Which Gasoline Should I Buy?
by Lloyd Alter, Toronto 
on 08. 1.07
When we wrote about the expansion of BP's Whiting plant in Indiana, commenter Eugene asked "So since I still need to buy gas, who should I be buying it from? We didn't have the answer but the Sierra Club did. They reviewed the records of the eight largest U.S. oil companies and concluded:
Top of the Barrel
* BP
* Sunoco
Middle of the Barrel
* Royal Dutch Shell
* Chevron
* Valero Energy Corporation
* Citgo
Bottom of the Barrel
* ExxonMobil
* ConocoPhillips
They documented reasons; you can read them at ::Sierra, and you can even order a free ::handy air freshener. via ::grist
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