
, November 04, 2009 12:13 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: [MBZ] OT: Gasoline for the Wal-Mart good/bad debate My pro-capitalism piece for the day... The researchers take issue with a study by Wal-Mart Watch, one of the chain's most dogged opponents, that claims that the expansion

Re: [MBZ] OT: Gasoline for the Wal-Mart good/bad debate

2009-11-04 Thread Allan Streib
Here I thought this was going to be a rant on Wal-Mart's low-budget gasoline... they lace it with ethanol. Even the diesel pump at our Wal-Mart says may contain up to 10% ethanol but I think they just slapped that sticker on all the pumps, you can't cut diesel with ethanol AFAIK. Allan

Re: [MBZ] OT: Gasoline for the Wal-Mart good/bad debate

2009-11-04 Thread Mitch Haley
Allan Streib wrote: Here I thought this was going to be a rant on Wal-Mart's low-budget gasoline... they lace it with ethanol. Many states mandate the crap. And, unfortunately, Michigan, Ohio, and Indiana don't require disclosure of alcohol content at the pump, so the only ways for me to buy