Gas Station Review

Group #1
Ariana, Michelle, Tara, Emily

Have you ever found yourself driving around looking for a gas station? For most people the answer is yes, but why is it that we pick a particular gas station? For this project we decided to review a number of local gas stations to see why someone might pick one over another.
In order to keep it relevant to those around here we picked four gas stations that are all right in Lyndonville. What with the recent gas crisis, and prices once again on the rise, the first things we looked at of course was price. Of the four stations we looked at, Nick’s Gas N GO, Irving, and Fordham’s Mobil all had the same price, $1.94 a gallon for regular. The only station that varied slightly was Cumberland Farms (a Gulf station) which came in two cents higher at $1.96 a gallon. So, if price is really your only concern than we would advise you to avoid Cumberland Farms.
The next thing we looked at was the cleanliness of both the bathrooms, and the gas stations overall. In many cases this is irrelevant due to the convenience of pay at the pump, you don’t actually have to go inside the gas station. If this is a convenience you’re looking for the only station you will want to avoid is Nick’s Gas N Go, since they don’t offer a pay at the pump feature. Back to the bathrooms, if you’re looking for the cleanest restrooms when choosing a gas station we would suggest the Irving station, which we gave a nine on a scale of one to ten. We would also suggest that you avoid Cumberland Farms since they only received a six. Overall scores for cleanliness were similar but Nick’s received the highest score with 8.5, which is good since you have to go inside if you want to buy gas there.
There are always other things you might be looking for at a gas station and each one offers a variety of options in their convenience store. Fordham’s has a Dunkin Donuts, while Nick’s offers free air for your tires. Irving has an ATM and Cumberland Farms is open 24 hours.
For those of you concerned about the planet there is one other thing to note, according to a web site called better world handbook, the worst gas company for environment friendliness is Exxon-Mobile, the gas provider for Fordham’s. They received an “F” from the handbook. Among the list of faults were things such as refusing to take responsibility for oil spills, Clean Air Act violations, toxic dumping suits, and human rights violations. Unfortunately the other gas companies we looked at were not on their list, but if this is your biggest concern, their only “A” company is Sunoco, which is just a short drive out of town on Rt. 5.