Another gas thing that will work!
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Joined: May 2005
Posts: 181
From: Warner Robins GA
Another gas thing that will work!
Got this email Today from someone random makes sense though!
This makes MUCH MORE SENSE than the "don't buy gas on a certain day"
campaign that was going around last April or May!
The oil companies just laughed at that because they knew we wouldn't
continue to "hurt" ourselves by refusing to buy gas. It was more of an
inconvenience to us than it was a problem for them.
By now you're probably thinking gasoline priced at about $1.50 is super
cheap. Me too! It is currently
$2.55 for regular unleaded in my town.
Now that the oil companies and the OPEC nations have conditioned us to
think that the cost of a gallon of gas is CHEAP at $1.50-$1.75, we need
to take aggressive action to teach them that BUYERS control the
marketplace.... not sellers.
With the price of gasoline going up more each day, we consumers need to
take action. The only way we are going to see the price of gas come down
is if we hit someone in the pocketbook by not purchasing their gas!
And we can do that WITHOUT hurting ourselves.
How? Since we all rely on our cars, we can't just stop buying gas. But
we CAN have an impact on gas prices if we all act together to force a
price war.
Here's the idea:
For the rest of this year, DON"T purchase ANY gasoline from the two
biggest companies (which now are one), EXXON and MOBIL. If they are not
selling any gas, they will be inclined to reduce their prices. If they
reduce their prices, the other companies will have to follow suit.
But to have an impact, we need to reach literally millions of Exxon and
Mobil gas buyers. It's really simple to do!!
DON"T purchase ANY gasoline
from EXXON and MOBIL. That's all.
This makes MUCH MORE SENSE than the "don't buy gas on a certain day"
campaign that was going around last April or May!
The oil companies just laughed at that because they knew we wouldn't
continue to "hurt" ourselves by refusing to buy gas. It was more of an
inconvenience to us than it was a problem for them.
By now you're probably thinking gasoline priced at about $1.50 is super
cheap. Me too! It is currently
$2.55 for regular unleaded in my town.
Now that the oil companies and the OPEC nations have conditioned us to
think that the cost of a gallon of gas is CHEAP at $1.50-$1.75, we need
to take aggressive action to teach them that BUYERS control the
marketplace.... not sellers.
With the price of gasoline going up more each day, we consumers need to
take action. The only way we are going to see the price of gas come down
is if we hit someone in the pocketbook by not purchasing their gas!
And we can do that WITHOUT hurting ourselves.
How? Since we all rely on our cars, we can't just stop buying gas. But
we CAN have an impact on gas prices if we all act together to force a
price war.
Here's the idea:
For the rest of this year, DON"T purchase ANY gasoline from the two
biggest companies (which now are one), EXXON and MOBIL. If they are not
selling any gas, they will be inclined to reduce their prices. If they
reduce their prices, the other companies will have to follow suit.
But to have an impact, we need to reach literally millions of Exxon and
Mobil gas buyers. It's really simple to do!!
DON"T purchase ANY gasoline
from EXXON and MOBIL. That's all.
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Joined: Aug 2004
Posts: 1,254
From: Chicago area
i dont think that will work still... the reason being -
all the towns around me(there are a few) no matter what the company ie: bp, shell, casey's, exxon, mobile, and citgo
they all get there gas from one place called carters gas company. therefore, we dont by gas from one place the others that we do buy it from is making more money in return selling the samr gas just more of it.
just my opinion
all the towns around me(there are a few) no matter what the company ie: bp, shell, casey's, exxon, mobile, and citgo
they all get there gas from one place called carters gas company. therefore, we dont by gas from one place the others that we do buy it from is making more money in return selling the samr gas just more of it.
just my opinion
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Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 189
As with all things pointless, Snopes has this one covered too...
http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/petition/gasout.htm
http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/petition/gasout.htm
A boycott of a couple of brands wouldn't result in lower overall prices: Prices at all the non-boycotted outlets would rise due to the temporarily limited supply and increased demand, making the original prices look cheap by comparison. The shunned outlets could then make a killing by offering gasoline at its "normal" (i.e., pre-boycott) price or by selling off their output to the non-boycotted companies, who will need the extra supply to meet demand. The only person who really gets hurt in this proposed scheme is the service station operator, who has almost no control over the price of gasoline.
It's gotten so bad that i'm taking motorcycle classes to get better gas mileage. LOL
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Joined: Aug 2004
Posts: 118
luckily I already have experiance ridin bikes, not on the highway dealing with traffic and all, but my granddad helps out chevron gas and drives a truck for them when they need help every now and then, and he took a few truckloads of fuel yesterday and he was told that gas was sposed to be around 3 this morning here in georgia
