BP boycott?

[Duke87]

My car's owner's manual recommends BP. (wonder how much they paid Ford for that...)

I personally think the whole BP boycott is stupid. But, there are no BP stations in town, so I don't typically buy gas there, anyway.
I do, however, see a delicious irony in the fact that it's the company that's been blowing their horn like crazy about how they're into being green that would have this happen to them.


On the other hand, I have been boycotting and will continue to boycott Citgo, as I have no interest in giving Hugo Chavez my money.

[agentsteel53]

On the other hand, I have been boycotting and will continue to boycott Citgo, as I have no interest in giving Hugo Chavez my money.

what your local Citgo station doesn't sell to you, they'll hold in reserve, implying they'll buy less gasoline from their distributor next week.  The distributor will go and sell their excess gasoline to another distributor, for Chevron or whomever.  Citgo HQ will realize the same revenue, and give the same amount of money to Hugo either way.

The only person affected by your boycott is the franchisee, and Hugo Chavez will remain blissfully unaware of the entire proceedings.

[agentsteel53]

the only gas stations I am going to boycott are

a) the ones with no bathroom (or the ones with the key behind the counter, where you need to ask for permission to go to the bathroom)

2) the Shell stations which have those TVs that blare ads at me while I pump gas, and cannot be silenced

those are decisions made by the individual franchisee to hose the customer.  Short of defecating on their floor, this is my way of protesting.

[Brandon]

the only gas stations I am going to boycott are

a) the ones with no bathroom (or the ones with the key behind the counter, where you need to ask for permission to go to the bathroom)

2) the Shell stations which have those TVs that blare ads at me while I pump gas, and cannot be silenced

those are decisions made by the individual franchisee to hose the customer.  Short of defecating on their floor, this is my way of protesting.

Most agreed.  I'll add the following for boycotting,

3. The stations that are priced higher than the average for an area, and areas that are overpriced (see Chicago).

I boycott high gas prices.   

[agentsteel53]

I boycott high gas prices.  

yes, that too.  there's a good reason why I don't get gas in Death Valley, which I believe is the most expensive gas station in the US.  The highest I've seen there is $6.35, when Bridgeport, CA was $5.15 and the general San Diego area was $4.60.

right now, with San Diego in general around $3.13, I'd imagine Bridgeport is high 3s and Death Valley is around $4.50.

[Crazy Volvo Guy]

I may be the only person on the planet who isn't blaming BP at all for this

Who are you blaming?

[agentsteel53]

Who are you blaming?

personally, I blame Satan.

[corco]

Who are you blaming?

A combination of the idiotic employee who allowed it to happen and the government  (not Democrats, not Republicans- just the government) for not holding the rig to higher standards

[Crazy Volvo Guy]

Yeah, I'm pretty much with you on that.  The gov't dropped the ball more than anyone in this, I'm afraid, since they allowed the drilling operation to go ahead with no emergency action plan in place.

[Crazy Volvo Guy]

'Nother thing: boycotting oil monsters is just silly.  As previously mentioned, they all have the same practices, this time it just happened to blow up in BP's face, but it could've been any of them.

2:  Due to the ownership structure, by boycotting an oil company, you're screwing the people in YOUR COMMUNITY who own those gas stations a hell of a lot more than you're actually screwing over BP.  For this reason, I choose NOT to boycott.

Not to mention the way stocks work...boycotting is a tricky task these days.

[BigMattFromTexas]

Actually me boycotting BP wouldn't do much good, cause theres not a gas station within 100 miles of Angelo...
BigMatt

[US71]

Who are you blaming?

A combination of the idiotic employee who allowed it to happen and the government  (not Democrats, not Republicans- just the government) for not holding the rig to higher standards

Don't forget BP's unwillingness to follow the rules, opting instead to buy off the government (much like they are doing now)