Gasoline - Searching for the Least Evil

[Tangled Hill]

Today, I was reading an NPR article about Texaco/Chevron and the lawsuit filed against them by residents of Ecuador's rain forest. Here's the link, in case anyone's interested: Rain Forest Residents, Texaco Face Off In Ecuador.

I know there's not necessarily a "good" oil and gas company out there, but I'd like to be giving my money to one that's at least a little less terrible than its competitors, if such a thing exists. Any ideas?

The gas stations fairly close to me are:

Texaco
Chevron
Shell
Diamond Shamrock/Valero
Exxon
Citgo
Mobil
Phillips 66
WalMart
HEB (Texas chain of grocery stores)
Randall's (grocery store chain owned by Safeway)

Further away are:

7-Eleven
Conoco
Costco

And then there are a few no-name gas stations. I have no idea what brand they buy - or whether they always buy the same brand....

Thanks in advance, mamas!

[Llyra]

We buy from Citgo. The red-diaper-baby in me enjoys supporting Hugo Chavez, in a weird kind of way.

[Purple Sage]

Originally Posted by Llyra

We buy from Citgo. The red-diaper-baby in me enjoys supporting Hugo Chavez, in a weird kind of way.

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[Tangled Hill]

I did the Citgo thing for a while - for the same reason. And, looking into it, I don't see anything terrible about Citgo - well, not on its Wikipedia page, at least....

I might stick to Citgo....