Here
in San Antonio unfortunately the only “good” gas station I have seen
is Conoco and even they are few and far between. Shell is the dominate gas
station here and sometimes it almost seems like a monopoly till you spot a
Diamond Shamrock which is the next most popular/available gas enterprise. Now
my eyes are open to the “facts and figures” –it seems like Imperial
ownership becomes increasingly challenging as fuel prices skyrocket-pretty soon
we will be at $5.00 a gallon. At that point my cars will probably become lawn
ornaments, but at least they will be amusing to look at.
Anthony Bianchini
2*66 LeBaron
1965 Buick Electra 225
Soon to be moving from San Antonio to Wichita Falls Texas
-----Original Message-----
From: mailing-list-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:mailing-list-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Wm. R. Ulman
Sent: Monday, March 28, 2005 1:33
AM
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Subject: IML: Imperials use a LOT
of gas, so it does matter where you buy your gas!
Gas rationing
in the 70's & 80's worked even though we grumbled about
it. It might even be good for us!
The Middle East countries are boycotting American goods. We should return the
favor. An interesting thought is to boycott their OIL.
Every time you fill up the car, you can avoid putting more money into the
coffers of the Middle East. Just buy from gas companies that don't
import their oil from the The Middle East.
Nothing is more frustrating than the feeling that every time you fill-up the
tank, you are sending your money to people who are not necessarily your
friends.
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 $53/barrel, these imports amount to over $35 Million a
day!
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
Of special note here. Be aware of the brand of gas you do choose to
use. Although some of the above do not import, they DO sell oxygenated
gas, or put ethanol in their gas, which supposedly makes it burn cleaner, but
at the sacrifice of economy! If you drive an Imperial, it will cost you more, so please
check first by reading the pump info. BP/Phillips is a GREAT Brand.
Stick with that, and you will be safe. Otherwise, plan on a 15-20% drop
in MPG, and in an Imperial that is going from 10 mpg down to 8 mpg. A big
drop, and a steep increase in cost to run.
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.
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!!!
Which will all be MOOT is nobody actually goes out of their way to buy from the
non importing oil companies!
So, please do go out of your way a few blocks if need be when you pay at the
pump. Please, and thank you!
Wm. R. Ulman
Seattle, WA
'66 Crown Convertible Coupe - Doris Day
twolaneblacktop@xxxxxxxxxxx
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