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Does boycotting BP stations help? My son delivers gas to gas stations in the area. The oil from most all the wells comes to U.S. refineries. There is a main pipeline from Oklahoma to Michigan that brings most all the gas here. My son loads up his truck at the local terminal. The exact same gas goes to Shell, Admiral, Kroger, Texaco, Speedway ... and BP gas stations. The BP stations are owned by independent LOCAL people trying to make a living for their families.
Do you think boycotting BP stations has 1 scintilla effect of hurting BP. If you don't buy the gas from a BP station and go to Shell you are still buying products derived from a combination of wells ... including BP's. You are simply hurting your local businessman that happens to own a BP logo'd station. Think about it. Only a miniscule amount of profit goes to BP for the logo on the station. You are hurting many independent men/women trying to support their families.
Yes, BP did a bad thing by not putting safety features on their wells. I'd say get them in the courts and make BP pay the price. Not the independents.
JMHO
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