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RE: Where to buy your gas

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Subject: RE: Where to buy your gas
From: "Leonard Sprague" <sprague@ufl.edu>
Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2002 11:22:35 -0400
Hhhhmmmm. Looks fishy to me.

http://www.snopes2.com/inboxer/outrage/nogas.htm

Lenny

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net 
> [mailto:owner-datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of 
> Dziuba, Larry
> Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 10:59 AM
> To: ' Bob Davis'; datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
> Subject: RE: Where to buy your gas
> 
> 
> I find it hard to believe that all the majors don't buy 
> foriegn oil.  Larry.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bob Davis [mailto:rdavis4@cfl.rr.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 8:43 AM
> To: datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
> Subject: Fw: Where to buy your gas
> 
> 
> Here is an interesting note that I got from my local Triumph 
> club regarding who does or does not import middle east oil 
> for gas to be sold at America gas stations.
> 
> Bob Davis
> 67.5 Datsun2000
> Fairlady2000Racing
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Jere Dotten
> To: Sheila ; Ruth ; Roger Burton ; Penny Lang ; Kathy Morrow 
> ; Jim & Becky Arbogast ; JAN KHAN ; Fran Ezell ; Bud Johns ; 
> Steve Arbogast ; Karen Bybee ; Jere "the kid" Dotten ; 
> Richard D. Easter ; Linda Peterson ; Kristina Morace ; 
> Caroline McConnell ; Ciguk@aol.com ; David Terri Bordeleau ; 
> Jamie ; Bill Fennesey ; Marge Dotten ; Linda Howarth ; 
> ASMPPres99@aol.com ; PAM & MARVIN LEININGER ; Tara Mahramus ; 
> John and Connie McCahan ; B. Dotten ; John and Jill McCahan ; 
> Carol Zingone ; Art Kelly ; Norm Reimer ; Don Marshall ; Dave 
> Finkelstein ; Graham Thomas ; Stan Kinmonth ; Vic Whitmore ; 
> CARATIN H -NUCLEAR ; Davie Duthie ; Bill Jones ; Phil Bacon ; 
> Gretchen Bacon ; WLSServ@aol.com ; Walter & Catherine Currie 
> ; W C & Nancy Wiese ; Tom & Lillian Harkenrider ; Thomas 
> Fansher ; Terry & Jane Jones ; Stuart & Jo Bollen ; Stephen & 
> Frances Androsko ; Roy & Ginny Wilton ; Peter Burris-Meyer ; 
> Peter A. Burg ; Peter & Gayl Betterman ; Paul & Karen Rogers 
> ; Mike & Frances Linthicum ; Kenneth and Nita Cone ; John 
> Peacock ; Joel & Rosalie Weinberger ; Jim & Katy Evans ; Jere 
> & Bonita Dotten ; Jane Bretzman ; James P Concannon ; Gary & 
> Bev Dotten ; Fred Marks ; Ed & Pat Pisani ; Ed & Debra Knerr 
> ; Dick James ; Darwin Brown ; Darryl Woody ; Dan Friend ; 
> Cynthia Taylor ; Curt & Aileen Croly ; Craig Hall ; Carl & 
> Maria Motes ; Bob & Marge Pace ; Bob & Cindy Davis ; Bill & 
> Shirley Wilkinson ; Bill & Janet Rauckhorst ; Al & Dee 
> Pieschel ; Florence Marshall ; Rick Ostman ; Steve Bradley ; 
> Wayne Deswert ; David Burlingame ; Celia Martin ; Barbara 
> Robinson ; Bob Storke
> Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 10:07 AM
> Subject: Where to buy your gas
> 
> 
> 
> 
> > > Where to buy gasoline and not support terrorism. Actually is food 
> > > for thought.
> > >
> > > Yisrael Medad of the Begin Center sent the following information. 
> > > 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. Major companies that 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 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
> > > Conoco 0
> > > Sinclair 0
> > > BP/Phillips 0
> > >
> > > All of this information is available from the Department 
> of Energy 
> > > and can be easily documented. Refineries located in the U.S. are 
> > > 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
> > >
> >DO YOU REMEMBER LAST MAY, WHEN GAS PRICES WERE
> >THREATENING TO GO TO $2.00 PER GALLON. I ACTUALLY
> >PAID $2.05 PER GALLON IN OHIO. WELL, THEY ARE TRYING
> >TO DO IT AGAIN. WE E-MAILED EVERYONE IN OUR ADDRESS BOOKS, AND ASKED 
> >EVERYONE ELSE TO DO THE SAME. WITHIN DAYS, AT THE SPEED OF LIGHT, 
> >MILLIONS OF PEOPLE GOT THE MESSAGE, AND GUESS WHAT? 
> MYSTERIOUSLY, GAS 
> >PRICES WENT DOWN. ECONOMICS IN ACTION, SUPPLY AND DEMAND, IT 
