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Topic: Is it possible to boycott Saudi oil?

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OP - August 03, 2012, 12:54 PM

Out here in the US a lot of Hispanics don't go to Citgo gas/petrol stations because the oil comes from venezuela.

Me personally I would prefer to fund Chavez than the Saudis, not that I am a Chavista or anything, I just think that he is not half as bad as most Middle Eastern dictators.

So I was wondering if there are any petroleum companies that are known for getting their oil from Saudi Arabia, or do most of them get a portion of it from there?
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Reply #1 - August 03, 2012, 02:49 PM

It's not possible. The oil from the ME is fungible for the most part. Once it goes on the oil markets it gets boughtixed etc by all the oil companies.

So once again I'm left with the classic Irish man's dilemma, do I eat the potato or do I let it ferment so I can drink it later?
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Reply #2 - August 03, 2012, 02:50 PM

I think a better question would be : Is there a strong enough reason to convince the politicians that they should boycott saudi oil ??

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Reply #3 - August 03, 2012, 03:16 PM

I like the word 'fungible'

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Reply #4 - August 03, 2012, 03:21 PM

In a few more decades, when most cars run on renewable energy, I suppose the world can afford to do without Saudi oil. Amirite? :/

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Reply #5 - August 03, 2012, 04:21 PM

Quote from: ateapotist on August 03, 2012, 03:21 PM
In a few more decades, when most cars run on renewable energy, I suppose the world can afford to do without Saudi oil. Amirite? :/

But people have been saying this for decades and it still has not happened.

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Reply #6 - September 12, 2012, 07:45 AM

Saudi oil is swing oil, i.e. they're main power is that when oil production drops, or demand increases, they can ramp up production massively. But also, it's impossibly to ban the location of oil, as it's all refined all over the place.

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Reply #7 - September 12, 2012, 02:26 PM

Quote from: Tonyt on August 03, 2012, 12:54 PM
So I was wondering if there are any petroleum companies that are known for getting their oil from Saudi Arabia, or do most of them get a portion of it from there?

You can start from here

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Reply #8 - September 13, 2012, 05:46 AM

You can stop driving oil based cars, take the train, ride a bike, or buy a hybrid / electric car.

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Reply #9 - August 06, 2015, 11:36 AM

A prediction here that Saudi Arabia is facing a major crisis over falling oil prices and competition with shale fracking:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/oilprices/11768136/Saudi-Arabia-may-go-broke-before-the-US-oil-industry-buckles.html

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Reply #10 - August 06, 2015, 06:30 PM

We really need to not just boycott Saudi oil but stop immediately burning all fossil fuels. It is already too late to keep to 2 degrees because change is exponential.

So yes a world of bikes, horses and sailing ships but steam punked!

Electric cars are actually equal to gas guzzling SUV's when you add in the coal burning power station that generates the electricity.

I am puzzled when the facts are easily available why it is everyone seems happy with very small tweaks. Fiddling while Rome burns?

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Reply #11 - August 06, 2015, 07:55 PM

Back in the 1950s it was American companies that found the oil there and developed all the technology to drill it out of the ground. They have been sitting on their arses relying on that exact same American technology for 65 years without bothering to diversify their economy much. Meanwhile American companies have kept innovating and developed newer oil extracting technologies to ruin their market share. Pretty pathetic when you think about it.
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