posted on Mar, 29 2003 @ 01:52 PM
I got this e-mail that tell which companies get their oild from the middle east and which ones don't.
> >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 it 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 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!