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Sep. 16th, 2005 @ 10:08 am 
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The fuel light came on as I fetched lunch yesterday, which got me thinking about where to fill up on my way home. ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif?v=92.2) hobbleskirt posted about this about a week ago, so I'm reposting this just in case you do care who's pocket your gas money lands in.
If you're willing to care, I'd recommend Citgo. It's a wholly-owned subsidiary of Venezuela's state-owned oil company, so the vast majority of it's product comes from Venezuela (as opposed to, say, Iraq or Saudi Arabia) - and, your money is going to basically feed and support the people of Venezuela (as opposed to lining the pockets of CEOs of, say, Exxon or BP). More info at http://www.commondreams.org/views05/0516-25.htm.
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| From: | lizetta |
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September 16th, 2005 05:59 pm (UTC) |
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Checking their info corroborates my choice. =) Citgo imports only 1% of their oil from the Middle East (big whoop). And if I were going for the not supporting of companies that import from the ME, I could go with Shell (who imported nothing the last 6 months from the ME).
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| From: | castorsd |
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September 16th, 2005 09:18 pm (UTC) |
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*supposedly* shell is also the only major corp to not donate to the GOP
Eh, where exactly is the conflict? Citgo improts the least Middle Eastern oil among major companies - you can look it up in the government's own sites. And Citgo is the only one that's not a major for-profit company run by private interests. So I'm not quite sure what that snopes.com article (which I've seen before) is supposed to contradict. I didn't say the majority of other oil comes from the ME (the article is outdated - SA is #3, below Canada and Mexico). I didn't say boycott the other companies - I only said it may be worthwhile to buy from Citgo.
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