Do you buy at BP gas stations ?
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why don't you make this a poll?
and no. costco all day, baby.
and no. costco all day, baby.
No and I have noticed some of the gas stations have been pretty empty
i refuse to
Sunoco the official fuel of Nascar is the only gas i put in my tank unless it is an emergency.
Nope... I go to the Shell's across the street.
We dont have BP here as far as know but if we did I wouldnt matter to me,I go to whoever is cheapest. All oil companies are evil polluters they just didnt have the bad luck of a spill yet.
\Well let me say I dont go to Texaco after that whole black thing they had going on.
\Well let me say I dont go to Texaco after that whole black thing they had going on.
i go where the cheapest gas is at
I refuse to
LOL@ you clowns and your fake outrage. BP doesn't own those gas stations, independent owners do, so you're only hurting people who are trying to make a decent living while the guys at the top(who are the real problem) chill on their $20 million yachts laughing their asses off at you, unaffected.
The fact of the matter is, you cant boycott BP because their oil is in everything! From the aluminum in your house, to the asphalt you drive on to get to work. You're outrage would be better directed at your government for being at the mercy of Oil, instead of putting money toward perfecting the necessary technology to drastically reduce the amount consumed.
The fact of the matter is, you cant boycott BP because their oil is in everything! From the aluminum in your house, to the asphalt you drive on to get to work. You're outrage would be better directed at your government for being at the mercy of Oil, instead of putting money toward perfecting the necessary technology to drastically reduce the amount consumed.
c/s
they don't take credit cards here.
arco
arco I'm not all that loyal to any gas station, just go where the best price is, all gasoline is for the most part the same. Only difference maybe is an additive or two added at the distribution stations when the tanker trucks fill up for delivery to your local stations. The History Channel did an episode on the fuel distribution network in the US.
On the subject of boycott, I'm just as pissed as the rest of you at BP for this shit, but any boycott is ultimately going to hurt the folks at yours and my level, ones who are struggling to put food on the table and clothes on their children, etc...
BP fucked up no doubt, they need to do right by the folks in the gulf and the families of those workers killed on that rig.
We've all made mistakes in our lives, albeit not to this scale, what separates us is how we own to our mistakes. I'm hoping BP will own up to theirs however you define that. If they do then good on them they shouldn't be boycotted, if they don't they deserve to go under, but again if they do those at the top will be just be punished with a nice severance payment and move along. Those at our level will be another unemployment statistic.
Again tough call for me anyway.....
On the subject of boycott, I'm just as pissed as the rest of you at BP for this shit, but any boycott is ultimately going to hurt the folks at yours and my level, ones who are struggling to put food on the table and clothes on their children, etc...
BP fucked up no doubt, they need to do right by the folks in the gulf and the families of those workers killed on that rig.
We've all made mistakes in our lives, albeit not to this scale, what separates us is how we own to our mistakes. I'm hoping BP will own up to theirs however you define that. If they do then good on them they shouldn't be boycotted, if they don't they deserve to go under, but again if they do those at the top will be just be punished with a nice severance payment and move along. Those at our level will be another unemployment statistic.
Again tough call for me anyway.....
QFT. A friend of mine owns a BP and the gas he purchases comes from another family owned business in the area. Hell, it's not even BP gas. It's some Jackleg Jenkins type shit.
All I ever hear him complain about is credit card transaction fees. Not stocking his shelves, not gas, not even people who try to steal. Fucking credit card transaction fees.
This man knows what he's talking about
(1) The BP gas station is only a branding exercise. Most gas companies DO NOT own the gas station because the margins in selling gas are much too low! I'm talking about 5-7 profit per gallon sold.
The major gas companies got the fuck out of that business because it made no sense to throw capital and management resources for such a low profit margin, so instead they just franchised out the name / branding / and station design for $ and offered gas supply contracts to the owners of the stations.
The amazing thing is that the station owner is under NO obligation to buy gas from BP past a certain amount to fulfill contractual requirements and past that, they can go open market.
So the BP/Exxon/Texaco/etc. etc. station you buy gas from may very well be from fucking HESS or and independent refiner.
(2) There's no way to escape BP's grasp.
Do you use Castrol Oil or Additives? BP owns Castrol.
Do you use Aluminum? BP owns the 2nd largest Aluminum producer in the world (Alco)
Do you eat food? BP owns one of the largest fertilizer and petro-chemical additive supply companies in the world.
And the list goes on and on.
BP will NOT go bankrupt over this, but what they may do is Bankrupt the North American Division of BP (Not the parent company based in England) and then we're up shit's creek because it'll be like an Octopus cutting off one of it's tentacies.
The armed died and left us all fucked, but the body was protected and lives on and has NO OBLIGATION to fix shit.
To put it another way, it's like if your cousin lived in your apartment and paid you rent. One night he burnt the fucknig building down.
You wouldn't be responsible, your cousin would. But your cousin is bankrupt. Your insurance will cover your losses. Everyone else, assed out.
You ever hear of franchises??
They have nothing to do with BP???
Well now's a GOOD time to change the name
right??
case closed right?
...Now Put Your Capes Away
WaWa.
You ever hear of franchises??
They have nothing
to do with BP??? Well now's a GOOD time to change the name
right??
case closed right?
...Now Put Your Capes Away
Who are they caping for? The local people who are suffering b/c the people who own the franchise fucked up? I don't even think it's that easy to just change your franchise agreement either, so what the fuck are they supposed to do?
Basically, then BP already sells their gas to unbranded stations too, so you hardly ever know who the hell you're buying from.
You ever hear of franchises??
They have nothing to do with BP???
Well now's a GOOD time to change the name
right??
case closed right?
...Now Put Your Capes Away
Personally, I buy from whatever's cheaper at the particular intersection I'm at.
Who are they caping for? The local people who are suffering b/c the people who own the franchise fucked up? I don't even think it's that easy to just change your franchise agreement either, so what the fuck are they supposed to do?
Man, don't pay that fool any attention. He's finally getting good at tying his shoes.
Yeah, you're right.
This pretty much sums it aaaaaalll the way up.I been using Hess but honestly does it matter? they are all under Rockerfellers Standard oil so whos reallying winning?