Prevent Global Warming Through Your Gas Purchasing
You can prevent global warming at the pump. Reducing your driving is much more important, but if you must drive, then using your gas purchasing power is worthwhile.
All oil companies are not created equal. how that particular company is improving its production of oil and reducing its emissions, but all oil companies are not created equal. Make sure you buy your gas from the oil companies that produce the least amount of CO2 emmissions to help encourage the other oil companies to follow suit.
Stop Buying From Chevron and Exxon Mobil
Both companies were rated with a D+ for global warming prevention. A 2003 report released by Oekom Research, a Munich-based firm, rated the 26 major oil and gas companies on a scale from A+ to D-, using a wide range of factors. However, another webpage showing the pollution from American-based oil refineries gave ChevronTexaco some credit.
These companies are often irresponsible. In June 2005, eight communities in Nigeria sued several large oil companies for gas flaring. Gas flaring is a process that releases a number of global warming causing pollutants, including methane and carbon dioxide, and Exxon, Chevon and Shell were among the defendants.
Buy From Smaller Oil Companies
Small oil companies have better environmental standards. Citgo, BP and the smaller companies such as Valero and Shamrock often lead the environmental pack.
Pump your gas at smaller companies such as Citgo, BP and others. It will help stop global warming from getting worse and it can help reduce other environmental degradation as well.
Reducing Your Driving Is Most Important
Reducing your driving does far more to help prevent global warming than paying attention to where you buy your gas.
Learn how to reduce your driving-- this article has a number of resources to help you. Do all you can to reduce your driving (many people live without cars all over the world, and you can too!), but if you don't eliminate your driving then use your gas purchasing power to do what you can at the pump.
