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This is sort of a mixed bag for me as I avoid certain stores such as Walmart when they stopped selling handgun ammo a while back. But I live in a small town and they are basically are only grocery store so I try to shop there as little as possible and go to the next town over and go to Safeway or Winco.
Another thing is when actors such as Sylvester Stallone or Arnold Schwarzenegger use firearms in there movies and make a ton of money off of it and then off the screen they do photos ops for gun control groups and say firearms are bad. But over half their movies involved the use of firearms to make money. Oh well I still love my 80s and 90s old school action movies and will still go see them regardless of what the actually actor believes in. I’m paying to enjoy the experience not for the actors beliefs.
For stores such as Chick-fil-A and now in n out. I don’t care what they believe in or what they support. Both this places are Christian based companies In n Out puts Bible verses on their cups and fries containers. I don’t care about that because I’m paying for a great dining experience and the quality of the food.
I will boycott a place or business if they have personal done me wrong and one is McDonald’s. My son is a type one diabetic and they mixed up the coke and Diet Coke syrups for the fountain machines. My son told me it tasted like regular and I tasted it as well and it was. Went to the counter and told them. Didn’t believe me at all and thought I was crazy. It caused my son a high blood sugar and we haven’t been back since. We even tested the soda with his blood sugar machine and dipped the test strip into the fountain cup and the blood sugar machine said HI meaning it was regular soda.
That’s my belief in boycotting businesses.
Another thing is when actors such as Sylvester Stallone or Arnold Schwarzenegger use firearms in there movies and make a ton of money off of it and then off the screen they do photos ops for gun control groups and say firearms are bad. But over half their movies involved the use of firearms to make money. Oh well I still love my 80s and 90s old school action movies and will still go see them regardless of what the actually actor believes in. I’m paying to enjoy the experience not for the actors beliefs.
For stores such as Chick-fil-A and now in n out. I don’t care what they believe in or what they support. Both this places are Christian based companies In n Out puts Bible verses on their cups and fries containers. I don’t care about that because I’m paying for a great dining experience and the quality of the food.
I will boycott a place or business if they have personal done me wrong and one is McDonald’s. My son is a type one diabetic and they mixed up the coke and Diet Coke syrups for the fountain machines. My son told me it tasted like regular and I tasted it as well and it was. Went to the counter and told them. Didn’t believe me at all and thought I was crazy. It caused my son a high blood sugar and we haven’t been back since. We even tested the soda with his blood sugar machine and dipped the test strip into the fountain cup and the blood sugar machine said HI meaning it was regular soda.
That’s my belief in boycotting businesses.
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Starting this month, (March 2022) I am boycotting 93 Octane Gas ! In my city, yesterday, March 10, 2022, both Shell / Exxon-Mobil /
and Citgo 93 Octane was a whopping US 5.00 per gallon ! I usually rotate like once per month for 93 Octane, for my car, but, the USA
gas prices are escalating higher & higher since early last month. Thus, I will settle for 89 Octane, (still not inexpensive, in my city) that
now runs, on average around $4.49+ per gallon., as 89 Octane has increased from $3.59 per gallon, now to almost $4.49 + per gallon.
Regular gas ( 87) Octane has increased in the past 30 days from a low of $3.19 per gallon, now to a average price of on average $3.49+ per gal..
Not to get political, I guess the crisis in Eastern Europe (Ukraine/Russia) has caused the gas prices to rise, such as, a barrel of crude oil.
Now, I am holding my breath, for the Airline industry, with a possible major price increase. Anyone notice, how gasoline has increased?
Since, I travel less & less on aircraft, in the Covid 19 days, I don't need to fret too much on air fares, as the planes get smaller & smaller
and the load factors, make the passenger capacity, with most planes slam full, as the wide bodies have mostly disappeared, domestically.
In my case, habits are not easy to change. (my aging car), has a 32 valve overhead cam Northstar high performance V8 engine, that the mfg,
suggests a minimum of 89 octane. (to run at a smooth capacity). prefer, tho, 93 octane. .
I guess I will make a gratitude list, as I well remember when the Arab embargo in the mid 1970's, with long gas lines, and/or a limit of a 5 gallon
purchase, circa 1973/1974, later, late 1978/ 1979..I sure don't need (that grief again). thus a "gratitude list may work for me".
and Citgo 93 Octane was a whopping US 5.00 per gallon ! I usually rotate like once per month for 93 Octane, for my car, but, the USA
gas prices are escalating higher & higher since early last month. Thus, I will settle for 89 Octane, (still not inexpensive, in my city) that
now runs, on average around $4.49+ per gallon., as 89 Octane has increased from $3.59 per gallon, now to almost $4.49 + per gallon.
Regular gas ( 87) Octane has increased in the past 30 days from a low of $3.19 per gallon, now to a average price of on average $3.49+ per gal..
Not to get political, I guess the crisis in Eastern Europe (Ukraine/Russia) has caused the gas prices to rise, such as, a barrel of crude oil.
Now, I am holding my breath, for the Airline industry, with a possible major price increase. Anyone notice, how gasoline has increased?
