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Middle Eastern Oil Boycott

Murpheeee

Diamond Member
I got this Email tonight, is this all true?


GASOLINE SOLUTION!

We CAN buy gasoline that's not from Middle East. 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 is 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 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!! Now, don't wimp
out at this point...keep reading and I'll explain how
simple it is to reach millions of people!!

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!
 
Interesting.

What about Chevron? Tessoro?

We do not have any of those "non-middle east oil" stations here in Portland, OR.

Oh, Chevron is on the list. My bad. We still don't have any of those companies here though.

We used to have BPs, but they all changed to umm.. Shell I think.
 
Southern California

Citgo....................0 locations
Sunoco............. ..0 locations
Conoco............. ..0 locations
Sinclair............... 0 locations
BP/Phillips.......... 0 locations
Hess...................0 locations
 
Why don't you want to buy oil from Oman? I was born there when my dad was working for Shell. US troops are gathering there right now I believe, and you want to harm their main export?
 
Gas rationing in the 80's?



Is this like alternative history or something? The last time gas was rationed in the U.S. was in the 40's.
 
Originally posted by: feralkid
Gas rationing in the 80's?



Is this like alternative history or something? The last time gas was rationed in the U.S. was in the 40's.

I beleive he is referring to the Carter imposed shortages caused by pirce caps😀
 
BP bought out all the Amoco's here. All the Texaco's are now Shell's.
I don't think that list holds up. All those Companies are owned by the same group of people.
 
Originally posted by: tm37
Originally posted by: feralkid
Gas rationing in the 80's?



Is this like alternative history or something? The last time gas was rationed in the U.S. was in the 40's.

I beleive he is referring to the Carter imposed shortages caused by pirce caps😀





Which was the late 70's. Oh, well.
 
Originally posted by: Murpheeee
Snopes Link

Don't have time to read all that just now, I'm going to bed

From snopes: If it weren't for all the gross statistical errors and the naïve grasp of oil industry economics exhibited here, this piece might actually have some validity.


Lethal
 
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