Where To Buy Your Gas! (Urban Legend)

Urban Legend ^ | 8/25/2005 | unknown

[pageonetoo]

WHERE TO BUY YOUR GAS. THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT TO KNOW.

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Why didn't George W. think of this?

Gas rationing in the 80's worked even though we grumbled about it. It might even be good for us! The Saudis are boycotting American goods. We should return the favor.

An interesting thought it to 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 thatevery 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 :

Arab oil:

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:

Other oil:

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

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

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

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

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

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

ARC0............................0 barrels

All of this information is available from the Department of Energy andeach is required to state where they get their oiland how much they are importing.

But to have an impact, we need to reach literally millions of gas buyers.

It's really simple to do.

[Rippin]

Are you actually suggesting you can get the Chinese to pay more than they have to by staying away from Saudi oil-if you could actually pull this off?

[tx_eggman]

and Shell owns Texaco...

???? Shell and Texaco had joint ventures but Shell never "owned" Texaco. Chevron and Texaco merged into Chevron Texaco 4 or 5 years ago.

[SVTCobra03]

And its not BP/Phillips, its Conoco/Phillips.

[yianni]

http://www.citgo.com/AboutCITGO.jsp

About CITGO

The company is owned by PDV America, Inc., an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of  Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A. , the national oil company of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.

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The domestic Enemies of the Republic get their gas at CITGO.

[Just mythoughts]

http://www.araboilboycott.com/sites/araboilboycott/index.asp

[SMARTY]

I understand all this but right now where I live, Marathon and Speedway are THE cheapest and are consistently cheaper than all others.

[general_re]

It's a load, sorry. But it's better to light a candle than to curse the darkness, I say, so here's something really useful that'll help you decide where to buy gas:

http://www.gasbuddy.com/

[wbill]

This is no different that the 'Send a message, Don't buy gas on Tuesdays' EMail that makes the rounds every time prices go up.

Just as Citgo doesn't care if you buy $8 of gas on Monday or $10 on Wednesday.....the Saudis don't care if they sell to Shell or the Chinese.

[R.W.Ratikal]

Oh dear! The Saudis' are boycotting American goods. That means a drop in the sale of Rolex watches and gold-plated Caddilacs.

The only real answer to high oil prices is for America to become energy independent, or take over the oilfields in the Middle East and operate them under a U. S. protectorate.

[mlc9852]

LOL - great analogy

[dhuffman@awod.com]

Ole'! Another ox gored I think.