Since, I travel less & less on aircraft, in the Covid 19 days, I don't need to fret too much on air fares, as the planes get smaller & smaller
and the load factors, make the passenger capacity, with most planes slam full, as the wide bodies have mostly disappeared, domestically.
In my case, habits are not easy to change. (my aging car), has a 32 valve overhead cam Northstar high performance V8 engine, that the mfg,
suggests a minimum of 89 octane. (to run at a smooth capacity). prefer, tho, 93 octane. .
I guess I will make a gratitude list, as I well remember when the Arab embargo in the mid 1970's, with long gas lines, and/or a limit of a 5 gallon
purchase, circa 1973/1974, later, late 1978/ 1979..I sure don't need (that grief again). thus a "gratitude list may work for me".
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The one thing I find odd, perhaps because I remember it quite clearly was that oil prices dropped so low during Trump that Countries were buying so much (stockpiling) they were running out of places to store it, where did all that oil go? It just seemed to disappear....
Trump Negotiating to Lease Oil Storage Space to Nine Companies
(Bloomberg) -- The U.S. Energy Department is negotiating with nine companies to rent about 23 million barrels of oil storage capacity in its Strategic Petroleum Reserve as part of a Trump administration bid to help drain the country’s growing glut of crude.The Energy Department said most of the...
Oil prices dip below zero as producers forced to pay to dispose of excess
US crude fell to negative value for first time in history as stockpiles overwhelmed storage facilities, before rebounding to just over $1 on Tuesday
www.theguardian.com
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@Šansa - I think there is still a lot of oil - it didn't dissappear. Oil contracts are sold on the various stock markets, so in my opinion the oil is still being stored. The price however is being controlled by investors.... driving the price up.
If there were some positive news, for example: the US decided to open up all our oil production or pipelines, There would be a mass sell-off of these oil contracts. Then the prices would have to come down.
Right now, the markets are being driven by fear IMO.
If there were some positive news, for example: the US decided to open up all our oil production or pipelines, There would be a mass sell-off of these oil contracts. Then the prices would have to come down.
Right now, the markets are being driven by fear IMO.
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Yes there is nothing but greed and price gouging going on. Even with the new sanctions, that shouldn’t actually affect the prices for about six months since they already have that much ready to go. But just the “announcements” give them the excuse to raise it.
And many places HAVE contracts to drill on federal lands but aren’t using them.
A good thing is that folks WILL drive less and use less. Electric cars and hybrid sales will go WAY up and so as demand goes down so should prices. Of course they NEVER drop as fast or as suddenly as they go up. It’s such a racket…
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@Samopomoć I don't really understand the stock markets to be fair. What I dont understand is how the government can buy the oil (literally get it for free plus storage fees), then charge the taxpayer who actually paid for it an absolute fortune. Its no surprise people are losing faith in governments across the world. I'm a capitalist but there has to be equity to make capitalism work properly. Market manipulation isn't capitalism its corruption.
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@Šansa - Here is an example: as an investor, I can buy a contract for a million barrels of oil at a set price. when that contract comes due.... I would have to take delivery of that oil. Investors don't actually want the oil, so when the contract comes due... they sell it. The investors are hoping the price keeps going up. It's like gambling with the stock market.
If there were positive news, like I stated above.... many Investors would sell their oil contracts, even if they have to lose money. That's why I said there would be a mass sell-off, and as a result prices would drop. There is plenty of oil, It's just being controlled by very large investors and possibly government contracts.
Many oil companies in the US, even if they have drilling contracts...... are holding off on new development. They are afraid that the government will limit them by not allowing a means of getting their oil to the marketplace. A good example of this is our Keystone pipeline that Biden has stopped construction on. It would carry 853 million barrels of oil per day from Canada, though the US. This would also carry our own oil from drilling sites along the way, to the refineries in the south. Transporting by trucks or rail cars costs a lot of money, and can only handle a limited quantity.
The governments are definitely involved by manipulation of the oil market. As @jaders stated above, The good news is less demand for oil as people are forced to cut back. However, many of us can't afford a new electric vehicle. So as consumers, we are having to pay a much higher price just to live.
Electricity isn't free, and the power plants are fueled by petroleum products too. We will then have rising electric costs..... where does this all end? I think we are getting screwed either way. This is just my opinion of course.
If there were positive news, like I stated above.... many Investors would sell their oil contracts, even if they have to lose money. That's why I said there would be a mass sell-off, and as a result prices would drop. There is plenty of oil, It's just being controlled by very large investors and possibly government contracts.
Many oil companies in the US, even if they have drilling contracts...... are holding off on new development. They are afraid that the government will limit them by not allowing a means of getting their oil to the marketplace. A good example of this is our Keystone pipeline that Biden has stopped construction on. It would carry 853 million barrels of oil per day from Canada, though the US. This would also carry our own oil from drilling sites along the way, to the refineries in the south. Transporting by trucks or rail cars costs a lot of money, and can only handle a limited quantity.
The governments are definitely involved by manipulation of the oil market. As @jaders stated above, The good news is less demand for oil as people are forced to cut back. However, many of us can't afford a new electric vehicle. So as consumers, we are having to pay a much higher price just to live.
