Comments on: Getting Gas

By: SunshineTalia

SunshineTalia — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Informative and entertaining. Kudos.

Would love to hear your opinion on Australian petrol companies...

By: weberikzmaczcom

weberikzmaczcom — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

This piece would have been fine if it had confined itself to providing information about the oil companies. At best the vapid stereotypes about gasoline buyers is a waste of time. At worst it takes the space of valuable information you could have included in the piece. I don’t want glib; I want insightful.

By: aa1

aa1 — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Quite frankly, I enjoyed the “vapid stereotypes.” It brought a sense of humor to an otherwise dry and distressing subject. Thanks for the info and keep it coming.

By: charlierussellza

charlierussellza — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Helpful information to see whare I want to spend my money. But on the way to doing ‘good’ resist the temptaion to label those with whom you disagree lest you become a Karl Rove disciple.

By: jillemmabean

jillemmabean — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Why don’t you quite wasting your time being such a wet blanket and go read about how to get a sense of humor!

By: weberikzmaczcom

weberikzmaczcom — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I think that the attempted humor in this piece was out of place and forced. Good Magazine is asking for feedback, so I gave them mine.

I'm not sure why that offends you so much.

By: kmg1104

kmg1104 — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I’d like to point out that BP has not done right by its employees in the realm of workplace safety. Management failed to focus on process safety at its US refinery operations and its safety culture is dismal. The result was a March ‘05 explosion at its Texas City, TX refinery that killed 15 and injured 170. To make matters worse, the company at first blamed the workers for the accident and did not take responsibility.

By: acook

acook — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Like aa1, I too found the stereotypes refreshing, a nice touch to the tone of the article. While a serious topic, it’s important to be able to laugh, too. Sometimes not being PC is alright.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Haha, I didn’t know that Hugo Chavez headed up Citgo. While I don’t think–as he does– that he is the next Simon Bolivar, I give him props for being cheeky in his relations with the U.S. I’d like to know more about BP’s about-face, what prompted it, and if their past motley ethical record has been ameliorated in the new alternative energy campaign. On Shell… I’d like to mention their connection with the execution of Nigerian author/activist Ken Saro-Wiwa in 1996. Saro-Wiwa, a member of the Ogoni tribe, and others loudly protested Shell’s pollution of the Niger Delta, an important natural resource for the tribe. The Nigerian government did Shell the favor of eliminating the troublesome nine. I’ll continue to boycott the company for that, and encourage others to do the same. Also, check out his controversial novel, Sozaboy!!

By: Sonja

Sonja — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Loved it, but as a Canadian I didn’t recognize a lot of the gas stations covered!