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'Terror-free' gas now available; Oil from non-terror states

news.yahoo.com — Claiming U.S. dollars used to purchase gasoline made from Middle East oil funds terrorism, a group called the Terror-Free Oil Initiative opened the nation's first "terror-free" gas station.

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BigKitty, on 10/12/2007, -95/+6Too bad we can't have a terror-free Digg...
They're baaaack...
http://digg.com/tech_news/A_Couple_of_Updates_from_Digg
- truspector, on 10/12/2007, -7/+39Is there anything you don't complain about. Either someone has threatened you or is cheating the system. I bet there is a conspiracy in your breakfast too. Get over yourself. You are not special. You are a nuisance and are failing miserably at life.
- Popdmb, on 10/12/2007, -12/+31If "terror-free" oil is anything like "organic" food, be ready to pay 12 dollars a gallon for the same ***** gas.
- trghpy, on 10/12/2007, -6/+37Terror free gas?
  Does that mean they'll start selling terror free plastics, propane, asphalt, paints, glues, golf balls, chewing gum, ect...
  Oil is in almost everything, so just because the pump maybe terror free doesn't mean anything else you bought today is terror free.
  Its a total publicity scam since a ***** load more oil comes from friendly sources than "terror" sources.
- captinherb, on 10/12/2007, -5/+23@truspector
  
  In her breakfast, no way. kitty eats nothing but "Anti-Muslim Brand Cornflakes ®."
- PatrickFisher, on 10/12/2007, -5/+20Just so everybody knows, a lot of American oil is already terror-free. A lot comes from Canada, and I assure you, Canada is not funding any terrorism.
- SleepJunkie, on 10/12/2007, -20/+5@PatrickFisher
  
  I wouldn't be so sure
- AniceAtheist, on 10/12/2007, -3/+17No such thing as terror free oil. Exxon, Shell, BP all the big companies buy oil on the open market from basically every country that sells it. It get sent to refineries and mix together. This Terror free refinery that plans on buying only 'terror free' is also getting some of its oil from a refinery in New York state which gets its oil the normal way. Of course the marketing goes that New York state doesn't sponsor terrorism but any rational person can see that is besides the point.
  Even if you get 100% of your Oil from Canada your still buying on the open market and therefore creating Demand that will raise the price so that the 'terror' oil when sold gets sold at a better price. So no matter how you want to frame it your helping out.
- rudy23, on 10/12/2007, -10/+4Cant wait till gas companies start touting this in their marketing promos.
  Terror Free Oil
  - Now gives you more mileage
  - Peace of mind
  - Your stock prices will improve
  - If you wanted babies you will deliver
  - Your SUV wont explode even if you put a match inyour gas tank.
- blakyce, on 10/12/2007, -2/+27@PatrickFisher
  We have exported Celine Dion, Howie Mandell, hockey and Nickelback your way. i don't think our oil will qualify as terror-free.
- PatrickFisher, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6@blakyce
  Just for the record, I am canadian. (And I agree with what you say)
- drmangrum, on 10/12/2007, -1/+16@PatrickFisher
  
  "I assure you, Canada is not funding any terrorism."
  
  That's what they want you to think. Canadians are just a little TOOOO nice. Exporting oil and beer that doesnt taste like ass, something just doesnt add up i tell you!
- falstaff, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9http://pag.csail.mit.edu/~adonovan/dilbert/dilbert-19-02-2006.gif
  
  Where you get it doesn't really matter. The global price is still the same. If you avoid, say, Iranian oil, that will just free up more Iranian oil into China or other places.
- Y2JCrisis, on 10/12/2007, -1/+12Where can I get Corporate-Free gasoline? It would come from sources that aren't going to rape me on price and use my money to buy themselves congressmen in order to keep them from passing laws that prevent the corporations from raping me... and the world I live in.
- texpundit, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6@blakyce " We have exported Celine Dion, Howie Mandell, hockey and Nickelback your way. i don't think our oil will qualify as terror-free."
  
  Don't forget Anne Murray, Bryan Adams and Alanis Morrissette.
  
