Re: IML: Imperials use a LOT of gas, /Offtopic - Christine etc.

[Jeff Ingraham <jeff_ingraham@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi bill and all,
    This is an urban legend and is false.
you can read about it and the true stats here;

http://www.snopes.com/politics/business/saudigas.asp

And while I have your attention, lets remember
christine was not an imperial.
LETS talk Imperials ONLY!
Thanks
Jeff Ingraham
Moderator


--- "Wm. R. Ulman" <twolaneblacktop@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Gas rationing in the 70's & 80's  worked even though
we grumbled about it.
> It might even be good for us!
> 
> The Middle East countries are boycotting American
goods. We should return
> the favor.   An interesting thought is to boycott
> their OIL.
> 
> Every time you fill up the car, you can avoid
> putting more money into the
> coffers of the Middle East.  Just buy from gas
> companies that don't import
> their oil from the The Middle East.
> 
> Nothing is more frustrating than the feeling that
> every time you fill-up the
> tank, you are sending your money to people who are
not necessarily your
> friends.
> 
> 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 $53/barrel, these imports
> amount to over $35 Million a
> day!
> 
> 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
> ARC0......................0 barrels
> 
> Of special note here.  Be aware of the brand of gas
> you do choose to use.
> Although some of the above do not import, they DO
> sell oxygenated gas, or
> put ethanol in their gas, which supposedly makes it
> burn cleaner, but at the
> sacrifice of economy!  If you drive an Imperial, it
> will cost you more, so
> please check first by reading the pump info. 
> BP/Phillips is a GREAT Brand.
> Stick with that, and you will be safe.  Otherwise,
> plan on a 15-20% drop in
> MPG, and in an Imperial that is going from 10 mpg
> down to 8 mpg.  A big
> drop, and a steep increase in cost to run.
> 
> 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.
> 
> 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!!! 
> 
> Which will all be MOOT is nobody actually goes out
> of their way to buy from
> the non importing oil companies!
> 
> So, please do go out of your way a few blocks if
> need be when you pay at the
> pump.  Please, and thank you!
> 
> Wm. R. Ulman
> Seattle, WA 
> '66 Crown Convertible Coupe - Doris Day
>  <mailto:twolaneblacktop@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> twolaneblacktop@xxxxxxxxxxx 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 



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