[SOC] Yeesh, talk about depressing...

[John L. Sielke]

On Wednesday 17 April 2002 15:20, Chris Redding wrote:
> An interesting thread. Nice to see the freedom to hold dissenting views
> exercised well.
> Perhaps I'm a bit of a 'hawk' but that's easy for me 'cos it won't be me
> who gets killed. I still think it would be a great shame to spill the blood
> of thousands of young men when both the USA and ourselves are quite capable
> of sending a Tomahawk missile through Saddam Hussein's letter-box from five
> hundred miles away.
> What is the point of all this technology when we always seem to go back to
> 20th Century trench warfare at every opportunity?.
> If we pray, it should be for god to help the scientists to get fusion up
> and running. All we will need oil for then is to stop the wheels squeaking,
> and we could tell the sandy bits of the world to go swivel.
> Chris G4PDJ.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: JMcAulay <john@mcaulay.net>
> To: <soc@mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 4:20 PM
> Subject: Re: [SOC] Yeesh, talk about depressing...
>

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While on the subject. let me pass this along which I received today.




Subject: Gasoline Choices

>Something to think about. Yisrael Medad of the Begin Center sent the


following information. 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.

>Major companies that import Middle Eastern oil (for the period 9/1/00 -


8/31/01).

>Shell                    205,742,000 barrels
>Chevron/Texaco    144,332,000
>Exxon/Mobil         130,082,000
>Marathon             117,740,000
>Amoco                    62,23,000
>
>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
>Conoco        0
>Sinclair        0
>BP/Phillips   0
>
>All of this information is available from the Department of Energy and can


be easily documented. Refineries located in the US are required to state
where they get their oil and how much they are importing. They report on a
monthly basis.

>Keep this list in your car; share it with friends. Stop paying for


terrorism.
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      John L Sielke   W2AGN
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