Comments on: BMW 118d wins World Green Car of the Year http://www.thegreencarwebsite.co.uk/blog/index.php/2008/03/22/bmw-118d-wins-world-green-car-of-the-year/ The latest news on green cars Sat, 17 May 2008 14:12:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: poetryman69 http://www.thegreencarwebsite.co.uk/blog/index.php/2008/03/22/bmw-118d-wins-world-green-car-of-the-year/#comment-1253 poetryman69 Sat, 22 Mar 2008 20:36:59 +0000 http://www.thegreencarwebsite.co.uk/blog/index.php/2008/03/22/bmw-118d-wins-world-green-car-of-the-year/#comment-1253 we need to keep pushing energy independence. Every other political concern is secondary. If we want peace and a greener world we need to stop paying for oil wars and stop paying dictators for oil. If we want to revive the economy we need to stop giving our money away to oil tycoons in foreign lands. We need to spend that cash on domestic sources. What can you do in your own life for energy dependence and a more sustainable existence? There's some information floating around the internet that gives food for thought: Gas Station dependence on Middle Eastern oil: * Shell................205,742,000 barrels * Chevron/Texaco.......144,332,000 barrels * Exxon /Mobil.........130,082,000 barrels * Marathon/Speedway....117,740,000 barrels * Amoco................62,231,000 barrels * Citgo..........0 barrels * Sunoco.........0 barrels * Conoco.........0 barrels * Sinclair.......0 barrels * BP/Phillips....0 barrels * Hess...........0 barrels If it's true, it gives an indication of where you should and should not buy gas. Another consideration: if you don't use phone books why not opt out of getting a new one 4 times a year. we need to keep pushing energy independence. Every other political concern is secondary. If we want peace and a greener world we need to stop paying for oil wars and stop paying dictators for oil. If we want to revive the economy we need to stop giving our money away to oil tycoons in foreign lands. We need to spend that cash on domestic sources.

What can you do in your own life for energy dependence and a more sustainable existence? There’s some information floating around the internet that gives
food for thought:

Gas Station dependence on Middle Eastern oil:

* Shell…………….205,742,000 barrels
* Chevron/Texaco…….144,332,000 barrels
* Exxon /Mobil………130,082,000 barrels
* Marathon/Speedway….117,740,000 barrels
* Amoco…………….62,231,000 barrels

* Citgo……….0 barrels
* Sunoco………0 barrels
* Conoco………0 barrels
* Sinclair…….0 barrels
* BP/Phillips….0 barrels
* Hess………..0 barrels

If it’s true, it gives an indication of where you should and should not buy gas.

Another consideration: if you don’t use phone books why not opt out of getting a new one 4 times a year.

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