Why Buy BP Gas Now?

[randlemanboater]

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]

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]

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.

[Destroyer]

Originally Posted by Genie Aye

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.

All of what you say is correct and accurate...BUT.. as it's coming to light, BP was pumping seawater, not mud, in an effort to hold down drilling costs.. They, as much as anyone else, caused the accident in the first place. The feds were not out there on the rig, and, while I hate the present administration, I have a hard time blaming them or the previous administration for this accident. It was caused by BP taking shortcuts that cost 11 people their lives.

Let them fix the problem, then suck them dry with lawsuits. Hell, if I was a boater in that area I'd be starting a class action just for them depriving me of my fishing grounds. Hang em' I say.

[regidog]

Guys, this thing has got me sick, boycotting is the immediate response, but as many have said these stations are not necessarily carrying their own brand. The real issue for me is the lack of a emergency response, these companies understand the ramifications of an error like this, they should have had every emergency scenario ironed out before they put a hole in the mud. It was only a matter of time before this happened.

I am thinking they likely could have closed it up right away but for the sake of losing the well and the associated investment they thought they could salvage it, hence the delay in the response and lack of media coverage in the first two weeks.

Now my biggest fear is that while this underwater volcanoe is gushing it's wallowing/compromising the surrounding area of the ocean flow, which if it fails God only knows how they will stop it from flowing!!!

[valiant_200]

I have never bought BP gas. Back in the day, we used to call the local BP station the "Water Works" because their gas was so weak and crappy.

I have a particular bone to pick with all of them because I DO live in the area affected by the gusher, and I am far from alone. Feelings of anger and hopelessness fill the air. If you could see the meetings with the fishermen down here, you would see how angry they all are.

Imagine if something like this happened in the waters where you fish and boat and, as a result, fishing season was totally closed in your area. You would be pissed, no?

Honestly, having seen some of these meetings, I have to wonder when the pitchforks and torches will come out for real.

[reelapeelin]

Originally Posted by valiant_200

I have never bought BP gas. Back in the day, we used to call the local BP station the "Water Works" because their gas was so weak and crappy.

I have a particular bone to pick with all of them because I DO live in the area affected by the gusher, and I am far from alone. Feelings of anger and hopelessness fill the air. If you could see the meetings with the fishermen down here, you would see how angry they all are.

Imagine if something like this happened in the waters where you fish and boat and, as a result, fishing season was totally closed in your area. You would be pissed, no?

Honestly, having seen some of these meetings, I have to wonder when the pitchforks and torches will come out for real.

Valiant, the pictures I see on TV make me physically SICK...and it's only getting started...all these half-@$$ed attempts thus far are designed to only show, "we're doing something" until the so-called "relief" wells can be put in place and keep that well productive...not if, but when the oil starts flowing along the FL coast and eventually up the east coast, your pain will be felt by many more...I'm glad to see criminal charges are being investigated against individuals at BP, but I also believe there are certain individuals inside the US government who should be held accountable too...this disaster was forseeable and preventable...if you loosen the checkbooks for a bunch of engineers, they CAN develop a way to extract this oil SAFELY...this trajedy didn't have to happen...and I don't believe for one second that everything's being done to STOP that gusher or soak up all the oil that's been loosed on that beautiful, vital ecology down there...

[HookedOnMarsh]

Dusting off my pitchfork now. Where do we meet up?
With all that oil and dead birds, we ought to easily be able to tar and feather all those BP ba$$tards!