Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 08:05:57 -0500
Reply-To: Jim Felder <felder@KNOLOGY.NET>
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From: Jim Felder <felder@KNOLOGY.NET>
Subject: NVC Don't Support the Saudi's???
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My suggestion is to check out every email you receive that urges you to
take some action at snopes.com.
Here's the snopes article on the email under current discussion:
http://www.snopes.com/politics/business/saudigas.asp
Even the snopes urban-;legend-busting article doesn't address the
blatant claim made in the setup of this email, that the Saudis are
boycotting US goods.
How much US goods do they have access to, even if it is true? Are they
not buying coca cola and McDonald's hamburgers? Anyway, it sounds like
the kind of "fact" that all these call-to-action emails are often
predicated on--"a man was awarded ten million dollars when he injured
himself using a lawnmower as a hedge trimmer" and so forth.
So few of these things have turned out to be true that I don't believe
any of them unless I have specific information to the contrary.
For the record, I don't believe in importing so much as a drop of oil
from any other country. No need to pick on the Saudis. I'd rather drive
on what's grown by American farmers.
Jim
On May 17, 2005, at 6:04 AM, John Rodgers wrote:
> I got this as an e-mail attachment from a relative. I'm skeptical so
> tried to hunt down the DOE info and couldn't find it on the DOE web
> site, but that doesn't mean it wsn't there. This list has some pretty
> good heads about this kind of stuff, so I am looking for any input
> specific to this subject or even just general commentary - the feelings
> of the List about this subject and the content of the message.
>
> One question I have about the message is "Are the non-eastern oil
> importers able to supply sufficient fuel for the nation from their
> sources?"
>
> What are your questions.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Regards,
>
> John Rodgers
> 88 GL Driver
>
> >Subject: Don't support the Saudis
> >Date: Sat, 14 May 2005 22:38:05 -0500
> >
> >WHERE TO BUY YOUR GAS. THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT TO KNOW.
> >
> >Why didn't George W. think of this?
> >
> >Gas rationing in the 80's worked even though we grumbled about it.
> >
> >It might even be good for us!
> >
> >The Saudis are boycotting American goods. We should return the
> >favor and boycott Saudi oil.
> >
> >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 :
> >
> >Shell 205,742,000 barrels
> >Chevron/Texaco 144,332,000 barrels
> >Exxon /Mobil 130,082,000 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
> >Arco........................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.
> >
> >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 long 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
> >
>
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