The best editorial use of the logo I’ve seen was a shot of their CEO with the “green” logo in the background behind his head like a green halo. It made the point, right in the ribs.
Unfortunately, most schnooks seeing their logo in any context just think “BP=green!” Propaganda brainwashing really works, especially for people “needing” their filthy product.
Drill baby drill. I’ll take my oil and yours too. I love biking but not in real life we need stuff like that. If I want to live in a third world type country I’ll move to one. Nice play on the whole thing, as mis-understood as the whole subject is though.
As lee quite clearly pointed out. If we were to all truly boycott petroleum, our bikes wouldn’t really resemble bicycles anymore.
Petroleum is needed to extract and transport raw materials.
Petroleum is needed to make a lot of parts of bicycles.
Petroleum is needed to make a lot of clothing/protection that we wear for riding bicycles.
Petroleum is needed to maintain our bicycles.
Right. No rubber for tires, no bicycles. Food = Petroleum, in our modern world. But, we are talking about orders of magnitude differences in quantity. It’s still doesn’t look like we can get there (a petroleum-free society) from here.
I believe in being good stewards of our home but to boycott petroleum? Your starting to sound like a bunch of environmentalist freak jobs. I have been alive for 43 years and out of those years I have only heard of three bad spills. Not bad as far as I’m concerned.
@David — seriously? Despite claiming that you’ve only heard of three spills in your 43 years, there have been DOZENS. And besides, every spill is major…not a one is good for us.
It’s a train wreck, no matter how you look at it. I’d rather be seen as an “environmental freak job” than to discount the impacts such spills have on our natural world.
Chatter from BBC radio yesterday said Africa’s Niger Delta is pretty thoroughly trashed from sloppy drilling and serial spills. I think the culprit there is Shell rather than BP.
An editorial in the LA Times said boycotting BP is pointless because the problem is retarded regulators in DC. That makes sense to me, but so does boycotting all oil companies. There’s no difference between them. They’re like children shooting bears with a BB gun and no regard for the consequences.
As for “needing” oil, people seem to confuse using and needing. Does a 100-pound woman really need a 3-ton SUV to drive 2 miles to the store for a quart of milk? Most people in the US culture would say yes – it’s perfectly normal and even wonderful. Their only complaint is it takes half an hour to go 2 miles because of the traffic.
Much of our current American Dream was devised by FDR’s eggheads in the 1930s to create jobs building houses, roads, and cars. Over the years it’s enriched a lot of industries, in particular news media, who know very well where their bread is buttered. But since the Dream gimmick was hatched, the population has tripled and the Dream has turned into a sprawling toxic blob surrounding every population center. The oil supporting it no longer comes from comical Texas millionaires. I think it’s time to re-evaluate what is really needed for good living going into the future.
We’re installing 5 kW of solar panels this summer, and hoping to power both an electric car and my home next year with them. And we’re not rich – just live a little lower on the food chain in other ways.
There are real alternatives, even if you can’t bike for everything. The per capita oil consumption of a SUV slob in the suburbs vs. a dense living biker is HUGELY different.
I don’t think much people are going to change their transportation habits. If you didn’t care before this disastrous oil spill, you won’t care now. People are just going to be mad at BP and assume it’s enough from them.
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Nice way to spend the weekend. Get in the bike & boycott petro. Nice work.
Please make this a t shirt! Awesome.
The best editorial use of the logo I’ve seen was a shot of their CEO with the “green” logo in the background behind his head like a green halo. It made the point, right in the ribs.
Unfortunately, most schnooks seeing their logo in any context just think “BP=green!” Propaganda brainwashing really works, especially for people “needing” their filthy product.
Drill baby drill. I’ll take my oil and yours too. I love biking but not in real life we need stuff like that. If I want to live in a third world type country I’ll move to one. Nice play on the whole thing, as mis-understood as the whole subject is though.
We just finished boycotting petro. critical mass detroit.
I’m done with dino juice, and BP can SUCK IT. Never buying their product again.
Unfortunately, even if you only ride a bike and never drive a car, you still ‘use’ petroleum, albeit indirectly.
