shouldn't this be OT:Tuesday humor?  at least it's not politics or religion!


some interesting though incomplete information included, but it's not only a
chain letter, it's more ridiculous than most, assuming that all the Saudi
oil we don't buy won't affect the supply required to meet our demands.

But I think I like chain letters better than arguing over who has the
oiliest politicians.  ;-)

Tracy Pierce


> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Lee [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2003 1:20 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: OT: Fwd: FW: Boycotting mideast oil
>
>
> I don't know how true this is, so I pass it along for someone
> who has more
> time than me to verify it :).
>
> John Lee
>
>
>                                                       =20
> >
>               =
> =20
> >   GASOLINE SOLUTION?
>               =
> =20
> >
>               =
> =20
> >   We CAN buy gasoline that's NOT from Middle East.The
> Saudis are          =
> =20
> >   boycotting American goods. We should=A0 return the favor.
> An interesting=
>   =20
> >   thought is to=A0 boycott their GAS. Every time you fill
> up the car, you =
>   =20
> >   can avoid putting more money into the coffers of Saudi
> Arabia. Just buy =
> =20
> >   from gas companies that don't import their oil from the
> Saudis. Nothing =
> =20
> >   is more frustrating than the feeling that every time I
> fill-up the tank,=
> =20
> >   I am sending my money to people who are trying to kill
> me, my family,   =
> =20
> >   and my friends. I thought it might be interesting for you
> to know which =
> =20
> >   oil companies are the best to buy gas from and which
> major companies    =
> =20
> >   import Middle Eastern oil:
>               =
> =20
> >
>               =
> =20
> >   =A0 =A0 =A0 Shell............................=A0 =A0 =A0
> 205,742,000=
>  barrels        =20
> >   =A0 =A0 =A0 Chevron/Texaco............. 144,332,000
> barrels             =
>       =20
> >   =A0 =A0 =A0 Exon/Mobil.................=A0 =A0
> 130,082,000 barrels      =
>           =20
> >   =A0 =A0 =A0 Marathon/Speedway......117,740,000 barrels
>               =
>       =20
> >   =A0 =A0 =A0 Amoco...........................=A0 =A0=A0 62,231,000=
>  barrels           =20
> >   =A0 =A0 =A0 (for the period 9/1/00 - 8/31/01)
>               =
>       =20
> >
>               =
> =20
> >
>               =
> =20
> >   Do the math: at $30/barrel, these imports amount to over
> $18 BILLION!   =
> =20
> >   Here are some large companies that do NOT import Middle
> Eastern oil:    =
> =20
> >
>               =
> =20
> >
>               =
> =20
> >   =A0 =A0 =A0 Citgo....................0 barrels
>               =
>       =20
> >   =A0 =A0 =A0 Sunoco.................0 barrels
>               =
>       =20
> >   =A0 =A0 =A0 Conoco............... 0 barrels
>               =
>       =20
> >   =A0 =A0 =A0 Sinclair...............=A0 0 barrels
>               =
>         =20
> >   =A0 =A0 =A0 BP/Phillips..........=A0 0 barrels
>               =
>         =20
> >   =A0 =A0 =A0 Hess................... 0 barrels
>               =
>       =20
> >
>               =
> =20
> >
>               =
> =20
> >   All of this information is available from the Department
> of Energy and  =
> =20
> >   each is required to state where they get their oil and
> how much they are=
> =20
> >   importing. They report on a monthly basis. Keep this list
> in your car;  =
> =20
> >   share it with friends. Stop paying for terrorism!=A0 But
> to have an     =
>   =20
> >   impact, we need to reach literally millions of gas
> buyers.=A0 It's=
>  really =20
> >   simple to do...=A0 Now, don't wimp out at this point...
> keep reading and=
>   =20
> >   I'll explain how simple it is to reach millions of
> people.              =
> =20
> >
>               =
> =20
> >
>               =
> =20
> >   I'm sending this note to about thirty people. If each of
> you send it to =
> =20
> >   at least ten more, and those 300 send it to at least ten
> more (300 x 10 =
> =20
> >   =3D 3,000) ... and so on, by the time the message reaches
> the sixth     =
>   =20
> >   generation of people, we will have reached over THREE
> MILLION           =
> =20
> >   consumers!=A0 If those three million get excited and pass
> this on to ten=
>   =20
> >   friends each, then 30 million people will have been
> contacted! If it    =
> =20
> >   goes one level further..... THREE HUNDRED MILLION
> PEOPLE!!!             =
> =20
> >
>               =
> =20
> >   Again, all you have to do is send this to 10 people. How
> much would all =
> =20
> >   that take? If each of us sends this e-mail out to ten
> more people within=
> =20
> >   one day 300 MILLION people could conceivably be contacted
> within the    =
> =20
> >   next eight days!
>               =
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