Originally Posted by TheDoc

A very small % of money goes to the gas station owner for gas, often the gas doesn't make a profit - which is why they have a store, gas stations with stores normally have cheaper gas.

Refineries, it makes no difference what gas station you use.

Crude oil producers, it does impact them. They get the largest cut of money, without question. They're the only ones posting billions in profits that keep growing. They take as much as 2/3 of the money - at the pump. The rest is taxes, refinery costs and the gas station owner.

So you CAN boycott BP simply by not buying gas and oil from Companies they own or parter with. If you don't want to hurt the local business owner, stop in a buy a 12 pack of beer or whatever every now and then, like you normally would. Just keep getting your gas from a non-BP station.