Consumers Guide to Gasoline

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Consumers Guide to Gasoline
Submitted by Chip on Mon, 2007-06-18 20:55. General Discussion

Consumers Guide to Gasoline

Most of us buy gasoline for our vehicles. Usually, we have control over which brand we buy, which station we patronize and, within a few cents a gallon, how much we pay. All brands seem to be pretty much the same in the way they power our transportation.

But all brands are not the same in terms what they mean in the world, not only with respect to the environment but as to whether we have war or peace.

This guide focuses on war and peace and especially on the Middle East. The basic criteria are the degree to which an oil company is involved in trying to profit from Iraqi and Middle East "war oil" and by selling petroleum products to the Pentagon.

Put another way, our goal in this guide is to help you make purchases from gasoline marketers who appear to be not involved, or less involved, in getting oil at gunpoint, in selling bloody oil.

In addition, we provide information, less comprehensive, on the human rights and environmental performance of major oil companies.

Oil is a precious liquid that has generated bribery, theft, environmental destruction, torture and killing almost as if these human actions are part of its organic nature. It is impossible to recommend any gasoline brand with certainty, but we have gathered information that we believe can provide guidance, summarized here.

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