| Michael 2005-03-23, 5:35 pm |
| Hate to say it, Donn, but the increased demand seen by the "friendly"
companies would *immediately* force them to buy lots and lots of Saudi oil.
To do otherwise would deliberately frustrate the profit expectations of
their shareholders, and that's illegal.
((U))
M
DCI wrote:
> Rec'd this from a friend:
>
> Subject: Gas
>
>
> You guys might really want to pay attention to this as they are now
> saying that gas is going to hit the $3.00 mark! (Was on the nightly
> news 3/9/05) WHERE TO BUY YOUR GAS, THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT TO KNOW.
>
> 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:
>
> 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 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 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!
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