  You get a partial pass though: you sent us Rush and Skinny Puppy, so we'll cut you a little slack.
- falstaff, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4@Y2JCrisis
  
  Citgo is wholly owned by the nation of Venezuela, certainly no friends of American business/politics.
  It's not something I support, but in the spirit of fairness, you can buy gas without supporting American business.
- kremvax, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6"Citgo is wholly owned by the nation of Venezuela, certainly no friends of American business/politics."
  
  And yet they're not actively spending money to shoot/bomb/maim american troops and civillians.
  
  Every action you take in life has a consequence. Including where you buy your fuel from, and in what quantity.
- Y0tsuya, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4@blakyce
  
  If you take back Celine Dion, we'll throw in Aerosmith.
- 15thPD, on 10/12/2007, -7/+1***** hippies, it never ends.
- OBKenobi, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Oil is so 20th century.
- Crass22, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3More American flags are made in China than are made in America.
- MeNaCe942, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Putting aside any debate on foriegn oil good vs bad.... This is a bad idea simply for the fact that the name alone is going to help continue to instill more fear in an already easily manipulated American public...
ericjohnson0, on 10/12/2007, -12/+13Sounds like a fine idea by me...!
- kooft, on 10/12/2007, -1/+23Well, it's probably more of a marketing gimmick, from the article:
  
  Dalton Kehlbeck, a regional manager for Salt Lake City-based Sinclair, said most of the company's oil comes from the U.S. or Canada, but some is bought on the New York Mercantile Exchange, where oil from all over the world is traded. "It's a basket of crude oil," he said of the exchange oil. "We cannot be sure where the conglomeration of the product comes from."
  
  So, it's more of a reduced terror oil, or maybe 90% terror free. I don't think it'll hurt their business, but I'm doubtful it will help much. Most American's could care less where their oil comes from, as long as it keeps coming. The US already has some of the lowest gas prices in the world (compare to Europe for example) but when prices go up 10 cents it's mayhem and outrage.
- trghpy, on 10/12/2007, -5/+4"So, it's more of a reduced terror oil, or maybe 90% terror free. "
  Hey doesn't 90% of America's oil supply come from north America?
- etherag, on 10/12/2007, -0/+14Ahem.... Oil is a fungible commodity... Not directly buying your oil from "terrorists" does absolutely nothing to hurt them. All it means is that someone else's money will go to them. If you actually want to hit the oil producing terrorist-supporting countries where it would hurt, stop using so much ***** oil. reduced dependence on oil is the _only_ way that we can extricate ourselves from the powerful grip of oil-producers.
- jcaino, on 10/12/2007, -2/+13I wish we could get rid of the word terror, and all the political officials that keep shoving it down our throats.
- ophilye, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4It's true.
  
  This is exactly like the old e-mail forward stating "Boycott these companies because they buy from the Middle East!"
  
  it's just not true, or even possible.
  
  http://www.snopes.com/politics/gasoline/saudigas.asp
AdmiralAdama, on 10/12/2007, -8/+17This is a great idea, IMHO. Now can we get to work on biodeisel, solar, flux capacitors, FTL drives, ok?
- BigKitty, on 10/12/2007, -10/+8I've put up some biodiesel stories and so forth in the past...they don't usually get much traction on Digg, though. One time I got to the front page with a liquified coal story, but there was a lot of negative feedback on the idea of mining coal. My grandfather used to do that...lived to be 98...tougher than me, I'm afraid....
- Crass22, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4Already workin on thoes FTLs for ya. (big BSG fan)
- AdmiralAdama, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5We're going to need FTL drives to stay ahead of the cylons. I know that in my bones.
EntropyMan, on 10/12/2007, -8/+21By "Terror-Free," do they mean this gas won't contribute to global warming? Because that scares the ***** out of me.

On the other hand, now that the whole "Premium" gas thing has been debunked, the oil industry really needs another way to up-sell the same ***** for more money. I'm expecting "Organic" gas next (no pesticides were consumed by the dinosaurs who became this gas).

