No, but I would prefer to buy my gas from an American company. I've traded for years at Amoco, then all of a sudden it says bp. It took some time to realize this is British Petroleum.
Are there any American-owned gas companies left? There doesn't seem to be a whole lot to choose from. Quick Shop?
Conoco is one, Cenex is another, I've even fueled up at an Exxon station last Thanksgiving.
Welcome to the global economy.
We've made the Emirates wealthy by purchasing their oil,
now we b!tch that they choose to spend it here.
What would you have them do with their wealth? We go on
endlessly about how capital should be unfettered and
that the protectionists are misguided, and now this?
The Emirates are our partners whether we like it or not,
by virtue of their having us by the short hairs. Those
that don't like it should reconsider their use of petroleum
products.