Comments on: Boycotting Citgo

By: ZZMike

ZZMike — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 19:00:39 +0000

Followup: Today, 7-11 announced that they’re no going to pump Citgo any more.

By: triticale

triticale — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 02:20:49 +0000

What we should do is fuel our cars with gasoline refined from crude extracted from ANWAR and the US offshore waters. That way we won’t be supporting any foriegn countries.

By: greg

greg — Mon, 25 Sep 2006 23:25:17 +0000

If we were to boycott any country that doesn’t like us, we’d be pretty lonely – but you guys are probably right. We should probably all boycott Venezuela, and support Saudia Arabia. They’d never do anything to harm us.

At least we seem to share a common distrust of Michelle Malkin.

By: Feudalistic

Feudalistic — Mon, 25 Sep 2006 08:05:45 +0000

Or, you could just use as little gas as you possibly can. Then, you would stop funding regimes that support terrorism. No war required. Not to mention we won’t have to anticipate the announcement that Hugo Chavez is stockpiling WMDs

By: Lance

Lance — Sun, 24 Sep 2006 20:06:09 +0000

Never linked to malkin, or cited her approvingly, but you know that to do so means you are now responsible for everything she has ever written or said. You now are on the list of those who approve of the stalking of journalists and all kinds of hideous things. I have already informed the head douchebag sock puppet. You have been warned.

By: Steve

Steve — Sat, 23 Sep 2006 13:01:08 +0000

I have been noycotting CITGO for several years. I get my gas from Phillips 66

By: clark smith

clark smith — Sat, 23 Sep 2006 00:31:24 +0000

“What to do?”

Aww, X, don’t let Pat’s recommendation stop you!

By: See-Dubya

See-Dubya — Fri, 22 Sep 2006 23:27:12 +0000

On the third hand, See-Dubya’s been pushing this for a year now: http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/115513.php

Though I haven’t been pushing it hard enough…

BTW, we need to distinguish Citgo’s retail gasoline brand from their refineries. It’s a separate business. We can’t help but use some of the unbranded gasoline refined at Citgo’s refinery–but we can turn the Citgo Station brand into marketing poison. As I said at the link above, maybe it will become so radioactive they’ll sell it off to an American or allied firm.

By: Phelps

Phelps — Fri, 22 Sep 2006 22:05:04 +0000

A boycott won’t effect the market price, but it will effect an individual company. The reason we buy so much Venuzuela oil is transportation costs. If they have to transport it to China or Europe, they are going to have to eat the transportation costs (since it is a fungible commodity and they are dealing against closer producers.) If they chose to sell it to Exxon or someone for US sale, then they are dealing with a lower demand, and Exxon (or whoever) will use that pressure demand a lower price.

So, boycotting gas for a day won’t effect the price. Boycotting Citgo won’t effect the price, but it will effect Citgo’s bottom line.

By: JimK

JimK — Fri, 22 Sep 2006 19:03:53 +0000

On the other, so does Michelle Malkin. What to do?

OK, that got me. I laughed out loud. :) Always a dilemma, huh?

Personally, I’ve avoided Citgo for around two years now, and never missed it. Too many other choices for me to support the Venezuelan nutcase.