What I would probably pay for is something called "Honest" gas, where the price of a gallon included money for the environmental cleanup costs, which we're going to pay one way or another.
- p0s3r, on 10/12/2007, -17/+13Here's an idea, entropy, sell your car and start riding your bike everywhere. That way you can be part of the solution and not part of the problem.
- EntropyMan, on 10/12/2007, -6/+12@Poser, you assume I own a car. I don't. What do you do to improve the world, even a little? All I see from you is hot air.
- p0s3r, on 10/12/2007, -14/+10I buy carbon offsets when I hop on my private jet to jaunt around the country or use my SUV entourage to take me 400 yards. I mean that way, my carbon "footprint" is zero, even though I didn't reduce ANY pollution caused by my activities I still get to feel good about it because it "hurt" me.
- EntropyMan, on 10/12/2007, -4/+6@Poser, In other words, you lie.
- p0s3r, on 10/12/2007, -8/+7In other words, your satire sensor is broken.
- bobcrotch, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Maybe we can get a side of Freedom Fries with each fillup of Terror-Free Gas!
- GabrielS, on 10/12/2007, -4/+3I don't think there is a single emission that is will do anything to affect global warming.
  
  In this case, "Terror Free Gasoline" is just a way to continute to use gasoline and not support terror supporting states.
  
  But you don't even own a car. So you're really not part of this discussion at all. This won't affect you either way. YOU'RE NOT BUYING GAS.
- 13B1303, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2"On the other hand, now that the whole "Premium" gas thing has been debunked"
  WTF are you talking about??? it's higher octane (91-94) which means it requires more heat to ignite. This allows for higher compression ratios , increased ignition timing, and more boost in turbo/supercharged cars. It is also more energy dense than regular gas. There are actual ratings and tests to determine it.
- zeero, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3bahahahah "no pesticides were consumed by the dinosaurs who became this gas" lol thats absolutely hilarious.
KyleRayner, on 10/12/2007, -1/+26Does this "terror-free" petrol station have an "OPEN" sign? You know light-up signs are obviously suspicious devices worthy of shutting cities down over. That sounds like terror to me.
- Enchantrem, on 10/12/2007, -5/+7That was not a hair comment.
- rudy23, on 10/12/2007, -5/+4@ Enchantrem
  
  Heres something that you may understand better. STFU
SpaceDreamer, on 10/12/2007, -3/+9The US is addicted to oil, and now Canada has decided to supply them with plenty of dope, for profit.
And they know damn well what are the consequences for the planet.
I guess western countries are just as selfish and irresponsible as the middle east.
- rudy23, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6all those darn suburban soccer moms and their SUV's
- jcounterman, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6The fact is, the WORLD (not just the U.S.....that's *****) is addicted to energy (not just oil). Oil is just our current fix. You can't get rid of the fix cold turkey, or the world economy would just die..plain and simple.
  
  But let's not ignore the not-so-gradual uptake and advances in new technology such as wind and solar. Sure the world uses more oil than it did before...but that's because the overall demand for energy keeps increasing worldwide. The percentage increase in alternative energy is far outpacing the the percentage increase in oil consumption. We are heading in the right direction people.
  
  And terror free oil is *****. If they are actually getting all their oil from non-arab states (which the article even admits that they aren't), then they would just be displacing supply, and the arab oil would be sold for the same price on the open market. ***** marketing geniuses/morons.
- beotch, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Canada doesn't "own" the oil anymore, the government sold the rights off to Exxon and Shell for nothing and taxes on it are almost nil. Canadian citizens are getting screwed as they have to buy it back at inflated prices just to heat their houses and go to work, meanwhile the government is complaining because they are still expected to fill potholes and provide some service even though they also have a 60% aggregate tax rate it just isn't enough.
  
  Canadians are getting paid to shovel the product, not for the product itself which has been stolen.
- OBKenobi, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1http://digg.com/world_news/Exxon_s_outlandish_earnings_spark_furor
donsmini92102, on 10/12/2007, -3/+15How about some war free oil, oil from countries we haven't invaded. I'd buy that.
- AllnightChemist, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7the only war-free oil is for cooking.
- joelito, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4We haven't invaded Canada... Yet.
  
