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I'm not going to buy gas on 04/30/2006

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I'm joining a boycott on gas for 24hrs. 04/30/2006 There is a growing internet boycott rumor spreading...The idea is to send the message to oil companys that U.S. consumers are not happy paying more for gas while they produce record prifits. I guess it can't hurt to try!


Ian
 
They won't even notice 'cause you'll be buying on Monday.
 
The way it was explained to me, retailers would feel it first, then it would throw off the wholesale distribution cycle by a day, which apparently sucks for everyone oil related. I heard it on the radio this morning and they were referring to a web site.


Ian
 
Yeah, I've never understood this either. You boycott one day which will cause everyone to wait 1 day and flood the market the next day.
 
Just fill up on the 29th...I'll do it, what the hell! :laugh:
 
I recieved this e-mail yesterday. Take it for what it's worth.

GAS: An idea that WILL work


This was originally sent by a retired Coca Cola executive. It came
from
one of his engineer buddies who retired from Halliburton. It' s worth
your
consideration.

Join the resistance!!!! I hear we are going to hit close to $4.00 a
gallon by next summer and it might go higher!! Want gasoline prices to
come
down? We need to take some intelligent, united action. Phillip
Hollsworth
offered this good idea.

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.

BUT, whoever thought of this idea, has come up with a plan that can
really work. Please read on and join with us! By now you're probably
thinking
gasoline priced at about $1.50 is super cheap. Me too! It is
currently
$2.79 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! Now, don't wimp out at
this
point.... keep reading and I'll explain how simple it is to reach
millions
of
people.

I am sending this note to 30 people. If each of us sends it to at
least
ten more (30 x 10 = 300) ... and those 300 send it to at least ten more
(300
x 10 = 3,000)...and so on, by the time the message reaches the sixth
group
of
people, we will have reached over THREE MILLION consumers. If those
three
million get excited and pass this on to ten friends each, then 30
million
people will have been contacted! If it goes one level further, you
guessed
it..... THREE >>>>HUNDRED MILLION >>>>PEOPLE!!!

Again, all you have to do is send this to 10 people. That's all. (If
you
don't understand how we can reach 300 million and all you have to do is
send
this to 10 people.... Well, let's face it, you just aren't a
mathematician.
But I am, so trust me on this one.)

How long would all that take? If each of us sends this e-mail out
to ten
more people within one day of receipt, all 300 MILLION people could
conceivably be contacted within the next 8 days!!!

I'll bet you didn't think you and I had that much potential, did
you?

Acting together we can make a difference. If this makes sense to
you,
please pass this message on. I suggest that we not buy from EXXON/MOBIL
UNTIL
THEY LOWER THEIR PRICES TO THE $1.30 RANGE AND KEEP THEM DOWN.

THIS CAN REALLY WORK.



Karen Doubleday
kdayday@earthlink.net
 
No offense but the oil companys will not notice it one bit. Boycotting for one ay is very much the same as a mosquito biting a dinosaur . . . they won't feel a thing. Really the only people you are hurting are the retailers.

The oil/gas market is a true consumer based market where competition dictates the price. If the environmentalist liberals would allow the US to drill and refine domestic oil sources then there would be a greater supply of oil on the market. As all of you know when the supply is greater the price will fall.

Supply and demand is the only price control on oil and gas. These boycots and proposed "Excess Profit" taxes will do nothing. In fact "Excess Profit" taxes will only be passed along to the consumer.

Meanwhile our more liberal friends in Congress are calling on the President to "do something" and "get tough" on "Big Oil". Sounds familiar to the "Big Tobacco" comments we have been hearing for years. Calling on the President to do something blatant election year politics. The oil/gas market is a global market and the President is powerless to make any real effective and positive changes to the gas prices.

Ok I will get off my soap box now . . . :cool:
 
First of all, you are completely wrong. If nobody bought gas one day, the price would be a lot higher the next day because the oil companies trace demand on a real time basic... ie. they know when people need to gas up and when they don't.

If you are bitter about Oil company profits, buy an oil stock and become an owner
 
Sorry Devil Doc but that idea will not work either.

Those companys own not only drilling and refining but also shipping and retail. They not only provide gas to their retail stations but to others that sell the gas under their own name. If you do not buy Mobile branded products and instead go to "Johnny's Gas 'N" Go" you may very well be putting money in Mobile's pocket anyway either because they sold the gas to Johnny or they control the shipping, refining or drilling.

Really we are all stuck . . . unless the US begins tapping into our vast supply of natural resources within our own borders.
 
This creates conditions under which all the other companies sell even more gas, and they would then increase their prices.

Supply and demand; it's not just a good idea, it's the law.

The only way we can reduce the price of gas is to use less. Email ain't gonna do it. Temporary boycotts aren't gonna do it.

JK

Devil Doc said:
I recieved this e-mail yesterday. Take it for what it's worth.

GAS: An idea that WILL work


This was originally sent by a retired Coca Cola executive. It came
from
one of his engineer buddies who retired from Halliburton. It' s worth
your
consideration.

Join the resistance!!!! I hear we are going to hit close to $4.00 a
gallon by next summer and it might go higher!! Want gasoline prices to
come
down? We need to take some intelligent, united action. Phillip
Hollsworth
offered this good idea.

