I will NEVER buy ANYTHING EVER at BP again--Join Me

[barbiegeek]

After this massive OIL disaster, I have made a personal pledge to NEVER EVER buy any products or gasoline at BP in my life. I hope many of you will join me in this and encourage your friends!!

Huffington post has a page on How to help with the oil spill:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/04/30/deepwater-horizon-oil-spi_n_558736.html


Please spread the word and write here if you will join me in this personal boycott.

Thank You DU's

[wtmusic]

1. Your good intentions are appreciated

but the fact of the matter is next year it could be Exxon, or Shell, or...

There's no big difference in what any of them are doing that merits singling one out. What we need to do is fight offshore drilling, and sooner than later - dump fossil fuels altogether.

[barbiegeek]

2. I disagree=$$ is power and that Oil spill deserves banning

[zipplewrath]

3. Tried that after Valdez

Refused to buy Exxon. After innumerable mergers, I lost track of who I wasn't suppose to buy gas from. It didn't work then, don't suspect it'll work this time.

[stray cat]

4. Never buy any oil or any thing made from or with it

probably should include coal and nuclear power in with that

[EFerrari]

5. You missed the post about oil being fungible people. n/t

[dixiegrrrrl]

6. Judging form the replies, I can see why the problem continues.

[ProdigalJunkMail]

8. you might want to check what the plastic in your PC

is made from before you start complaining about responses ... you're using BP products right now unless you have somehow managed to create a PC from wood...

sP

[uppityperson]

9. You mean that punishing a local station doesn't do anything for the bigger company since

the gas they sell at one place doesn't necessarily come from that company? Glad to see you are understanding why the problem continues.

[ljm2002]

13. Even though oil is fungible...

...the fact remains that there are BP gas stations. And those gas stations are a revenue source for the parent company. So boycotting them is reasonable IMO. Of course, the initial effect would hurt the small operators who run the gas stations, rather than BP. It would take a lot of people joining the boycott for it to be effective.

Now I have to say: if I hear the word "fungible" again I'm going to scream. Yes, we get it. Once the oil is in the processing stream, you can't really distinguish whose oil is whose. Okay, fine. That does not mean you cannot target a particular company, not at all. It's like saying money is fungible, therefore it doesn't matter if you get it from BofA vs. your local bank. After all, the ultimate source is the Fed // the US Mint -- so what's the difference?

Oil is fungible. Companies, however, have separate identities. If we want to organize a boycott against a company for some reason, then we target that company's outlets and/or products in whatever way we can. In this case, that would be their gas stations. Anything that is branded BP is something that will generate profits for the parent company.

[EFerrari]

16. (It was a joke.)

[ljm2002]

17. Glad to hear it...

...and it really wasn't directed at you, it's just I've been running across so many posts making the point that "oil is fungible" that I really do want to scream.

I always enjoy your posts BTW.

[AnArmyVeteran]

7. But dont stop using their restrooms! They crapped up the gulf, so you can return the 'favor'...

[Touchdown]

10. I already did that to Exxon when they dropped Domestic Partner Bennies.

Then to Texaco for... I can't remember now.

Conoco seems to be the only one left I'm not boycotting. Give it time.:shrug:

[Statistical]

11. Where do you think costco gets gasoline from?

Last time I checked I haven't ever seen a Costco rig.

All gasoline comes from the same place.

[TheKentuckian]

12. I'm pretty pro boycott but because of the global market and the way franchising works

I don't think BP is open to attack on this front in a direct way.

I'd also bet that BP is just the first one to fail like this and the others are just a little more lucky for the moment.

I'm trying tot think of ways to use market forces to take BP to task but this is as simple as most industries. They have a model crafted to insulate them from accountability or even real competition.

On the surface it seems to attack one oil company you have to take them all on at once. Maybe BP has business associates that can be hurt that are in position to influence them.

[HipChick]

14. Lets just boycott all British products..

period..

[truebrit71]

18. Nah...just the petrol stations...besides my local BP never has my brand of..

..ciggies in stock...

[jxnmsdemguy65]

15. I passed by the two BP stations in my area this weekend...

both were empty. Folks here (Jackson, Miss.) are pissed!

[AngryOldDem]

19. I'm not much into boycotts like this, but this one I'll gladly join, n/t