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Subject:FW: oil
From:DaveC
Date:Wed, 10 Apr 2002 09:47:24 -0700

This makes a lot of sense to me!

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 importing Middle Eastern oil (from 9/1/00- 8/31/01):
Shell                 205,742,000 barrels
Chevron/Texaco 144,332,000   "
Exxon/Mobil      130,082,000   "
Marathon           117,740,000   "
Amoco                62,231,000   "

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 t he U.S. are
required to state where they get their oil and how much they are
importing. They report monthly to the DOE.

Share these facts with your friends...... Stop paying for terrorism!

--
Dave Carpenter

Whatever you wish for me,
May you have twice as much.

"Sometimes I think we're alone in the universe, and sometimes I think
we're not. In either case the idea is quite staggering." -- Arthur C.
Clarke