  Or Mexico... Lately.
- graemee, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8@joelito
  
  pssst wiki the War of 1812.
  
  You burnt our government buildings down too in York, now called Toronto.
raisputin2, on 10/12/2007, -4/+9Terror free oil, LOL what a great idea, all the dumbasses that believe everything that comes out of Dubya's mouth "Cuz he's a patriet an so em I, an goddamn we gotsta kill them terrists cuz they hate america, they hate freedom. Theyd jus as soon kill an 'merican then look at 'im" (Intentional mis-spellings) will go crazy buying this garbage, while I continue to purchase my gas at my regular gas station
baltimoretim, on 10/12/2007, -2/+13The article had an interesting stat I had never seen before: "The United States imported an average of 2.3 million barrels of oil a day from the Persian Gulf region in 2005, according to the administration. That accounted for about 9 percent of U.S. consumption."

So, the idea of the US being "addicted" to Middle East oil is a bunch of crap.

Let's run this down, then: we didn't invade Iraq because of WMD: they didn't have any and the administration knew it.
We didn't invade to "give them freedom:" that's unprecedented nation-building that Bush said he was against.
We didn't invade because of al Quaeda: Osama's somewhere in Afghanistan or Pakistan and the group calling themselves AQ in Iraq wasn't there until we showed up.
AND, apparently, we didn't invade for oil: 9% is just not that much.

I've heard a lot of people say that they've defaulted to this idea that we did it for the oil, but I don't think these numbers bear that out. So why the hell did we invade?
- AdmiralAdama, on 10/12/2007, -8/+5I am always a bit taken aback by the argument that the administration "knew" Iraq had no WMDs. I mean, you think Bush said, ok guys, we're going to be found out in about two months that Iraq has no WMDs, it will cause enormous damage to my administration and the case for war, but let's do it anyway! It makes no sense. It also presumes that Clinton and Gore also knew there were no WMDs but lied to the American public, since they were saying the same thing about Iraq's WMDs when they were in office.
- SpaceDreamer, on 10/12/2007, -7/+3maybe 9% is enough to make a few of Bush's friends earn a fortune ?
  I don't think that Bush ( or "we" , as you say.. ) had any reason to invade Irak, but Bush's advisers must have had their reasons.
- captinherb, on 10/12/2007, -2/+8@AdmiralAdama
  
  Did GW know there were no WMD's? I really don't know and very few actually do. I do know that he rushed into an ill conceived war, that top military personal were against, with callous disregard for the ramification's of such actions. You pointed out Clinton and Gore suspected WMD's in Iraq and I would respond that neither invaded Iraq. It does seem that Bush needed only a nudge to invade Iraq and the WMD's provided that as long as he didn't look to closely at the "evidence".
- KyleRayner, on 10/12/2007, -3/+10"So why the hell did we invade? "
  
  I remember a Dave Chapelle skit, in which he was playing George W. Bush and responding to his critics. When asked about why he wanted Saddam ousted, Dave/W responded with a very insightful quip:
  
  "THAT N1GG@ TRIED TO KILL MAH FATHER!!!"
- kooft, on 10/12/2007, -4/+8The UN weapons inspectors came to the conclusion that Saddam didn't have stockpiles of WMD's and the IAEA determined that he wasn't working on a military nuclear program. US weapons inspector Scott Ritter came to the same conclusion. George Bush Sr. (you know, the one that fought in WWII and the one that was in the CIA) felt that going after Saddam would require an occupation and would subsequently be a quagmire of magnificent proportions.
  
