So, anybody boycotting BP?

[Perd Hapley]

I've heard some people talking about this on the radio; some for, some against.  I'm not boycotting, but I guess I don't come down hard-line either way.

Whaddayathink?

[taurusowner]

Nope.  If they have I need gas and I pass a BP station, I'll stop in.

[Tallpine]

I've never even seen a BP gas station.

Do you have those back east 

[never_retreat]

These 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

Citgo Gas comes from South America, from a Dictator who hates Americans.


Here are some large companies that DO NOT import Middle Eastern oil:
Sunoco................0 barrels
Conoco................0 barrels
Sinclair.................0 barrels
BP/Phillips...........0 barrels
Hess....................0 barrels
ARC0...................0 barrels

Also: Pilot, Flying J, Love's, RaceTrac, Valero

My preferred filling location is Hess. Some of the others I have never seen in NJ or this area.
When I'm traveling down the highways and byways I keep an eye open for the Flying J truck stops, there usually pretty nice.

[mtnbkr]

I've never even seen a BP gas station.

Do you have those back east 

They're pretty common here in Va.

Chris

[RevDisk]

I've never even seen a BP gas station.

Do you have those back east 

Very common in the South, at least on the Atlantic touching states.  Haven't seen them in large numbers else where.

[Monkeyleg]

Most BP stations are independently-owned, so you're hurting the gas station owners first. Besides, BP sells their gas and oil to other companies, too, not just their franchise owners.

[eyebrows]

 I personally have boycotted BP stations for the last several years but it has nothing to do with oil. Shell stations as well. One reason: they are way out of line with everyone else on tobacco prices. The other reason at least for BP: I don't like the happy stupid image they advertise for themselves and their color scheme is  .

[Perd Hapley]

I've never even seen a BP gas station.

Do you have those back east 

Does east Missouri count as back east? 

[Brad Johnson]

Wish I had fiften or twenty large to invest in BP stock right now.

Brad

[MillCreek]

Virtually all the liquid petroleum products produced and sold in Washington state comes from the Tesoro and Shell refineries in Anacortes, about 70 miles north of Seattle. The feedstock for the refineries comes via tanker from Alaska.  I have never seen a BP station in this state. 

[Firethorn]

There's one BP station in town, but they're more expensive than everyone else, by 5-15 cents/gallon.  It's also normally out of the way for me.  I drive by it only when I go to the mall.

So, between location and expense, a boycott isn't necessary.

From what I've heard, bp franchises ARE having trouble.

[Gowen]

While I am not boycotting them, I don't buy gas there, they are more than the AM/PM I shop at.

This is dumb, if they boycott them, how do they expect them to have the money to clean up the spill?  Businesses like that don't keep billions of dollars sitting around.  People have no clue how a business operates.  Tax them and they raise prices to cover the tax, raise fees on them and they raise prices to cover the fees.  The consumer always pays the tax or fees, not the business.  You and I are going to pay to clean up the spill, either at the pump or through taxes after obama forces BP into bankruptcy.

[sanglant]

Wish I had fiften or twenty large to invest in BP stock right now.

Brad

that's a big gamble. rosie(yes the pig/bear/woman) has already given away the plan.

[Tallpine]

Does east Missouri count as back east? 

For me it does. 

Pretty much anything east of Fort Worth is "back east" 

[Phyphor]

I've never even seen a BP gas station.

Do you have those back east 

There used to be one around where I live but I think it's a Valero's now.

[Tallpine]

There used to be one around where I live but I think it's a Valero's now.

That's helpful information ... 

[Bigjake]

Despite their horrific ads and commercials,  I've started buying diesel there now, when it's convenient.

Before now, I'd avoid em' because the commercials annoy me.  Now, if the hippies don't like em',  I'm all for it. 

[French G.]

Actually wish I had money not only to fill up there but to buy some BP ADRs. They'll come back.

I am however regretfully boycotting GM. My next truck will have to be a Ford .