Can we slow down mid east oil imports?

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WHERE TO BUY YOUR USA-GAS

WHERE TO BUY YOUR USA-GAS, THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT TO
KNOW. READ ON--
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.

These companies import Middle Eastern 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

Citgo......................from South America , from a
Dictator who hates Americans
If you do the math at $30/barrel, these imports amount to
over $18 BILLION! (oil is now $90-$95 a barrel)

Here are some large com panies that
DO NOT import Middle Eastern oil:

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
and each is required to state where they get their oil
and 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.

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 a t 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 long would al l 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



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Answer 1

This is SO stupid. I've answered this question so many times. This is just an internet scam.



There is NO way to know the source of the gasoline you pump, because retailers REGULARLY share product, either through refining agreements, terminal exchanges or outright purchase. These numbers above are so full of half-truths they're basically completely false. The numbers cited above are TOTAL imports, not middle eastern imports. In most cases, the actual percent from the middles east is less than half. Canada and Mexico are our largest oil sources, not the middle east. The links below will take you to Department of Energy facts, not propaganda:



http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/ask/gasoline_faqs.asp#local_station



http://www.eia.doe.gov/pub/oil_gas/petroleum/data_publications/company_level_imports/current/summary2007.html



Be sure to notice the percentage column, which shows how much of that company's imported oil came from the Persian Gulf. Another thing, My company is listed on here, but because of structure, you'll never know how many times. Which means that a company can divide itself into many pieces and look like they're a small time importer, but in reality, be a goliath.

Answer 2

unfortunately the oil companies, car manufacturers and the government are making it hard to accomplish the goals of reducing oil consumption. Ever since Reagan got into office the govt has vowed to try keep oil companies happy for as long as possible. They dont care where it comes from as long as you keep using it.



Here are some neat facts. Carter installs solar panels at the white house and reagan removes them? VP Bush help out with that decision?



The govt will give you 100,000 dollars towards any 6000lb. + vehicle but not on high effecient electric cars?



Oil companies buy up all electric cars and have them destroyed? Also buy up anything they can get their hands on to stop people from saving gas?



American made hybrid cars avg mpg is less then 30?

Foreign made hybrid cars avg mpg is over 40?



Oil companies buy up corn and cause a rise in corn prices to stop ethanol from being cheap alternative fuel?



Our friends and relatives are being killed because of all this in a foreign country. Dont believe the govt who makes up excuses for everything. US govt is the biggest smoke and mirrors user then anyone.



It wont stop until we organize resistance against gas and oil.



Stop buying gas guzzlers. Stop buying new cars that get less then 40 mpg. Stop buying so much gas.



By the way... What happened to the Geo metro mpg? They used to get about 50 mpg when they first came out.



and you can make your own ethanol at home check out some books from www.KnowledgePublications.com



It is the fuel that started the combustion engine era along with hydrogen. These have been around longer then oil made fuels my friends and yes you can make em right at home as our ancestors once did.

Answer 3

Damn, thats awesome that you dug this up for everyone to read (no im not being sarcastic) and thanks for posting. Okay i like the math but im going to counter your arguement with something just a tad bit simple-er. How about we give up our V-8, 5,000 pound zero-to-sixty monster machines? Start using flourescent bulbs, push congress to make solar energy profitable for manufacturers and stop being lackeys to the oil companies period? If we dont change our habits the changes will be forced on us. Hey why dont you use some graphics producer-software like ( i dont know ) Adobe Photoshop and put this together on youtube. Most people will grasp it and retain it if you use pictures or slide show format with some cool rock music in the background and you doing a voice over? I recommend watching "We were warned, the coming oil crisis" by CNN. Starring James Woolsey ex cia-director, its a docu-drama. Pretty frightening stuff.

Answer 4

As far as returning the favor to the Saudis, we should do it in the form of a great big bomb. Screw those ungreatful b@$tar#s. The same goes for most of the rest of the middle east! Then, we can just take the oil. Thats how the world really works and for Americans to try and act like we are better then the rest of the world and try to handle everything "diplomatically" is against human nature. Not to mention the reason we stay in the hole financially.

Answer 5

My advise - Bleed the Middle East dry and stay on very very good terms with the Canadians 'cos they are sitting on an almighty sea of oil!

Answer 6

We're losing ground on other countries with more advanced energy management and alternative energy technology. Germany, for example, produces already almost 10% of its energy through renewable sources. Not only do we waste to much resources, we'll also fall behind and risk losing global dominance in technology

Answer 7

You have way too much time on your hands...lost me with the 2nd paragraph

Answer 8

we are addicted to oil



cut the addiction slow the imports



hybrids are the first step cut the addiction in half