  Heck, Rumsfeld and Powell both said that they knew exactly where the WMD stockpiles were being stored and when the UN asked for locations so inspectors could be sent, the response they got was: "What? Uh, we can't tell you because then you'll know where we get our secrets from"
  
  If WMD's were the immediate threat they were talked up as being, and we 'knew' where they were, then why after the US invaded did they rush to put guards around the Oil Ministry but neglect to secure a nuclear facility (think dirty bombs) for more than 3 weeks?
  
  http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A35498-2003Apr24
- p0s3r, on 10/12/2007, -8/+5Clearly, we should trust what the UN says about Iraq because no one in that organization had any personal stake in what happened there. After all they were donating their BILLIONS of scammed dollars to charity.
- DerProfi, on 10/12/2007, -3/+7Right on, p0s3r. And the UN doesn't exactly have a glowing (pun intended) record as far as actually discovering nuke programs before it's too late--think Pakistan, India, North Korea.
- hode, on 10/12/2007, -3/+7h@baltimoretim
  
  To answer your question, we invaded on the behalf of the defense industry. Peace isn't very profitable to them, especially with the the cold war arms race over. Nothing gets missile orders like blowing up the ones we already have!
  
  See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Why_We_Fight_%282005_film%29
- morphkons, on 10/12/2007, -3/+6
  
  The real reason is right in front of us but you have to find it yourself because repub and demo leadership, and corporate America (including the ministry of propaganda called the media) are treating it like an 8,000lb gorilla sitting in he middle of the room. And yes, I did mean 8,000 not 800 because this is the biggest Go-Rilla ever. Iraq made it onto the axis of evil list for the same reason every one else on it is there. Saddam had the temerity to think he could sell oil for Euros rather than US dollars.
  
  Back in the early 70's when the Petro Dollar became firmly established, it made sense. America was carrying the water for the capitalist (free) world defending it from the empire of evil of Russian communism (actually socialism) and this cost money. So the fact that we made a little every time a dollar circulated through the dollar/oil cycle was OK with the world. Problem is, today there is no USSR, been gone for years. We are effectively charging everyone in the world who uses oil a tax for which they receive no benefit and as a matter of fact the US economy has come to depend on to stay afloat. Isn't this usually the way government works when it gets to big?
  
  Anyway, the whole thing has devolved into a mafia style protection racket. Use our money or we break your face. If Bush had gone to Mr & Mrs J Q Public with this as the reason we needed to attack Iraq I think he would have had trouble selling it to the majority. Probably 30% would have thought it a great idea but that's another story.
  
  The country is being looted. Thousands of public companies are effectively being liquidated. What do you think is taking the market to 12,000+. The wealth is being siphoned off by the people at the top and carried away by the boat load. The Charley Chumps continue to debate whether the real reason is terrorism, WMD, or freedom and democracy. It was never any of them. Wake up and smell the coffee.
- p0s3r, on 10/12/2007, -6/+1And those boats are probably heading to the same planet you're from.
- OBKenobi, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1[quote]Heck, Rumsfeld and Powell both said that they knew exactly where the WMD stockpiles were[/quote]
  
  Actually, no. Powell said he didn't know anything. He was given the info by Rumsfeld and Cheney.
  
  I'm sure Bush didn't really know either. He's a monkey on leash, working for his daddy and the Neocons. He still doesn't know anything except what's written for him by his speech writers.
  
  Yes, America, THAT is the truth about your president. Deal with it.
  
  Impeach.
ahhell, on 10/12/2007, -5/+4I'm gonna mark this as inaccurate as it is just a sad marketing gimmick.
gardnmi, on 10/12/2007, -12/+11Can we please just drill in Alaska for ***** sake.
- Guydevice, on 10/12/2007, -8/+1Logged in to digg you up and then comment about it.
- rudy23, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1nyah. we will move them to Texas to pick fruit.
- RuffRidr, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1No, we need to save that oil and all of our gulf of Mexico oil until after the Middle East dries up. That's when the real fun begins. Use theirs first.
- satanatnmtedu, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Uh, *****, we ALREADY are drilling in Alaska.
  
