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SDG — (archived)

OK I reread your post, sorry about the misunderstanding.

The oil issue is huge. I like the idea of a grass-roots effort to not buy oil from certain companies. Even with absolutely verifiable proof of which companies buy from the ME, I have hard time seeing Joe Sixpack getting behind this if said companies are selling cheaper gas. Here's an alternate idea. If the government provided a tax break to oil companies who could provide absolute proof that they do not use ME oil. Then the money gained from such a break could be used to lower the cost at the pump (which may not work due to price wars at the local level) or better yet launch a national ad campaign for domestic or alternate oil sources. Not exactly grass roots, but it could be more effective.

-Steve G.

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