>email i got, thought it was interesting
>
>GASOLINE SOLUTION! We CAN buy gasoline that's not from Middle East. The
>Saudis are boycotting American goods. We should return the favor. An
>interesting thought is to boycott their GAS. 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 (for the period 9/1/00 - 8/31/01):
>
>Shell............................................ ........205,742,000 barrels
>Chevron/Texaco..................................144,332,00 0 barrels
>Exxon /Mobil.......................................130,08 2,000 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!
>
>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
>
>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. They report on a monthly basis. Keep this list in your car;
>share it with friends. Stop paying for terrorism.............
>
>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 10 people.
>
>How much 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!