Boycott Arab Oil...where to fill up...

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[Chu Gary]

I hate to burst your bubble but "swapping" is very common within the petrochemical industry. Say that Hess gets a little short of unleaded in your area but they're long in another area. It's not uncommon to call up any competitor and ask it to deliver supplies to their stations; in turn Hess then delivers supplies to that company's stations in the area in which they're long. But, if it makes you feel good, go ahead and do it.

[Coroner]

What does fungible mean?? Have you ever been on the corner of Woodlawn and 50th in Hyde Park?? Thats where farrakhan lives. There is always an NOI security car parked on 50th. The scum has a nice mansion.

[endthematrix]

Please check out snopes.com beforw posting dubious email!!

URBAN LEGENDS

Wrong again. The DoE tracks oil imports by company each month, and although the raw data are a little hard to follow (fortunately, the DoE also provides an explanation of their symbols), for February 2002 the totals were as follows:

CITGO is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the national oil company of Venezuela, so naturally most of its crude oil comes from there. However, in February 2002 CITGO also imported from Middle Eastern countries in the following quantities:
Iraq: 1,342,000 barrels
Kuwait: 437,000 barrels

Conoco imports primarily from Mexico, Venezuela, and Canada, and not from Middle Eastern countries. However, they are planning to merge with Phillips, which does import from Middle Eastern countries (see below).

BP imports from a variety of oil-producing countries, but in February 2002 BP North America also imported from Middle Eastern countries in the following quantities:
Iraq: 470,000 barrels
Kuwait: 415,000 barrels
Saudi Arabia: 2,123,000 barrels
Algeria: 3,853,000 barrels

Phillips also imports from a variety of oil-producing countries, but in February 2002 Phillips imported from Middle Eastern countries in the following quantities:
Iraq: 717,000 barrels Saudi Arabia: 1,100,000 barrels

Sinclair imports from Canada, not the Middle East.

Sunoco imports primarily from Canada, Angola, and Nigeria, not Middle Eastern countries.

[endthematrix]

Re: Enemies of the world. You must know more than those who choose to deal with them. Why would anybody choose to? Cheap and necessary energy, maybe? Please, you maybe more righteous by wanting to purchase alternate forms energy but it is the US Government who has staked it's claim to foreign sources of oil, however don;t fool yourself as to the reasons why.

[AnalogReigns]

I hate to rain on your parade too, however oil and gas, once refined, are traded indiscriminently practically up to the consumer's gas pump.

Part of the modern distribution network, as far as I know, is for each region of the country to just have one tank farm (you don't see separate tank farms for each brand of gas) for central distribution of standard gasoline formulations. In the brand's truck (correct me if I'm wrong someone) dyes and other unique additives are put in, setting each brand's gasoline apart....yet all share the same basic gas.

Buying from those oil companies who don't buy Arab crude oil is fine....and you'll help their profitability, however they got their gas from the same supplier as everyone else, and depending on where you are, it may be from Arab countries it may not be--oil doesn't have a religion or culture anyway, oil is oil.

[Flydatflag]

I agree that there is strength in numbers but at the same time the attitude of not making a difference, causes so many people to sit home during Presidential Elections.
I agree with the boycott, it's just another thing that I would do for my own peace of mind.
I'm also vegetarian. I don't expect to make an impact on the "meat" world, but I feel better about myself.
To each, his own.