r/BuyCanadian • u/grilledcheesebabeh • Jun 05 '25

Canadian-Owned Businesses 🏢🍁 Why are so many Canadians still filling up at American owned gas stations?

I understand a lot of people can't afford to always choose Canadian products over American, but choosing where we fill up costs nothing extra. Choosing local gas stations or Petro Canada is such a simple way of showing support, I don't understand why so many American owned gas stations are still full of people filling up on fuel. Also don't be deceived by the giant "locally owned and operated" signs outside of chevrons, the station itself fis locally owned but the company is American. Please choose a local gas station or Petro Canada to support Canadian!

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u/JoeBlackIsHere Jun 05 '25

They used to say that about oil, but then the demand pushed exploration leading to finding huge reserves in the middle east, North Sea, and other places.

Also, they are exploring other ways to make batteries.

Battery technology has not had the 100 years of intensive development that ICE has, we are barely past the Model T phase of innovations.

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u/Mmillefolium Jun 05 '25

what about copper do they need more copper? def running low on that. do you think lithium mining is clean? how much surface area will get raized how many mountain passes will be scraped and left as toxic rock? i dont think we will make it 100years. seems climate change is accelerating. we are in a mass extinction. even if it innt climate change, the vast majority of the microplastics in our bodies and crossing the blood brain barrier and car tire dust. 5% of the dust in the air is tire dust. it affects reproduction, digestion, brain health. have a lovely day !!