This old thing has been around for about 2 years.  I think it's too simplistic 
to say since a product you are using costs more than you would like you then 
get others to help boycott it.  I don't know where the hatred of oil companies 
come from.  My dad worked for Mobil for 40 years and was friends with men from 
other companies since we lived overseas.  They were all good, hard-working and 
honest men.   

Looking at the process of bringing the gasoline to us starts with the oil 
companies hiring competent and educated professionals like geologists and 
engineers to locate the oil, then building the drills and refineries to process 
it.  Then the oil companies have a variety of different countries they have to 
deal with in order to just do business.  Did you know some years ago that many 
of the countries where oil is drilled "nationalized" and so they were legally 
able to "steal" ALL of the oil companies equipment?  I'd bet they still have 
occasions where they must deal with corruption.  When the oil is ready for 
shipment, it's brought over in a tanker and distributed to eventually be sold 
at your local gas station.  All things considered, we're not paying that much 
for the gas.  Of course we'd all like to pay less for goods & services - just 
bought my first bottle of CS at the health food store costs more (2 oz. for 
$14) - let's get real here.      

Cindy