things you can do about the oil spill

[arethinn]

http://www.cheriepriest.com/2010/06/04/things-you-can-do-about-the-oil-spill/

I refused to buy Arco gas last week, the first time I've bought Shell in I don't know how long, since that one Arco station is my usual habit (and the cheapest local station). Not that their lack of my $20 is going to wound them deeply, but it's the principle of the thing. Another easy thing off the list is to donate to the National Wildlife Federation by texting "Wildlife" to 20222. There's other donation/volunteering links too.

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[pyro-ike.livejournal.com]

Yeah, the boycott idea may not be totally sound, but at least it's something. Earlier today, I needed to add some oil to my car, and I came to two essentially-equal choices at the gas station. Once I saw the BP logo on the Castrol bottle, I put it down and bought the other. It's not much, but it's something.

Alternative option: Collect tar balls from the beaches, and throw them at BP signs or stations. Not exactly environmentally sound, but it'd release some pent-up frustration. :P

[arethinn]

We always have Castrol in stock at my house so that's what I used when I changed my car's oil on Memorial Day. :-/ It'd already been bought months ago though.

[rebel-poet-1030.livejournal.com]

So Arco is a subsidiary of BP? I didn't know that.

[arethinn]

BP bought them a while back. I remember raising my eyebrows when I first saw "Part of BP" appear on the sign at our local station, so it's probably within the past 3-4 years (since I moved back to CA in 2006) but I couldn't swear to that.