  And, one could make the case that many people are afraid of the US. So, are the military actions of the US terrorist actions? Terrorism is in the eye of the beholder, in many ways.
rudy23, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3just like em conflict free diamonds.
Markers, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2Only in the backwoods states is something like this acceptable. I’ll keep on feeding my high-end sports car (70’ AMC Gremlin w/ a blown-out back windshield) what it demands – Terror Oil and Gas.
- Vampire, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Well I for one didn't know that Nebraska was a backwoods state. Because its not! Bet it would do a lot better in Boston then some backwoods hillbilly state like Nebraska.
955701, on 10/12/2007, -3/+3Already available. It's called Citgo, the state owned fueling stations in the US owned by Venezuela. If you're going to buy foreign owned oil, at least purchase it from a country trying to provided a social safety-net for their entire population and who in the past has offered US citizens discount heating oil supplies.

Ignore Bush - Chavez may fail to help the average citizen in his county, he may buckle under the pressure of the power and become a greedy SOB like the rest of them, but for now he's doing some real good.
- p0s3r, on 10/12/2007, -4/+2Didn't you notice how Citgo has been the only oil company not raking in billions in profit? Most Americans reject socialism.
- GabrielS, on 10/12/2007, -3/+3Haha. Did you miss the Digg about the long lines at foreign consulates in Caracas? Venezuela is on pace for the largest exodus of white collar laborers in the history of the world.
  
  Chavez is consolidating power into his hands at the government level. At the political party level he is trying to consolidate all the leftist parties into one party with himself as the head.
  
  I can't believe people continue to apologize for this. Chavez is serving his own needs to maintain his power. The people that see this are preparing for an exodus. They don't want to wait for the pogroms.
DeepDoo, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2Whats next?
Commie Pinko-free gas that contains on Venezuelan oil?

anything for a buck I guess.
One thing you will never see: Capitalist Dog-Free Oil
Elbart, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1So Average Joe/Jane can distinguish between terror-gas and non-terror-gas at the gas-station, wow.

Is it colored differently? Does it smell like freedom-roses? Or does is sound like the anthem when it flows into the car?

LOL!
asadasif, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1How lame...
WarPirate, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Damn it .... My flux capacitor will never be able to use terror free fuel
whyhoo, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2this doesn't help us in what our common goal should be... less reliance on non renewable energy sources!
jesterselv, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Ive seen news reports on this, all the gas comes from one supplier who claims most of their oil is domestic. but its mixed in with the rest of the worlds, so theres no guarantee. its just a marketing scheme plan and simple. someone profiting from lying to good people. I soppose if you want to be technical, its Less terrorizing oil. not terror free. but the money still goes into the same deep pockets. Probably Haliburton's.
- GabrielS, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Likely. Halliburton is one of the world's largest oil services company. Get used to it. They are not going away anytime soon.
tem2, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5I want a carnosaur-free oil that's only made from vegetarian dinosaurs.
drjekelmrhyde, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1Terror Free is ok but I rather have Not get Fvcked up the a55 by Exxon or Shell free gas
p0s3r, on 10/12/2007, -10/+1The sentiment from the diggerals on this just further reinforces the fact that the liberals are clearly on the side of the enemies of this country. They poo-poo this idea because thats less money funding their socialist paradises (aka Venezuala) and their best friends (aka terrorist moslems).
- PhilliesBlunt, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6Umm.. you're a dumbass.
- kooft, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3@p0s3r
  
  You can save yourself time and energy by being more succinct. I offer you a condensed version of your opinion royalty free:
  Oooga-Boooga! What? You're not scared? You must hate America you communist!!! Go back to wherever you came from!!!
- p0s3r, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1kooft, please tell us all about how global warming is going to kill billions of people then get back to me on this? k?
- 10lbhammer, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5wow, poser. judging by the hate and rage that you've spewn all over this board, you really hate digg and the people who use it.
  
  why don't you go and bother someone else, then? I'm sure craigslist has a rants and raves section in your city where you will instantly find people who hate everything but the u.s. military, just like you. then the rest of us can have logical discussions, and you may just feel better...
PhilliesBlunt, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4Oh goody, another "Let's stereotype all Arabs and Persians as terrorists" marketting gimmick.

