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Offline Titan

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« Reply #15 on: March 20, 2003, 01:53:27 PM »
I think I\'ll boycott anything out of the Middle East....actually, I just use their gas. I\'ll boycott that :)
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« Reply #16 on: March 20, 2003, 02:01:26 PM »
Boycotting is stupid, if you need gas, buy gas, you silly people.  It\'s not like we dont want to pay taxes on british tea folks.
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« Reply #17 on: March 20, 2003, 05:24:11 PM »
Yeap, its all so simple. There are pelty of other abundant sources of oil. Screw those dirty arabs. I vote for prject86 as president.
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« Reply #18 on: March 20, 2003, 05:26:45 PM »
He\'s got my vote :D
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« Reply #19 on: March 20, 2003, 05:33:53 PM »
Sure, project would make a good pressy...

just dont start ****ing those interns ;)
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« Reply #20 on: March 20, 2003, 10:26:41 PM »
A vote for project is a vote for America!!!
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« Reply #21 on: March 21, 2003, 03:33:17 AM »
Theres one HUGE flaw in trying to boycott oil from say, the Middle East by not buying from a company like...Shell...oil is fungible. What does fungible means? It means that Middle Eastern oil is no different then say, Russian oil, or Mexican oil, so in turn, can easily be mixed in with any oil. And BECAUSE oil in fungible, ALL companies in a way, use Middle Eastern oil. How so? Even if, said refinary is owned by "Texaco" or "Chevron", ALL companies (even so-called competitors) WILL pull up to one of these refinary and use that refinary. In fact, companies routinely buy oil from each other if, say, they have a shortage from in their own supply. So the end result, the only preson that is hurt in this "boycott" would be the local gas station owner since, no company is innocent in using (or in this case, not using) Middle Eastern oil.

Nice idea. I wish I could do this, but, it is impossible.
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« Reply #22 on: March 21, 2003, 03:35:49 AM »
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Theres one HUGE flaw in trying to boycott oil from say, the Middle East by not buying from a company like...Shell...oil is fungible. What does fungible means? It means that Middle Eastern oil is no different then say, Russian oil, or Mexican oil, so in turn, can easily be mixed in with any oil. And BECAUSE oil in fungible, ALL companies in a way, use Middle Eastern oil. How so? Even if, said refinary is owned by "Texaco" or "Chevron", ALL companies (even so-called competitors) WILL pull up to one of these refinary and use that refinary. In fact, companies routinely buy oil from each other if, say, they have a shortage from in their own supply. So the end result, the only preson that is hurt in this "boycott" would be the local gas station owner since, no company is innocent in using (or in this case, not using) Middle Eastern oil.

Nice idea. I wish I could do this, but, it is impossible.
I respect your post here friend but talk is cheap. I would need to see some evidence towards this statement before I lay down this boycot.
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« Reply #23 on: March 21, 2003, 03:42:02 AM »
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« Reply #24 on: March 21, 2003, 03:44:02 AM »
Don\'t get me wrong. I like the idea of a boycott. But, as the link I provided above shows, due to the nature of oil, such a boycott can\'t work unless we boycott oil period.
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« Reply #25 on: March 21, 2003, 03:59:09 AM »
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http://www.eia.doe.gov/neic/experts/contactexperts.htm

So here’s the story, a gas company buys the oil from a middle eastern country per say and then the oil is sent to a refinery that in turn mixes it with another gas companies oil purchased in the States. The mixed oil is then refined and used to produce gas and then distributed to the gas stations based in the amounts derived from the crude oil originally sent to the refinery.

This still indicates to me that by boycotting the companies that import crude oil into the States we could have a profound impact on the Middle Eastern countries. Just because the crude oil is mixed over here and distributed along with the oils found elsewhere does not mean that all of the gas companies had a hand in purchasing the oil from the Middle East. It simply means that the oil refineries are unbiased to what oil they refine. The gas companies, not the refinery, spent the money that was spent on the crude oil.

In saying this I still believe that the boycott will show the companies here in the States that it is not profitable to purchase their oil from the Middle East.
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« Reply #26 on: March 21, 2003, 06:18:49 AM »
haha, what the hell is the idea behind that image? (Other then the fact that you would never see a cow jumping out of the water)
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« Reply #27 on: March 22, 2003, 07:33:37 AM »
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haha, what the hell is the idea behind that image? (Other then the fact that you would never see a cow jumping out of the water)
Simply put, that you would probably see the depiction in the picture before you see me get elected as president. But the votes are nice!:D
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