Billy the Kid Posted March 19, 2008 Report Share Posted March 19, 2008 THIS IS NOT THE 'DON'T BUY' GAS FOR ONE DAY, BUT IT WILL SHOW YOU HOW WE CAN GET GAS BACK DOWN TO $1.30 PER GALLON. This was sent by a retired Coca Cola executive. It came from one of his engineer buddies who retired from Halliburton. If you are tired of the gas prices going up AND they will continue to rise this summer, take time to read this please. 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! 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. 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 $2.00 is super cheap. Me too! It is currently $2.98 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 on me 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 send 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 $2.00 RANGE AND KEEP THEM DOWN. THIS CAN REALLY WORK. Keep it going ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Posted March 19, 2008 Report Share Posted March 19, 2008 Last year I predicted gas would rise to $4 per gallon by the end of the year. I was ahead of myself by about 6 months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Posted March 19, 2008 Report Share Posted March 19, 2008 I will do it, Im In!!!!!! I dont buy gas from them two companys anyway! Good idea! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bloodthirst Posted March 19, 2008 Report Share Posted March 19, 2008 I heard of this idea a little while ago. In theory, it could work. Problem is that americans want what they want and want it now. They will say "screw it the exxon is right here." I doubt 30 people would stick to this for the long term, let alone 30 million. My solution was to buy a car with good gas mileage. The tractor trailers which deliver everything we own in this country consume enough gas to keep Exxon afloat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mememe Posted March 19, 2008 Report Share Posted March 19, 2008 http://www.snopes.com/politics/gasoline/gasout.asp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Posted March 19, 2008 Report Share Posted March 19, 2008 http://www.snopes.com/politics/gasoline/gasout.asp Ha ha ha, I am an idiot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Posted March 19, 2008 Report Share Posted March 19, 2008 Price is set by supply and consumption. Boycotting two oil corporations will do nothing to reduce consumption and OPEC doesn't care who buys their oil. Demand is like water in a balloon. Squeeze it one place and it will increase someplace else. Mobile and Exxon may sell less gas but sales by every other vendor will increase so that consumption will not lessen. The only way for the price of fuel to go down is to have OPEC increase production or have the consumer use less. If the three hundred million people reduced their daily gas consumption by one gallon of gas for 3 months the price of gas would drop like a rock @ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Posted March 20, 2008 Report Share Posted March 20, 2008 Since when do tractor trailers use GAS ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Diesel Posted March 20, 2008 Report Share Posted March 20, 2008 Since when do tractor trailers use GAS ??? Diesel Fuel is made from the same crude oil as Gas!!! @ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Posted March 20, 2008 Report Share Posted March 20, 2008 Huge amounts of Gasoline get wasted just driving those wheels on your car. Next time you drive, put the car in neutral and plant your foot to the floor. Let the fan pull the car along. No more energy wasted through those pesky wheels. Problem solved! @ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest Posted March 20, 2008 Report Share Posted March 20, 2008 That's why I drive a Hyundai, 32 mpg. Have fun working 3 jobs to fill up your POS Ford's, Chevy's and GM's. (After you push it to the garage for the 5th time) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PARMELEE Posted March 20, 2008 Report Share Posted March 20, 2008 I don't know I'm just sitting here thinkin.......We should use the golden rule, you know, do unto others as they do unto you....Seems to me the last I looked I didn't see much corn or wheat and such being planted by OPEC nations.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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