I wonder if these gas stations will have "separate but equal" bathrooms.
- p0s3r, on 10/12/2007, -4/+2You mean like the seperate bathrooms moslems are requiring?
- AhmedOmran, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Muslims don't require seperate bathrooms. I wonder who the hell came up with that one in the first place..
- p0s3r, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2The moslems did.
  http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,,21129518-2862,00.html
- AhmedOmran, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Any bathroom with a decent toilet and sink is good enough. If they felt like they needed extra rooms with lots of accessories that might make their washing rituals easier, while making a big deal out of it, then it's their problem.
  
  The only thing that "western" toilets lack are little pipes or hoses next to the toilet seat meant to wash yourself up after taking a dump. Once you get used to them, you'd hate to go to a toilet that doesn't have them..
eetraveller, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4This is a ridiculous marketing ploy aimed at ignorant consumers.

Middle East Oil != Terrorism
13B1303, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9I make all my Molotov cocktails with "terror free" gas
sonaboy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3'Terror Free Oil" that comes with "100% *****-infested marketing."
What kind of ***** tools fall for ***** like this?
- GabrielS, on 10/12/2007, -4/+1Maybe I'm pointing out the obvious, but you are the tool for thinking this has anything to do with President Bush.
- rossmcd, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3@GabrielS
  
  Wow, itchy trigger finger on the Bush denials. He didn't say it had anything to do with dubya, you somehow inferred it. Maybe when you saw the word "*****" you thought "Bush"? I wouldn't blame you ;)
billyh, on 10/12/2007, -6/+6Very strange. And just what makes a terror state? We won't be able to use our own gas since 90% of the world considers the U.S. assault on defenseless Iraq, unleashing a storm of violence that has killed anywhere from 60k to 600k innocent civilians. Many say that was the plan all along. Wherever Halliburton has been, there is mayhem in the streets. It is not unreasonable to say they have fomented dissent in East Timor, Columbia, Nigeria, Burma/Myanmar to get the natural resources back to America at the least cost to the American corporation. Often they have the US military protecting them. Sometimes the Israeli air force is being trained by the US. And don't give me that "conspiracy tin hat" crap. These are facts easily found on the Webwide.

Anyway. Everyone is a terrorist to someone else. This makes no sense. Just get rid of the ICE and the need for natural gas and let's get on with it without all this hubris. We're wasting a lot of time with all this crap.
- wowbagger, on 10/12/2007, -6/+3Meanwhile morons like you are denying there is a threat from the crazed islamo's in these countries.
  Sheesh, you won't listen until they cut out your sisters clitoris and make you worship 4 times a day.
- p0s3r, on 10/12/2007, -5/+3It's five times a day... OFF WITH YOUR HEAD!
bsingin64, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Wow. First. Aqua Teen Terrorist Bombs. now Terror Free Gas. I wonder if I can come up with a Terror free 7-11 or maybe a stick of Terror Free Chewing Gum! Somebody got it in their head that the word "Terror" needs to label everything. Cant we just call em bad guys or something less... terrible
wowbagger, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1If this were in my town I'd definitely buy gas from them.
Call me touchy, but I'd like to reduce the amount of money I put into peoples pockets that want me dead.
Since no one is currently guaranteeing terror-free gas, but just reduced-terror gas, then I'm all for it.
It's about time we stopped funding people like that idiot Chavez and his cronies in Iran.
- rajulkabir, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1When did Chavez say he wants you dead?
  
  He's probably subsidizing your heating this winter.
doodlebumm, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1From the article:
"The U.S. Department of Treasury, whose Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence oversees the government's concerns about terrorism funding, said it would not comment on the prospect of oil money funding terrorists."

Isn't that what they are supposed to do - comment on the prospect of oil money funding terrorists? If not, then we are paying way too much in taxes!!!
ozziedog, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Terror Free Oil is an oxymoron. If you want to be free from terror, you must be free from oil. No matter where your oil comes from, demand makes Iran, Saudi Arabia etc. rich. Hummers be damned.
tb0n3r, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1Stop terror by collapsing the economies of the middle-east! Surely, nothing bad can come from this!
republick, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I love the smell of terror free napalm in the morning.
badart, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Soon we'll be an ev nation anyway, oil will cease to be as important in the near future. they can have their Caliphate and we can have our hover cars and no one will care.
TheSexyGeek, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3 - Filling up car. . .
"You smell that?"
"It's the ***** TERROR!!!! It's in the GAS!!!"

