Buy Gas From Sunoco and Shell
An email about improving gas mileage has been making the rounds. It made me question where my gas comes from. I want to avoid sending my money to the Middle East. It turns out it is possible with a little care.
The DOE has some helpful data. Only 17% of U.S. oil imports come from the Persian Gulf. 50% comes from the Western Hemisphere. They just published data from 2007 that shows how much oil each company imported from the Middle East in a report called “Crude Oil Imports From Persian Gulf 2007“.
The bottom line here is that I will do my best to buy gas only from Shell and Sunoco who import very little to no oil from the Middle East. Exxon Mobile imported a huge amount of oil from the Middle East and will be avoided.
Update: it looks like Citgo is one of the good companies as well.
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