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.

BUT, whoever thought of this idea, has come up with a plan that can
really work. Please read on and join with us! By now you're probably
thinking
gasoline priced at about $1.50 is super cheap. Me too! It is
currently
$2.79 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! Now, don't wimp out at
this
point.... keep reading and I'll explain how simple it is to reach
millions
of
people.

I am sending this note to 30 people. If each of us sends it to at
least
ten more (30 x 10 = 300) ... and those 300 send it to at least ten more
(300
x 10 = 3,000)...and so on, by the time the message reaches the sixth
group
of
people, we will have reached over THREE MILLION consumers. If those
three
million get excited and pass this on to ten friends each, then 30
million
people will have been contacted! If it goes one level further, you
guessed
it..... THREE >>>>HUNDRED MILLION >>>>PEOPLE!!!

Again, all you have to do is send this to 10 people. That's all. (If
you
don't understand how we can reach 300 million and all you have to do is
send
this to 10 people.... Well, let's face it, you just aren't a
mathematician.
But I am, so trust me on this one.)

How long would all that take? If each of us sends this e-mail out
to ten
more people within one day of receipt, all 300 MILLION people could
conceivably be contacted within the next 8 days!!!

I'll bet you didn't think you and I had that much potential, did
you?

Acting together we can make a difference. If this makes sense to
you,
please pass this message on. I suggest that we not buy from EXXON/MOBIL
UNTIL
THEY LOWER THEIR PRICES TO THE $1.30 RANGE AND KEEP THEM DOWN.

THIS CAN REALLY WORK.



Karen Doubleday
kdayday@earthlink.net
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Until we seek an alternate source for fuel we will be at the mercey of OPEC. Will Nelson has been driving a soy powered bus for years and I saw a guy on TV about 2 months ago that drove from NY to CA on spent grease from fast food places. Hybrids are a step in the right direction but what ever happened to good ole American ingenuity?
 
In the long-run, one day of not buying won't really do too much.
Heck, even refusing to buy from one company won't do too much either. I don't know of a firm that would sell its oil at really low prices because no one would buy it. If anything, they could sell it to another company or a different country. [The 1.3 billion citizens of China come to mind. But for more on that, look at Putin's negotiations with the EU and the potential pacific pipeline]

How about instead of a boycott, you switch to a hybrid car? If people start using electric hybrids, you will not have to worry over the prices of oil. Look at it this way, pay a few thousand more at the begining and then you save far more over time.

The general fact is that at current consumption oil reserves will be depleated within 50 years or so. Of course you have two very large markets that are increasing in size, India and China. While the majority of Indians and Chinese are still around the poverty line, they have come very far in the last decade and show no signs of stopping. Right now the U.S. population is around 300 million. China's is way over 1 billion ... seems to me that there are others out there that are wanting oil as well ...




:thumbs:

Heck, go a step further and encourage your congressmen to support the Kyoto Protocal. In 1997, representatives from 180 countries met and discussed carbon emission and air quality. They drew up loose plans for big cuts in the emission of Carbon Dioxide. Countries would be required to reduce levels to around 5% below levels in 1990 by 2012. Many countries agreed to this, but it has slowed down and run into problems when the U.S. refused to sign. It seems to me that being not willing to cut back on our oil dependancy has the potential for great harm.




p.s. - And if you adjust real prices, gas was still higher during part of the 80s than it is at the momement

p.s.s. - And just to stir things up some ... gas costs a lot more in Europe [more than double] and they still manage to survive without to much fuss. Ever hear of carpooling, or maybe say ... city transits?
 
I just think its funny that we bitch about the 3$/gallon, but on the other hand, the average cigar is about 10 bucks.
 
From www.snopes.com

Gasoline is a fungible, global commodity, its price subject to the ordinary forces of supply and demand. No amount of consumer gimmickry and showmanship will lower its price in the long run; only a significant, ongoing reduction in demand will accomplish that goal. Unfortunately, for many people achieving that goal would mean cutting down on their driving or opting for less desirable economy cars over less fuel-efficient models, solutions they find unappealing.

An event like a "gas out" can sometimes do some good by calling attention to a cause and sending a message. In this case, though, the only message being sent is: "We consumers are so desperate for gasoline that we can't even do without it for a few days to demonstrate our dissatisfaction with its cost." What supplier is going to respond to a message like that by lowering its prices? Those who really want to send a "message" to oil suppliers should try not buying any gasoline for several months in a row.
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cletus said:
I just think its funny that we bitch about the 3$/gallon, but on the other hand, the average cigar is about 10 bucks.
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I wouldn't bitch if my Yukon only took one gallon to fill up and then I could drive to get another $10 cigar.

Try $90 to fill up and smoke the same $10 cigar :rolleyes: :p
 
cletus said:
I just think its funny that we bitch about the 3$/gallon, but on the other hand, the average cigar is about 10 bucks.
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The big difference is that cigar prices are pretty consistent. Gas prices fluctuate like a yo-yo.
 
I haven't bought any gas in 5 months, and I don't plan on buying any for another 7.

Viva La Resistance!
 
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