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
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> GASOLINE SOLUTION?
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> We CAN buy gasoline that's NOT from Middle East.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:
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> Shell............................ 205,742,000 barrels
> Chevron/Texaco............. 144,332,000 barrels
> Exon/Mobil................. 130,082,000 barrels
> Marathon/Speedway......117,740,000 barrels
> Amoco........................... 62,231,000 barrels
> (for the period 9/1/00 - 8/31/01)
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> 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:
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> Citgo....................0 barrels
> Sunoco.................0 barrels
> Conoco............... 0 barrels
> Sinclair............... 0 barrels
> BP/Phillips.......... 0 barrels
> Hess................... 0 barrels
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> 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.
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> I'm sending this note to about thirty people. If each of you send it to
> at least ten more, 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..... THREE HUNDRED MILLION PEOPLE!!!
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> Again, all you have to do is send this to 10 people. How much would all
> that take? If each of us sends this e-mail out to ten more people within
> one day 300 MILLION people could conceivably be contacted within the
> next eight days!
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