Oil thread fine. Oil company thread, no, no, no, Nanette. Petropolitics? No. Cornholism? No. Starvation? Not if you don't mean oil sloshing around the oil sump under hard cornering in your road racing Vanagon.
BenT Sent from by mobile mod On May 22, 2010, at 11:34 AM, Tom Hargrave <thargrav@HIWAAY.NET> wrote: > I hate to burst your bubble but all of the refineries buy from > everyone and al the refineries sell to sell to everyone. Oil, > including oil from the gulf, is just a commodity item. In other > words, the raw stock that's in your quart of oil could have come > from anyone regardless of the brand. > > Insisting on not buying BP or anyone else's oil or gas or grease > products would be kind of like refusing to buy any food product that > contained corn from IOWA. The answer would be , OK - then starve. > > Tom Hargrave > www.towercooler.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On > Behalf Of Dave Mcneely > Sent: Saturday, May 22, 2010 12:52 PM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Castrol and BP > > The oil I have been using in my '91 VW Vanagon GL Campmobile with > stock 2.1 waterboxer engine is Castrol 20W - 50, from British > Petroleum. Some may find it foolish, but I no longer want to use > any BP products, just as I have avoided Exxon since the Exxon-Valdez > catastrophe. What non-synthetic alternative do knowledgeable list > members recommend? Why? > > David McNeely |
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