Open Letter to Chevron and BP (British Petroleum)
April 30, 2010
Chevron and BP
Dear Marketing Department,
I have been a supporter of big oil companies and your right to drill off shore, in spite of public opinion being against you. However, for some reason, your commercials (at least here in California) are aimed at people who will NEVER support what you do. In fact, they think you are the scum of the earth.
Right now with this oil spill in the Gulf, you are their number one target. These people want to shut you down so you can never drill again. They say your product kills plant and animal ocean life; you are an affront to God himself (not that they believe in God except when it’s convenient.)
The Chevron plant in Richmond, CA has been under assault by environmental groups who are going so far as blocking retrofits of outdated plant facilities which would actually be good for the “environment” by making oil and gas transport safer and less prone to leakage.
Regardless of how many commercials you produce that talk about alternative energy and other “green” subjects, radicals will never think what you do is okay. They believe the only green you care about is the money you make from peddling what they believe is a dangerous product. So why cater to them and tug at their little environmentalist hearts while insulting people like me?
I, on the other hand, get nauseous every time I am assaulted on television by the “green” agenda pap you are spewing and would prefer you start aiming your commercials at the rest of us who like and appreciate your products.
Finally, I would like to point out that we have become a culture of celebrity. People tend to believe everything they see on television is true, including commercials. For that fact, your insistence in supporting the “green” agenda, even though the movement has been shown to be a political sham based on flawed studies, reinforces people’s erroneous beliefs that global warming is actually happening. The worst part about that? They think it is being caused by you and your product.
Education is the key. Please reconsider your marketing perspective and get back to telling people how much our country needs petroleum products. We would not have become the greatest country on earth without it. Please explain to them all the uses oil and its derivatives have. Tell the television audience how much of the Prius (like plastic parts) is actually made from oil products that does NOT go into the gas tank!
Most respectfully,
- FedUpEditor
A Petroleum Loving, Sports Car Driving Citizen
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