Electricity isn't free, and the power plants are fueled by petroleum products too. We will then have rising electric costs..... where does this all end? I think we are getting screwed either way. This is just my opinion of course.
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As far as efficiencies and profit for both US and Canada, Biden should consider reversing Keystone. JMHO
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I completely agree. The WEF only very recently posted this on there Twitter page;
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Neighbour to your north has oil, just saying
> not your north chancer
> not your north chancer
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This thread has the danger of getting too political for me, but I did find this article very interesting.
amp.cnn.com
One of the main points is that even if Biden DID reverse the keystone pipeline there is absolutely NO guarantee that that oil would be sold to Americans.
And also like this article says - oil is a global commodity and there is absolutely no way to divorce that to just one country. America already is one of the world’s largest producer but apparently our oil isn’t the same “grade” as the others so refineries must change as well?
There ARE clean and renewable energy sources and times like these help spur them on just as war spurs on medical progress- (that whole necessity is the mother, yada yada.)
This problem of oil can be solved imho. But it’s going to take some time and some pain too.
Lastly - I really won’t mind paying more at the pump to give the finger to putin, that’s for sure…
Why record-high gas prices won't be solved by drilling more oil in the US
As gas prices skyrocket, politicians in both parties have called for a seemingly easy solution: Drill our way out of the problem.
amp.cnn.com
One of the main points is that even if Biden DID reverse the keystone pipeline there is absolutely NO guarantee that that oil would be sold to Americans.
And also like this article says - oil is a global commodity and there is absolutely no way to divorce that to just one country. America already is one of the world’s largest producer but apparently our oil isn’t the same “grade” as the others so refineries must change as well?
There ARE clean and renewable energy sources and times like these help spur them on just as war spurs on medical progress- (that whole necessity is the mother, yada yada.)
This problem of oil can be solved imho. But it’s going to take some time and some pain too.
Lastly - I really won’t mind paying more at the pump to give the finger to putin, that’s for sure…
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Actually, my North also has oil. The North Sea Pipelines.
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That did enter my thoughts, sharp eyeActually, my North also has oil. The North Sea Pipelines.
Oil should be weened off responsibly, no other option. If the economy dips below a certain level too quickly, society will implode.
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Societies are already imploding.
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I boycott anything that is produced by the evil WEF promoting corporation of Nestle'. Nestle Chairman Peter Brabeck-Letmathe state that water is not a human right. The way in which this sociopath clearly has zero regard for the human race outside of his own wealth and the development of Nestle, who has been caught funding attacks against GMO labeling,
This is a company that actually goes into struggling rural areas and extracts the groundwater for their bottled water products, completely destroying the water supply of the area without any compensation. In fact, they actually make rural areas in the United States platiti račun.
As reported on by Corporate Watch, Nestle and former CEO Peter Brabeck-Letmathe have a long history of disregarding public health and abusing the environment to take part in the profit of an astounding $35 billion in annual profit from water bottle sales alone.
This is a company that actually goes into struggling rural areas and extracts the groundwater for their bottled water products, completely destroying the water supply of the area without any compensation. In fact, they actually make rural areas in the United States platiti račun.
As reported on by Corporate Watch, Nestle and former CEO Peter Brabeck-Letmathe have a long history of disregarding public health and abusing the environment to take part in the profit of an astounding $35 billion in annual profit from water bottle sales alone.
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Has anyone considered doing the "Disappearing Act" & travel (fly) far far away for like 2 whole
weeks, (all alone), & leave only a emergency phone number, for a relative to call you, if it is of dire
importance! I have thought of this recently, (mybad). I would likely go to a place I have never
been before, such as a neaby SPA location, somewhere worldwide.
My assistant caretaking age 69, would take good care of my aging parents. She arrives again,
for 2 weeks beginning 9 March 2023. Sorry, this SAD causes me to ramble in my head,
weeks, (all alone), & leave only a emergency phone number, for a relative to call you, if it is of dire
importance! I have thought of this recently, (mybad). I would likely go to a place I have never
been before, such as a neaby SPA location, somewhere worldwide.
My assistant caretaking age 69, would take good care of my aging parents. She arrives again,
for 2 weeks beginning 9 March 2023. Sorry, this SAD causes me to ramble in my head,
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I haven't thought about it, I've done it, numerous times. In fairness I know people in the area I've met before usually. However, when I went to Vietnam/Cambodia/Laos I didn't know anyone at all, that's when I met the American siblings in Cambodia (the military brother who tried to give me a non- answer answer giving himself away, I previously told you about). We had a blast for a few days and I made friends with the locals. The lady who owned an outside cafe would get her Son to drop me to my hotel after dark on his moped (it was down a dark road with little lighting.) Plus he got a tip although he tried to decline the first time which is odd in Cambodia, but I insisted.
I've also spent a week just chilling at the beach on my own. You will be suprised how many people travel alone, there's even forums/websites for it. You're smart so you will know where you can/can't go safely alone Delta. Just let someone know where you are going and a safety check-in protocol (an email every 3 days etc,) safe words are good although a tad dramatic. Just do it
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