And the most progressive gas station is..

[otherone]

I always thought that CITGO was the most progressive gas station around. What say you?

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. What about Costco?

[otherone]

4. I didn't know they had gas

Shoprite (a unionized local grocery chain) has gas..

[tridim]

5. That'd be my vote.

It's the cheapest and the attendent talks to everyone, constantly. Makes pumping gas a nice experience.

[madinmaryland]

2. Isn't "Progressive gas station" an oxymoron??

[RZM]

3. Doesn't have to be

Venezuela under Chavez was pretty progressive and it is basically a petrostate.

[Mika]

6. Search result for progressive gas stations ...

[madinmaryland]

7. Yeap. That was my point!

[Cirque du So-What]

8. No CITGO in my locale

but when I go to PA, it's hard to swing a cat without hitting a CITGO station. That aside, I have doubts that CITGO management has anything in common with the political leanings of Hugo Chavez. Assuming that the gas stations operating at Costco stores are part of the same organization, I'd venture that those stations are the closest one could come to a 'progressive' gas station.

[al_liberal]

9. Tough call

P.D.V.SA (Venezuela) wholly owns CITGO and Chavez did a lot for the people of his country. On the other Venezuela's oil is very "sour" or dirty so refining it requires a lot more processing.

I spent 4 years working at the joint venture UNOCAL / CITGO refinery in Lemont, IL back in the 90's. They also use a hydrofluoric acid processing unit to make the high octane stuff. Back then we were the sole source refinery to NASCAR. Hydrofluoric acid is neutralized by calcium, as in the stuff in one's bones. The workers unfortunate enough to get splashed even while following all safety precautions never looked the same afterwards. The stuff is so toxic that the refinery had a distance radius auto dial system to call EVERYONE within the radius and warn them that they just might get flesh burning rain that day.

Once CITGO took over the refinery outright, NASCAR switched to Sunoco, which they still use today.

[otherone]

10. I use sunoco cause it is hooked up with my grocery store

I get 10 cents off per gallon for every 100 bucks I spend on groceries

[TlalocW]

11. I've been hired to entertain at Quiktrip's national headquarters

A few times in Tulsa, OK. I don't know much about their corporate policies, but their people are first rate. Once over Christmas, I twisted balloons at an onsite afternoon party, and their extremely large reception area was filled to overflowing with toys going to charity, and another time, a local woman taking care of her granddaughter lost their home and possessions in a fire. The company announced a fundraiser for them, and about a dozen people went out on lunch and bought them clothes and shoes on their own dime.

TlalocW

[otherone]

12. they sound like good people

thanks for the reply.