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BP should be punished for what is going on in the US. We all know that the petrol comes out of the same refinery in NZ, so no difference will be made regarding who the petrol is bought from, BUT the oil companies make more money off the food and drinks sold at the petrol station. Drive past BP.
That is being very short sighted. As oil gets more and more scarce oil companies will take more and more risks to extract it, and we will have more and more disasters. BP is not the only one, they are all just as bad. Look at Shell in Nigeria or Chevron in Ecuador. But ultimately WE are responsible because WE create the demand for oil they find. So either get out your sponge and mop up the oil and blood or, preferably, just don't buy anything made from oil! Food and drink are far less harmful!
in June 2010
Firstly, except for your first sentence, I agree with everything else you say David.
Like it or not, we are a consumer driven society. One of the only ways individuals can send signals to an industry behaving badly is to stop buying the products of the perpetrator of bad behavior. (good example: Cadbury and the Palm Oil). Not buying anything from BP and hurting their bottom line sends a clear signal to them AND the other companies, what awaits if they do not adhere to standards and best practice especially while they attempt to extract ever more difficult oil.
The thing with BP is that this incident is very visible and is harming AMERICANS so we hear a lot about it, while we hear very little about what the others are doing. Anyway, Shell is now owned by Infratil in NZ and there are no visible Chevron outlets in NZ.
As I drove past the BP at Rolleston last night heading south, it looked a little less busy than usual, despite them serving the last decent coffee and tandoori chicken pie on the way out of Christchurch. ouch.
in June 2010
we are not alone:
Boycotters put money where morals are: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=10662660
Shell gains amid BP backlash:
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=10662661
in August 2010
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