Stopping the Oil Spill

[Chubminnow]

Just curious to know if any places sell BP gas besides BP? Like Thorntons and Swifty, are these two companies BP brands or directly related to BP somehow? Kind of thinkin' I don't want to purcahse BP gas knowingly or unknowingly either one.

[mhall]

Lord knows Oil companies are'nt greedy, what was I thinking. I still say they looked at the lesser of two evils, the path those chose is the one they feel will eventually be the cheapest. Just this ole dummies opinion. I have and will continue to buy gas somewhere other then BP.

[apb]

Just curious to know if any places sell BP gas besides BP? Like Thorntons and Swifty, are these two companies BP brands or directly related to BP somehow? Kind of thinkin' I don't want to purcahse BP gas knowingly or unknowingly either one.

Hard to say who all buys BP gas. In fact, a number of "BP" gas stations are not affiliated with BP. Saw a story on that the other day. The main point of the piece was that BP gets very little revenue from BP gas stations. The boycottes of BP that have started are actually hurting single owner stations and having very little affect on BP.

Andrew

[jcb]

Here's something that puts the disaster in perspective.

[DJD]

I remember hearing they supply the majority of fuel to our gubment departments. Plane fuel and other stuff.

[psprowler]

I didn't get that it was taken out of context, but perhaps you are right. I also find it ironic that a BP exec would says that when people can say "there are other places to buy gas besides BP!"

My negative bias towards the media grows a bit every day and should be noted. Instead of giving people the most factual information possible, I feel with the plethora of media outlets they are all competing to: 1. Be the first to report and 2. Be the one to get the big reaction.

To me, the above has a higher probability than a high level BP exec spouting off one of the most distasteful comments possible for time and place. That's my thought process here.

As an aside, I'm surprised gas prices haven't risen due to all this. After all it is a rather unique excuse and not one in the normal bag.