Guest guest Posted September 13, 2006 Report Share Posted September 13, 2006 > Crude Awakening - Auto Week > > Wednesday, September 13, 2006 > > IDEAL BITE ~ a sassier shade of green > > =============================================== > Today's Daily Tip: Crude Awakening - Auto Week > =============================================== > > Hey gas guzzlers: wanna know the best place to fill > 'er up? > > The Bite: > Gold stars to Biters driving alternative fuel > vehicles. For the rest > of us, the question of where to gas up is constantly > gnawing at our > tailpipes. We've got your best bets for next time > you pump. > > > The Benefits: > - There's no such thing as an eco-friendly oil > company. But some are > better than others, so reward companies that are > cleaning up their > acts with your business. > > > Personally Speaking > Having recently made the move to San Francisco, Sara > and Toshio are > missing Oregon, where they didn't have to pump their > own gas. Whaaa. > Cry us a river, kids. > > > Wanna Try? > When we started The Bite, we promised that we'd > never get preachy or > negative. Therefore, we WON'T tell you to avoid > companies with flying > Pegasus mascots, 2 Xs in their name or stations that > hand out orange > balls you can put on your car antenna. Ahem. Try > these instead: > - BP (Amoco, Arco) - dedicating billions to > alternative energy > research and has self-imposed emissions caps (but > has violated the > Clean Air Act and is facing charges of destructive > pipeline > construction in Asia). > - Citgo - has helped fund hurricane relief and > low-income families > (but is charged with human rights violations in > South America). > - Sunoco - only oil company to sign the CERES > eco-principles (but has > some major spills under its belt and is named in a > lawsuit involving > MTBE ). > - Coop America and Better World Handbook - want more > detail? In-depth > ratings of some of the majors. > - Social Funds - a good article breaking down > Goldman Sachs's oil > company ratings. > > > Bang for the Bite Rating: 3 Apples (out of 5) > At an average of 570 gallons per year, you and your > car can make a big > difference by choosing more responsible oil > companies. > > > Cocktail Tip > New Jersey and Oregon are the only states where > you're not allowed to > pump your own gas. > > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > ~ ~ ~ ~ > Visit Ideal Bite on the web at > http://www.idealbite.com/ > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > ~ ~ ~ ~ > Blog about it at the Ideal Bite blog! > http://idealbite.blogs.com/ > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > ~ ~ ~ ~ > terrapass. CALCULATE YOUR CAR'S EMISSIONS at > terrapass.com. > (http://www.terrapass.com/lp/index.mmc5B.html?utm_source=idealbite & utm_medium=ba\ nner & utm_content=MMC5B & utm_campaign=IdealBiteAutoweek) > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > ~ ~ ~ ~ > > > > > © 2006 Ideal Bite, Inc. > > > All editorial suggestions in this tip are the result > of testing and a > preference for the tip topic. No advertiser has paid > to have its > company referenced in the tip. Advertising on the > Ideal Bite can be > found as separate and distinct units, namely the > skyscraper banner > along the side and/or a small image with text along > the bottom of the > email. From time to time, if we know that a certain > company is going > to be mentioned or featured, we inform them in > advance and allow them > to purchase paid advertising space if they would > like to do so. But we > promise -- we won't recommend anything we didn't try > and didn't like > -- and no one can pay to be featured in the tip. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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