As lee quite clearly pointed out. If we were to all truly boycott petroleum, our bikes wouldn’t really resemble bicycles anymore.
Petroleum is needed to extract and transport raw materials.
Petroleum is needed to make a lot of parts of bicycles.
Petroleum is needed to make a lot of clothing/protection that we wear for riding bicycles.
Petroleum is needed to maintain our bicycles.
I will never fill up at a bp station
Right. No rubber for tires, no bicycles. Food = Petroleum, in our modern world. But, we are talking about orders of magnitude differences in quantity. It’s still doesn’t look like we can get there (a petroleum-free society) from here.
I believe in being good stewards of our home but to boycott petroleum? Your starting to sound like a bunch of environmentalist freak jobs. I have been alive for 43 years and out of those years I have only heard of three bad spills. Not bad as far as I’m concerned.
Lesson learned, clean up the mess, move forward!
Awesome design! Please make this a T-shirt. I need to wear this here in Louisiana, the land of Big Oil and no bike lanes.
I will no longer purchase from BP, but am wondering if they
sell gasoline with another name?
Remember to boycott all of their retail brands including ARCO, AMPM and Castrol.
Bad old puddy-tat.
yeah… you pretty much cant have a bike without petroleum… its like… plug in electric cars without coal…
Brilliant! Stckers & t-shirts please.
@David — seriously? Despite claiming that you’ve only heard of three spills in your 43 years, there have been DOZENS. And besides, every spill is major…not a one is good for us.
Here’s a handful in a chart on this page:
http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0215471/oil_spills.htm
That chart doesn’t include the Exxon Valdez (nearly 11 million gallons) or the Ixtoc 1 spill in the Caribbean (3 million barrels).
But wait, there’s more: a list of minor and major spills:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_oil_spills
It’s a train wreck, no matter how you look at it. I’d rather be seen as an “environmental freak job” than to discount the impacts such spills have on our natural world.
Nice.Take it a step further.
Who stands to gain off of all this?
Why do these “accidents” happen on certain dates?
This happened right after so called repairs,it was no accident.
Don’t look at mainstream media for the TRUTH ,in any form ,on world events.
An Environmental 911.Another false story repeated over and over and over.
Chatter from BBC radio yesterday said Africa’s Niger Delta is pretty thoroughly trashed from sloppy drilling and serial spills. I think the culprit there is Shell rather than BP.
An editorial in the LA Times said boycotting BP is pointless because the problem is retarded regulators in DC. That makes sense to me, but so does boycotting all oil companies. There’s no difference between them. They’re like children shooting bears with a BB gun and no regard for the consequences.
As for “needing” oil, people seem to confuse using and needing. Does a 100-pound woman really need a 3-ton SUV to drive 2 miles to the store for a quart of milk? Most people in the US culture would say yes – it’s perfectly normal and even wonderful. Their only complaint is it takes half an hour to go 2 miles because of the traffic.
Much of our current American Dream was devised by FDR’s eggheads in the 1930s to create jobs building houses, roads, and cars. Over the years it’s enriched a lot of industries, in particular news media, who know very well where their bread is buttered. But since the Dream gimmick was hatched, the population has tripled and the Dream has turned into a sprawling toxic blob surrounding every population center. The oil supporting it no longer comes from comical Texas millionaires. I think it’s time to re-evaluate what is really needed for good living going into the future.
We’re installing 5 kW of solar panels this summer, and hoping to power both an electric car and my home next year with them. And we’re not rich – just live a little lower on the food chain in other ways.
There are real alternatives, even if you can’t bike for everything. The per capita oil consumption of a SUV slob in the suburbs vs. a dense living biker is HUGELY different.
Thanks for the logo!
I came up with a design a year ago that uses the BP logo:
http://biketagger.com/bike-power-tee-shirt/
if you buy the shirt, 25% goes to bicycle advocacy. The rest pays my rent.
I don’t think much people are going to change their transportation habits. If you didn’t care before this disastrous oil spill, you won’t care now. People are just going to be mad at BP and assume it’s enough from them.