> WORKED!!!
> >
> >THE SOLUTION IS SIMPLE: WE JUST BOYCOTT EXXON AND
> >MOBILE, THE TWO LEADERS IN THE INDUSTRY, AND BOYCOTT THE 
> OTHER FOUR OR 
> >FIVE OIL COMPANIES THAT ARE BUYING OIL FROM THE MID EAST, 
> AND WE WILL 
> >AIM A DOUBLE BARREL SHOT GUN AT THE COMPANIES THAT SUPPORT 
> TERRORISM IN 
> >THE MID EAST, AND SIMPLY JUST BUY FROM THE OTHER FOUR OR 
> FIVE COMPANIES 
> >WHO DON'T BUY
> >OIL FROM THE MODEST TERRORIST SUPPORTING COUNTRIES.
> >
> >
> >THE BOYCOTT LIST:
> >
> >Exxon/Mobil 130,082,000 barrels (because they are the biggest) Shell 
> >205,742,000 barrels Chevron/Texaco 144,332,000 barrels
> >Marathon 117,740,000 barrels
> >Amoco 62,231,000 barrels
> >
> >
> >THEN WE DO BUY FROM THE FOLLOWING COMPANIES
> >WHO DO NOT BUY MID EAST OIL.
> >
> >Citgo 0 barrels
> >Sunoco 0
> >Conoco 0
> >Sinclair 0
> >BP/Phillips 0
> >
> >
> >IT IS YOUR MONEY! SPEND IT WISELY! JUST SAY NO
> >TO MID EASTERN COUNTRIES WHO SUPPORT TERRORISM!
> >
> >
> >
> >WE SENT THIS OUT MAY OF 2001. AND IT WORKED!!!
> >THE FOLLOWING WAS SENT BY AN ECONOMIST WITHIN
> >THE FUEL INDUSTRY. ANOTHER ECONOMICS PROFESSOR
> >AT CAL REITERATED THE SAME LAST WEEK.
> >I THINK IT IS WORTH TRYING.
> >
> >I got this from a reliable source & the website listed is legit. We 
> >heard today from a man who is very savvy about the economy, namely, 
> >Clark Howard, and he says that the gas prices are going to 
> start going 
> >up again and will be high this summer -$2.00 and up. We need to do 
> >whatever we can, and do it NOW!!!!
> >
> >Gasoline Prices
> >
> >This makes more sense than the don't buy gas
> >on a certain day routine that was going around last year
> >re: Gasoline Prices.
> >
> >Whoever started this has a good point. By now, you're 
> probably thinking 
> >gasoline priced at about $1.49 is cheap. Me too, as it is 
> now $1.58 for 
> >regular unleaded!
> >
> >Now that the oil companies and the OPEC nations have 
> conditioned us to 
> >think that the cost of a gallon of gas is CHEAP at less than 
> $1.50, we 
> >need to try an aggressive response. With the price of 
> gasoline going up 
> >more each day, we consumers need to take ACTION! The only way we are 
> >going to see the price of gas come down is if we don't buy 
> it. But, as 
> >the gas companies know full well, and are counting on, that's not 
> >really a practical option since we all have come to rely on 
> our cars. 
> >But we CAN have an impact on gas prices if we all act together.
> >
> >Here's the idea: For the rest of this year, don't purchase gasoline 
> >from the two biggest companies (which now are one), namely EXXON and 
> >MOBIL. You see, if they are not selling, they should be inclined, 
> >(i.e., "forced"), to reduce their prices. And, because of 
> their size, 
> >and hence market share, if they reduce their prices the 
> other companies 
> >will too. (They would HAVE no  choice!). Isn't that a 
> "juicy" prospect? 
> >But to have an impact, we need to reach literally millions of users. 
> >But it's do-able!
> >
> >I am sending this note to 42 people. If each of you send it 
> to at least 
> >10 more ...and those 10 send it to at least 10 more and so 
> on, by the 
> >time the message reaches the sixth iteration, we will have 
> reached over 
> >one million consumers. Acting together we can make a difference. If 
> >this makes sense to you, please pass this message on, or one you 
> >compose, to at least 10 more E-mail addresses.
> >
> >PLEASE HOLD OUT UNTIL THEY LOWER THEIR PRICES TO
> >BELOW $1.28 - $1.29 AND KEEP THEM DOWN. THIS CAN
> >REALLY WORK!
> >
> >If you're not outraged, you're not paying attention
> >
> >UNITED WE STAND!!! ~ AMERICAN ECONOMICS IN ACTION!!!~
> >
> >PLEASE FORWARD THIS WITH OR WITHOUT YOUR E-MAIL
> >ADDRESS TO EVERYONE IN YOU ADDRESS BOOK. AND I
> >DO MEAN ALL OF YOUR FRIENDS IN YOUR ADDRESS BOOKS.
> >YOU WILL BE AMAZED IN THE RESULTS. THESE TERRORISTS
> >HAVE COST OUR ECONOMY BILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
> >NOW ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS STOP CONTRIBUTING TO
> >THEIR BANK ACCOUNTS
> 
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