From: m35products (m35prod@optonline.net)
Date: Mon Mar 28 2005 - 12:18:40 PST
Always check www.snopes.com before falling for this stuff.
http://www.snopes.com/politics/business/saudigas.asp
apb
----- Original Message -----
From: "Terry Lane" <tlane@mobynet.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Monday, March 28, 2005 2:13 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] MV, Gasoline/Diesel]
> MV collectors and operators,
> > The Gasoline Issue, is starting to really bug me.
> >
> > WHERE TO BUY YOUR GAS,
> > THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT TO KNOW.
> >
> > Why didn't George W. and the other energy guru's, think of this?
> > Gas rationing in the 80's worked even though we grumbled about
> > it. It might even be good for us again!
> >
> > The Saudis are "boycotting" American goods.
> > We should return the favor, BIGTIME!!!!!
> >
> > An interesting thought is to boycott their GAS from the stations that
buy their oil.
> >
> > 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! Note: The price of oil is now over $50/barrel- - -increasing
> > the take to about $30 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 100 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!
>
> Thanks for the bandwidth, I hope it makes the SAUDI's and OPEC, suffer.
> terry lane
>
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