> 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 :
>
> 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
> 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 at least ten mo re (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 on e level further, you guessed it .....
> THREE HUNDRED MILLION
> PEOPLE!!!
>
> Again, all you have to do is send this to 10 people.
> How long 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!