Don't buy BP gas.

[CalebD]

To those of you who have a clue as to what is going on in the Gulf this may come as no surprise. I believe that it is ARCO/BP stations that supply the BP gasoline taken out of the Gulf of Mexico. Do not buy your fuel from these distributors if you can. Yes, they are just a link in the chain to the parent company but you can make a small difference. Other companies have learned of the financial liabilities of carting oil offshore (Exxon/Mobil and the Exxon Valedez come to mind) and deserve your money more then BP/ARCO.
You can never be sure that while you are filling up your tank that BP is not involved but you can avoid their filling stations to send a message to who ever is monitoring the sales.
They fu**ed the Gulf of Mexico up so fu** them.
They will get the message as it is only dollars and cents (mostly 1000's of dollars) that they monitor.
FU BP.
Avoid BP gas stations at all cost.

[scottyt]

it does not matter, they will just sell extra fuel to other dealers. also the gas that comes thru pipe lines is from many companies. the gas dealers swap raw fuel all the time depending on who has tank space.

the gas companies buy pipe line time, ie they say they will buy 24 hours of time, which works out to a number of gallons. if they dont have space to store it as they have to buy time in advance they simply sell the extra to some one else normally at a discount. i saw gulf oil trade exxon 4 to one for gas as gulf did not have the storage space. they gave exxon something like million gallons of pipe line fuel in trade for a 250,000 gallons on a barge, as the barge could just sit there and they had no tank space.

the scary part is the pipe line runs over a few bridges in curtis bay maryland and you can put your hand on the pipeline and no one will even look at ya

so simply it wont do any good, they will just sell the excess

[ssneade]

and just how many private businesses do we put out on the street in the process? i'm sorry, but most bp stations are owned by small businessmen who just happen to have a contract to sell bp gasolinein. in turn, those same small businessmen employ other workers who have families. lets tell them they no longer have a job, because the American public decided it would be neat to follow the advice of that race pimp, jesse jackson. i'm sorry, but i can't agree with you on this one, caleb.......

[ssneade]

Originally Posted by scottyt

it does not matter, they will just sell extra fuel to other dealers. also the gas that comes thru pipe lines is from many companies. the gas dealers swap raw fuel all the time depending on who has tank space.

the gas companies buy pipe line time, ie they say they will buy 24 hours of time, which works out to a number of gallons. if they dont have space to store it as they have to buy time in advance they simply sell the extra to some one else normally at a discount. i saw gulf oil trade exxon 4 to one for gas as gulf did not have the storage space. they gave exxon something like million gallons of pipe line fuel in trade for a 250,000 gallons on a barge, as the barge could just sit there and they had no tank space.

the scary part is the pipe line runs over a few bridges in curtis bay maryland and you can put your hand on the pipeline and no one will even look at ya

so simply it wont do any good, they will just sell the excess

this is true.......

[wind_magic]

You mean the other oil companies don't do deep water offshore drilling ?

I'm not about to take up for BP, but tell me this - if it had been any other oil company who lost a rig, employees, etc, like BP has, exactly what do you think they would have done differently ?

[svHyLyte]

Avoid BP gas stations at all cost.

I purposely try to avoid political discussions but this is such a lame prosposal that...

FWIW...

1. Less than 20% of the fuel sold at BP Stations in the US is derived from BP;

2. The stations are independantly owned just as are MacDonalds, KFC and similar businesses. They are "branded" for the purpose of advertising.

The only people being hurt by avoiding BP Stations are the owners and employees. (One of our Daughter's friends that was so happy when she landed a part time job at a local BP Station this spring, when many of her classmates were unable to find summer jobs of any kind, has just been laid off because their business has gone down so much they can't afford the minimum wage part-timers any longer.)

3. Even if the Stations were owned by BP, it wouldn't make sense to damage them as they need the income to be able to make the payments to all of those put out of work/business by the spill and cover the clean-up/recovery costs;

4. FYI, over 40% of BP's shareholders are US citizens, a very sizable number of whom are dependant upon BP Dividends for their retirement income;

5. The "accident" was caused by a few irresponsible people on a single rig. While their might have been a lax corporate mentality, much of the problems in the Company were inherited in take-overs etc. It is senseless to try and "punish" everyone wearing the BP lable for the actions of a few. That's the kind of thing the Nazi's and the VC did when they lined up and shot everyone in a village for the actions of one or two resistance fighters. It makes no sense what-so-ever.

We need BP alive and well and paying for the damages and clean-up. Their oil is going to be sold one way or another. The only one's that will benefit by attempting to destroy the Company, or for that matter the other companies operating in the Gulf as the "Obamanation" seems intent on doing, are the middle eastern oil interests such as Iran that are using a sizable portion of their revenues to fund attacks on the west and the US in particular.

Use your head for something other than a hat rack for Christoper sake.

[RAGNAR]

The "don't buy BP gas" thing concretizes the same error "energy independence" does.

Nothing the US can do regarding energy sources will diminish the number of oil dollars flowing into the hands of the regimes that have been allowed to flourish on this resource.

[kredit]

[QUOTE=CalebD;614376]To those of you who have a clue as to what is going on in the Gulf this may come as no surprise. I believe that it is ARCO/BP stations that supply the BP gasoline taken out of the Gulf of Mexico. Do not buy your fuel

I stopped there...telling people what to do strikes of tyranny,mate...go ride a scooter,smoke a bowl and drop the viagra...in that order,pretty please.(hint hint)

[cardiacpaul]

Spoken just like a person that lives more than 2000miles from the problem. Don't be afraid, tell us what to do..I grew up in the Great State of NY, Upstate... Don't get me started, ok?. You don't wanna know how I feel about riding a bus in Watertown, and having HALF my fair go to subsidize someone pissing all over subway station in the bronx.


oh, and while you're "punishing " BP... forget about buying WD-40, Pblaster, STP,
almost any dry-gas, or sta-bil product... See, BP owned refineries produce the active ingredients for these products right here in the US. yea that'll show 'em.
evil besterds.

did it on purpose... and here i thought it was all bushes fault.

[kd3pc]

don't forget to NOT buy Castrol products too....they are owned by BP....