DrMaddVibe
Monday, February 17, 2003 5:25:00 AM
You CAN buy gasoline that's not from Middle East.

The Saudis are boycotting American goods. We should return the favor and boycott their GAS. Every time you fill up the car, you can avoid putting more money into the coffers of Saudi Arabia. Just buy from gas companies that don't import their oil from the Saudis.

Nothing is more frustrating than the feeling that every time I fill-up the tank, I am sending my money to people who are trying to kill me,my family,and my friends. I thought it might be interesting for you to know which oil companies are the best to buy gas from and which major companies import Middle Eastern oil (for the period 9/1/00 - 8/31/01):

Shell............................205,742,000 barrels

Chevron/Texaco...................144,332,000 barrels

Exxon /Mobil.....................130,082,000 barrels

Marathon/Speedway................117,740,000 barrels

Amoco.............................62,231,000 barrels

If you do the math at $30/barrel, these imports amount to over $18 BILLION!

Here are some large companies that do not import Middle Eastern oil:

Citgo....................0 barrels

Sunoco...................0 barrels

Conoco...................0 barrels

Sinclair.................0 barrels

BP/Phillips..............0 barrels

Hess.....................0 barrels

All of this information is available from the Department of Energy and each is required to state where they get their oil and how much they are importing. They report on a monthly basis. Keep this list in your car;share it with friends. Stop paying for terrorism.

But to have an impact, we need to reach literally millions of gas buyers. It's really simple to do!!

I'm sending this note to about thirty people. If each of you send it to at least ten more (30 x 10 = 300)... and those 300 send it to at least ten more (300 x 10 = 3,000) ... and so on, by the time the message reaches the sixth generation of people, we will have reached over THREE MILLION consumers! If those three million get excited and pass this on to ten friends each, then 30 million people will have been contacted! If it goes one level further, you guessed it.....THREE HUNDRED MILLION PEOPLE!!! Again, all you have to do is send this to 10 people. How much would all that take? If each of us sends this e-mail out to ten more people within one day all 300 MILLION people could conceivably be contacted within the next eight days!

rayder1
Monday, February 17, 2003 7:51:00 AM
I think I will follow suit. Thanks!
usahog
Monday, February 17, 2003 8:16:00 AM
Ditto here also....
usahog
Monday, February 17, 2003 8:18:00 AM
I also copy and pasted this to an email and sent it out to more than 30 family members and friends...

Hog

jjohnson28
Monday, February 17, 2003 9:04:00 AM
Unfortunately I don't believe we have any of these in So Cal any more.??? But I'll check it out.

Citgo....................0 barrels

Sunoco...................0 barrels

Conoco...................0 barrels

Sinclair.................0 barrels

BP/Phillips..............0 barrels

Hess.....................0 barrels

DrMaddVibe
Monday, February 17, 2003 9:50:00 AM
7-11 carries Citgo here in Fla. Believe it or not, it's actually one of the better places to get "cheap" gas!
efm
  • efm
  • Connoisseur
Monday, February 17, 2003 11:44:00 AM
After the big Exxon oil spill in Alaska some people thought to boycott Exxon. Turned out that Exxon stations don't necessarily sell Exxon gas.

I could be wrong but my understanding is that there's no such thing as Exxon gas or Shell gas. the petroleum all goes to the same refineries regardless of the source and the refined products are sold as any commodity. I doubt that you could trace where your next tank of gas came from.

Mr.Mean
Monday, February 17, 2003 11:55:00 AM
Oil in the form of crude is the commodity.
plabonte
Monday, February 17, 2003 12:15:00 PM
Do you know for 100% fact that those companies don't import oil from Saudi? Where do they get the oil from?
jreddoch
Monday, February 17, 2003 1:40:00 PM
Citgo is owned by a Venezuelan company and all the crude comes from there.
efm
  • efm
  • Connoisseur
Monday, February 17, 2003 2:00:00 PM
Think about it. Say lots of people buy fuel from companies like Citgo because they think it's not of Arab orgin. Citgo can't meet the demand. What do they do? They buy more fuel from whoever has it, regardless of what country the crude came from.
Charlie
Monday, February 17, 2003 2:12:00 PM
I ahve sent this to many of my friends!

Charlie

PS F--k Saudi Arabia