STEVE INSKEEP, host: The new owners of an Omaha gas station are vowing not to sell gasoline made from Middle Eastern oil. May be hard to make good on that promise but it seems to be helping business. NPR's Scott Horsley reports.</s>SCOTT HORSLEY: The new owners call their gas station Terror Free Oil, and they say gasoline sales have tripled since the new sign went up. Prices are the same as at other Omaha gas stations, and customers, like Barry Bokite(ph), like the idea that their gas is not made from Middle Eastern oil.</s>Mr. BARRY BOKITE (Gas Customer): I think that it's a step in the right direction where they're trying to find oil that's terror-free.</s>SCOTT HORSLEY: But even the owners of Terror Free Oil admit that's easier said than done. Their wholesale supplier, Sinclair, gets most of its oil from North America, but it also buys oil on the open market, which could come from anywhere, including the oil-rich Middle East.</s>SCOTT HORSLEY: Terror Free spokesman Joe Kaufman says even if he can't trace the origin of every drop of gasoline he sells, he hopes to send a message about the danger of dependence on a volatile part of the world.</s>Mr. JOE KAUFMAN (Spokesman, Terror Free Oil): Ultimately America needs to move from oil all together and move towards alternative fuels. And if we can be a voice to get our country moving in that direction then we believe that we did the right thing.</s>SCOTT HORSLEY: Kaufman says some customers are not driving out of their way to buy gas or bio diesel at Terror Free Oil. Driving farther to fill up is probably not the best way to wean the U.S. off of Middle Eastern oil, but Kaufman hopes soon there will be more Terror Free gas stations so customers won't have to travel as far.</s>SCOTT HORSLEY: Scott Horsley, NPR News.
A gas station that says it sells "terror-free" fuel has opened in Omaha, Neb. But tracing the origin of the gas in anyone's tank can be difficult in today's global energy market.