There it is. My light is on. I’m here and I am not going away.
I’ve had the oil spill in the gulf on my mind a lot lately. It’s a terrible thing, for sure, but how does it affect us here in Austin? The question isn’t rhetorical. I’d really like to hear from everyone about this.
A number of people I’ve talked to lately have commented that they are boycotting the Austin Auto Truck Plaza and Watt’s Cooking because the truck stop is a BP station. I personally haven’t 
gone there since the spill. I didn’t intend to boycott the place originally but now that I’ve put some thought into I am in no hurry to give them my business. What am I to do? I believe in supporting local businesses (and I love the food at Watts) but I do not want to support BP in any way.
Does boycotting BP alone make any sense? The blow out in the gulf happened under the wing of BP but what if it had happened to another company? Would anything be any better? Certainly if another oil company had a viable solution for stopping the flow of oil they’d race in and help. BP, no doubt, would pay astronomical sums for something that would help make this situation go away quickly. I’m stuck with the belief that the problem isn’t one company or another so much as it is a problem with the offshore oil industry itself.
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I can see you reasoning, but the truth is most BP stations are independently owned by citizens of Austin.
I completely understand and that is part of my dilemma. Even though they are independently owned, who are they buying their fuel from?
walk like a crow, no BP needed
here here.. the importance of making a stand where we are is so important.. deny them money and they will wake up..
100% staged event.
100% staqed is one of the most idiotic statements that i have ever heard. I live in Louisiana and I watch and entire towns are al most shut down because they rely on the gulf for their souprrce of income. Fishing shrimping oystering things like that. I do agree that it is not the fault of the station owners that they happen to have signed a contract with BP so they have to get their fule from them. Dont make the station owners go under as a result of the carelessness of BP. PIXIE you are a god damn IDIOT!!!!!!!