Anyone besides me boycotting BP?

[iamkeri1]

Just because?

Oily Smooches,
Keri

[Rockinonahigh]

I wouldnt buy a thing from bp..they have to much anyway.

[chefhottie25]

I drove an extra 2 blocks to get my gas today...just to avoid giving my money to BP. The company executives should be charged with some type of crime.

[Linus]

I watched a news piece the other day about boycotting BP. What's interesting is this: the gas stations are owned by local small individuals (not BP). The gas that's sold may or may not come from BP. If you go elsewhere that gas could be from BP. Additionally if you buy anything that has plastic on it, in it or around it, it could very well be from BP.

I think, however, that boycotting the local BP station doesn't hurt BP but hurts that small independent owner.

Food for thought?

[betenoire]

If more people would sell their cars and explore alternate modes of getting around we wouldn't be having this problem to begin with.

We are a -really- lazy culture full of really lazy people.

[NJFemmie]

I boycotted Exxon (and still do) and now, BP (and probably always will now).
There are very few BP stations where I live, and every time I pass one these days, not one single person is gassing up there. Seems like I am not the only one.

[Plato]

Originally Posted by betenoire

If more people would sell their cars and explore alternate modes of getting around we wouldn't be having this problem to begin with.
We are a -really- lazy culture full of really lazy people.

Add GM to the list because of THIS!!

p.s. Emphasize REALLY Lazy ....
Of course the U.S. is Faaarr behind Canada with having efficient mass transportation. Maybe someday ....

[Just_G]

Originally Posted by betenoire

If more people would sell their cars and explore alternate modes of getting around we wouldn't be having this problem to begin with.

We are a -really- lazy culture full of really lazy people.

While I completely understand what you are saying....I would say that a lot of people that have cars have them because they could not make a living without them. I have an SUV...I HAVE to have a big vehicle for deliveries at one job, hauling tools for a second job, and to haul DJing equipment for a third job that I pick up extra shifts on when I can...let alone going to school. (god knows I can't be tardy or late for that because the public transportation stops 10 blocks from the school's front door...quite a jog really)

I would love to have public transportation of some sort where I live, but I would spend a majority of my day waiting between busses and running from one block to another because the system sucks so bad here.

I am also sure people wouldn't want to have to wait for me to load/unload all of my shit onto the bus every day....wouldn't that be a sight!?

Sometimes it is not a lazy decision, but one of necessity.

As far as boycotting BP....nope, not doing it for the simple reason that Linus stated above. The employees there are just trying to get by and make a living on minimum wage like a lot of us...it's not THEIR fault. Heads need to roll at BP...things need to happen on the big stage, not at the little stations.

Just my .02

[Rufusboi]

Originally Posted by Linus

I watched a news piece the other day about boycotting BP. What's interesting is this: the gas stations are owned by local small individuals (not BP). The gas that's sold may or may not come from BP. If you go elsewhere that gas could be from BP. Additionally if you buy anything that has plastic on it, in it or around it, it could very well be from BP.

I think, however, that boycotting the local BP station doesn't hurt BP but hurts that small independent owner.

Food for thought?

Linus - I worked for BP for many years. What you said above is correct. The BP branded stations are owned by local business people and individuals. Its usually a franchise. You are hurting the owner, not BP. BP, years ago, bought up a shit load of gas stations, fixed them up and sold them (I was part of the rebranding and fix up around the country). Then these stations were sold in blocks of 7 or 8 to local business groups/investors. Then these stations would be rebranded under the name they wanted. But the deal was they had to buy BP gas.

So it is no longer possible to tell who has BP gas and who doesn't. So while you pass by the BP branded station and hurt the individual owner, you are going down the street to another station and still purchasing BP gas. Boycotting BP will do absolutely no good. Even if you see a tanker truck with the name of the gas station on it, it is still no guarantee that it is NOT BP gasoline. Pretty much they have infiltrated the entire nation and convenience store network. BP also bought up the whole state of FLorida and made deals to supply to Florida stations. Now this was a few years ago and things might have changed, but somehow I doubt it. So if you live in Florida, I am about 90% sure you have BP gas in your tank.

Local individual gas station owners do well to make about a dime profit per gallon. They make their money on the hyper marked up sodas, chips and candy.

Oh and BP built the Alaska pipeline. And they don't just own gas. You have BP products in your house that you don't even know about.

So go ahead and boycott but it won't do any good. BP has a strong presence in the gasoline market in the US. Think of all the multinational corporation horror story and conspiracy theories you have ever heard of and then apply them to BP.

Rufus

[Enchantress]

Please remember that there are other names that are in direct association with BP that need to be boycotted as well:

Safeway gas
Arco
am/pm
Castrol oil
Amoco
Wild Bean Cafe

(there may be others)