To Boycott or Not?

I am certainly unhappy with BP, and I have boycotted other companies. I have been boycotting Nestle's & Mobile/Exxon for years. But I decided not to boycott BP. I don't expect other gas companies are any better; if there are, I don't know how I can find that out. I would say they are typical of Americans/humans in general, in being unrealistically optimistic. But they are not one of the energy companies, such as Mobil/Exxon, that is deliberately waging an agressive propaganda campaign to cover up the threat of global warming. It really sickens me that Mobile/Exxon is doing so well financially, when their leaders are so deliberately evil.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100627/ap_on_bi_ge/us_oil_spill_bp_at_the_pump;_ylt=An5c7n2KusmLj20BY8H8.CCs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFmOXUxZXR0BHBvcwMxMDEEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl9idXNpbmVzcwRzbGsDZnJ1c3RyYXRlZGJ5 HARRY R. WEBER, AP Business Writer Harry R. Weber, Ap Business Writer – 13 mins ago
Tension is mounting between BP and the neighborhood retailers that

sell its gasoline.

As more Americans shun BP gasoline as a form of protest over the

Gulf oil spill, station owners are insisting BP do more to help them convince motorists that such boycotts mostly hurt independently owned businesses, not the British oil giant.

To win back customers, they'd like the company's help in reducing the price at the pump.

BP owns just a fraction of the more than 11,000 stations across the U.S. that sell its fuel under the BP, Amoco and ARCO banners. Most are owned by local businessmen whose primary connection to the oil company is the logo and a contract to buy gasoline.

In recent weeks, some station owners from Georgia to Illinois say sales have declined as much as 10 percent to 40 percent.

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