NewsDib: Coming soon to U.S. pumps: terror-free gasoline

by Actual News Geezer | March 23, 2007 at 10:31 am

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Like cruelty-free cosmetics...fairtrade coffee...and all the others..."terror-free gasoline may be soon coming to a pump near you.

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An automobile service station in Nebraska recently began promoting a brand of "terror-free gasoline" at its pumps - a move that has some Middle East experts crying foul.

Catching the wave of rising U.S. focus on energy independence, a new website has set out to tell U.S. motorists where they can fill up without having to worry that the proceeds will "finance terrorism by importing oil from the Middle East."

The website -- www.terrorfreeoil.org -- identifies oil companies deemed to use home-grown oil supplies from the United States and Canada rather than the Middle East -- including Amerada Hess, Sunoco Inc., and Sinclair Oil.