Why Buy BP Gas Now?

reelapeelin · #1 05-26-2010, 03:44 PM

BP's response to build berms to protect the Gulf shores adjacent to this gusher (ain't no LEAK!), bring in Super Tankers to control what's loose and then to stop this flow have been anemic at best...obviously more could and should have been done to protect these fragile wetlands.

There is no sense of urgency.

The only way to instill a sense of urgency into these people is to disrupt their cash flow.

STOP BUYING BP GASOLINE TODAY!

It's time to do SOMETHING that'll stick it to these corporate jerks and pinchin' off their $$$ is the only thing they'll understand.

nipper · #2 05-26-2010, 04:25 PM

Strangely enough, BP gas is by far the cheapest gas in Indianapolis right now. Coincidence? I think not.

Destroyer · #3 05-26-2010, 06:49 PM

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Originally Posted by nipper

Strangely enough, BP gas is by far the cheapest gas in Indianapolis right now. Coincidence? I think not.

Now that's wierd, because gas around here is $2.59 a gal for reg, BUT BP gas is $2.89 a gal ... exactly the opposite.

Reel, I feel your pain, and believe me I'm mad as hell about the responses of the company and the government. Instead of finger pointing they should have been on this thing as soon as it was known that there was a leak. MY GOD MAN...WHAT WERE THEY THINKING???? Having said that I'm not sure that stopping a cash flow to a company that is spending millions and millions of dollars daily is such a good thing. Let them stop the leak first... then bankrupt them with lawsuits. Hell, if it's one thing we've proven over and over is we're great at suing people and companies.

fromthedepths · #4 05-26-2010, 07:52 PM

i boycott BP , everyone always talks about if we dont buy gas for a day then it would drop the price of gas. that's a load of crap .but...... if we were to not buy gas from a single dealer"BP" i'm sure it would a dent in their wallets.they have everything screwed up like a football bat down here .our fisheries our gonna be screwed up for years over this mess.snapper season opens next week but i'm not going ,i dont want to take the chance.

nipper · #5 05-27-2010, 08:04 AM

Sorry about your gas prices in Jersey, Destroyer. BP at $2.38 per gallon today with a Shell station just across the street at $2.54. Shell is generally a little higher around here, but most other stations are around $2.48.

Destroyer · #6 05-27-2010, 10:50 AM

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Originally Posted by nipper

Sorry about your gas prices in Jersey, Destroyer. BP at $2.38 per gallon today with a Shell station just across the street at $2.54. Shell is generally a little higher around here, but most other stations are around $2.48.

Again, that's strange... Usually NJ has some of the lowest prices in the Nation... Ahh well.. at least we're lower than NYC... they are still paying $2.99 for reg at the "cheap gas" stations... and over $3 at the branded stations.. so I guess that's something .....At least we don't have to pump our own gas.... <grin>

reelapeelin · #7 05-27-2010, 05:03 PM

Exxon station here at $2.34/gal...long lines at those pumps...BP across the street is at $2.57...no waiting...

randlemanboater · #8 05-27-2010, 06:46 PM

Its always tough for me to decide boycott or no boycott......you want to punish the big corporation, but you don't want to hurt the local guy who owns the station, its not his fault.

macojoe · #9 05-27-2010, 07:57 PM

I would say Boycott in a second! But I use to work at the gas depot here in RI, for the Shell Co.
You would not believe all the trucks that came in there and filled up! Shell, Sunoco, JPNoonans, and all kinds of no name trucks.
Bottom Line you will never stop getting there gas as there stations are just the tip of the iceberg!! They sell it all over the world and in many many names. and forms!
As much as I hate to say it fines and suits are the way to go.

Genie Aye · #10 05-28-2010, 01:06 AM

BP is the second largest oil, natural gas, alternative fuels company in the world, that said.
You need to know where your gas is coming from in your area--example:seattle--all gas comes out of Arco(BP)
or texaco
Portland---Exxon is where all the gas comes from.

It does not matter what station you buy it from, there is generally only one facility in a area wholesaling fuel and the difference is only the additive package in the gas (Or lack there of).

Second---Yes there is a mega mess made out there, but there was some regulatory people from the feds that did not make them install some saftey equipment on the line--so it would not have even happened---so thanks FEDS. And next--at 5000' deep--you have to make a plan--then get it all lined up and supplies and people and then out there to handle the issue--and if the first idea does not work--then it is time for the next plan--which takes time to get going as well.

5000' equals 150 atmospheres of pressure--not like you can just send a diver down there--this has to all be done by remote with subs--and it probabley took several days just to get one of them there and under contract.
Ya it is a bummer about all the pollution and damage being done--But I do not think they want it happening either---after all--the loser Feds are probing every orrifice of their bodies right now--they need to let them get it shut off and then probe them!

Remember it was a explosion that made it happen---not like some skipper running aground on a reef that they had been going by for years that everyone knows about.

Gas up here---if lucky you might find decent gas for 2.93 a gallon.