Call Boston. . .They'll know what to do!
umdigger, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Back when they used to play that "buy pot and you help terrorists" commercial on TV I always wondered why they didn't show someone filling up their car and say the same thing. That would've been a good commercial.

Someone make it.
erikf, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1This is retarded, if one gas company doesn't buy oil from any country, another company will. The demand is too great to let politics get in the way of the oil business. Even a socialist dictator like Chavez understands that his bread and butter comes from the USA he rants about endlessly.
juicebag, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1They have about 8 gallons so far.
dol3n, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Biofuels (ethanol,biodiesel) are completely terror free...and don't contribute to global warming. I wonder if the 'Terror Free' stations will sell biofuels too.
- ozziedog, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Biodiesel from waste vegetable oils doesn't contribute to global warming but ethanol, as it is now, does. There is little to no fossil fuel energy conservation using ethanol. Ethanol will only be viable when the entire plant can be converted to ethanol as opposed to just the kernels. The best answer is to gradually increase the price of gasoline through taxes and use that money to subsidize the purchase of hybrids (especially plug-in hybrids) and renewable energy sources. That way more of the money spent on gas would be kept in America and in time, demand would decrease causing world oil revenues to drop. And when world prices drop, keep the pump price high. In the late 70's we had the energy crisis and by the mid-eighties, most people drove small compacts. But because oil prices did not increase after that, the SUV/mini-van explosion happened because of the relatively cheap price of gas.
TrevorBradley, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Get back to me when I can buy carbon free gas.
- dol3n, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Ethanol isn't carbon free, but burning it doesn't result in a net increase in atmospheric CO2
brittonlj, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0"Hey, you got Terror in my Gasoline!"
"Hey, you got Gasoline in my Terror!"
tchonka, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1I am proud to say that I am a friend of the guy that owns the first Terror Free Oil station. Personally, I think it is a great idea. Whether you are very concerned with protecting the US from terror or you are just against the invasion of small Middle Eastern countries, eliminating our need for oil from the Middle East is a great step towards reducing tensions in the region. Sure one gas station, or even a chain of gas stations will not bring about total oil independence, but it is a step in the right direction.

And to those who say there is no way to guarantee the oil is really not from the Middle East, I can assure you these guys truly believe in what they do, and will do everything in their power to ensure that oil does not come from the Middle East. And it isn't just about the oil, it is about the idea that we are sick of being dependent on foreign oil, just as we are sick of spending our hard-earned dollars on wars we did not really want/need in the first place.

For more information, go to their official site:
http://terrorfreeoil.org/
There's some good material in the "News & Opinions" section.

BTW, I am not here to advertise their company or anything, I am just a friend... I might even go to work there over the summer! :)
- dol3n, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Do you know: are they going to start selling biofuels too?
  - intelsum, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0TFO gas station has been offering Biodiesel since March of 07.
blujaded, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1My question is, who will be behind the counter at these "Terror-free" stations... In my neck of the woods, it's very difficult to find a gas station that isn't run by someone who could pass for Osama or one of his relatives.
mohrt, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2There is no way to guarantee that oil, somewhere down the line, didn't come from countries in the middle east. Middle east != terrorism. Well, at least their gimmick might pay off. It should get them some sales from the drive-by soccer moms that know no different. Maybe I'll go open up a terror-free gun shop.
- Jovinian, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Sadly, you're probably right. Words can't express my contempt for those involved in such as scam.
BabyWookie, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2Umm... we already have Citgo.
miaow, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1terrible branding
crapbox, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2terror free products? Great idea. I'm not buying coke or windows vista
acernec, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Do you really think that buying oil from the Middle East funds terrorism? For the answer, I would suggest that one first look at the United States propaganda machine.
lostspyder, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Yes, lets stop purchasing the countrys goods so they feel even more powerless. That will keep the terrorists complacent.

Stupidest thing ive ever heard.
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