". . . Just buy from gas companies that don't import their oil from the Saudis"
#1 - a problem exists with actually knowing who's getting oil from where. You mentioned BP not importing Middle Eastern oil - and that's not true. Your figures might relate to BP American division - but not BP as a corporation. BP does a good job of enhancing their corporate image - but remember they started out as Burmah Oil and Anglo-Iranian Corp. Then British Petroleum, then the new nonsense name of Beyond Petroleum, etc.
#2 problem - i.e. boycotting
The Saudis sell 15% of their oil to the USA - so we're not actually their biggest customer. They don't need us so badly that some small boycott will hurt them. We, as a nation, keep begging them to INCREASE production.
The USA buys a lot of oil from Canada and Mexico - and both have put many limits on goods we try to sell them (as we have to them). How come you're not angry at them?
Mexico sells 92% of their oil to us, and Canada sells 99% - so to them we ARE big customers. I'm not sure if they need us though - I suspect Canada would love to sell elsewhere for more dollars.
The USA buys 18% of its oil from Canada, 15% from Mexico, 12% from the Saudis, 12% from Nigeria, etc. (changes all the time, but these are average figures).
We're dependent on a product that someone else has. And, we're going to fix things by not buying? I don't think so. How about using less instead? Not by boycotting - by becoming more efficient and using different technologies.
You also say that $2.00 a gallon is plenty. Well, it's not our oil, so it's not up to us. That is, unless you believe the price of crude, and the size of finite reserves, has nothing to do with the price of gasoline.
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