Strategy for fighting high gas prices (1 Viewer)

[Reginald Trent]

I saw this on the net and thought I would share it.

Subject:


It sounds good to me. I don't know if this will work or not but I'm going to do it.
Join the resistance!!!!
>
> We are going to hit close to $3.00 a gallon by the summer. Do you want
> gasoline prices to come down? We need to take some intelligent, united
> action.
>
> Here's the 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 it and join with us!
>
> By now you're probably thinking gasoline priced at about $1.50 is
> super cheap. It is currently $1.97 for regular unleaded.
>
> 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 the 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 biggest
> companies (which now are one), SHELL, EXXON and MOBIL. They are the
> biggest purchasers of Saudi Arabia Oil. 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 Shell, Exxon
> and Mobil gas buyers. It's really simple to do!! Now, at this point...
> keep reading and I'll explain how simple it is to reach millions
> of people!!
>
> I am sending this note to about thirty people. If each of you 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 generation 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 and DON"T purchase ANY gasoline from
> EXXON and MOBIL.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 email 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.
>
> PLEASE HOLD OUT UNTIL THEY LOWER THEIR PRICES TO THE $1.30 RANGE AND
> KEEP THEM DOWN. THIS CAN REALLY WORK.
>
> I thought it's worth a try, so why not!

 

[KerryK]

Here's how I fight high gas prices & emissions: a bike, bus tokens and a downtown apartment. It's a good way to live...until you get asthma from the pollution.

 

[Reginald Trent]

That's also a part of my strategy. However, for some things you have to use a car. Try taking your date to the drive in on a bike.

 

[BrianB]

There's already been a long thread disproving this email...

 

[Steve Schaffer]

I live 3 miles from work, do all my shopping and errands on the way home from work. Averaging 4k miles a year on my car, which is an 01 Nissan Sentra SE which gets great mileage. I only need to fill the 12 gallon tank about every 3 weeks.

 

[KerryK]

LOL, Reginald! Reminds me, I used to date this guy that always wanted to go for a DRIVE. Made me crazy. Why just drive around aimlessly? Well, he was a suburb dweller and I'm a downtown girl; it was never meant to be!

 

[joe rizzuto]

are there still drive in movies?
where???

 

[Reginald Trent]

Yeah and now they have DTS surround sound.

BTW KerryK, seems like your friend should have gotten his driving bug out of his systen during the drive from the suburbs to your place downtown.

 

[MikeAlletto]

The only thing worse than spam is spam thats spread through message boards. If you get any email that has anywhere in it something like:

I am sending this note to about thirty people. If each of you send it to at least ten more (30 x 10 = 300)... and those 300 send it to at least ten...

chances are whatever is in the email is false.

 

[Chris Knox]

You know, I am so lazy that I would rather just pay higher gas prices than have to dip into my address book for ten people to send this to.

Besides, If I don't buy my gas from these big three then I am more than likely going to go to a conv. store and get trash gas and that's going to wreak havoc on my car. I have already wasted enough energy just responding.

..I'm going back to bed...

 

[Will Pomeroy]

well, let's face it, you just aren't a mathematician. But I am... so trust me on this one.

If this guy was a mathmetician, i'm sure he(she) would account for the fact that after at least 1000 people sending this email, some would start sending it to people that would have already recieved it; other than relying on simple multiplication.... 10x10x10x10.... If thats all it takes to be a mathmetician, than SIGN ME UP!

 

[Chris Tsutsui]

I dunno, this sounds an awful lot like someone that works for a smaller gasoline station owner that wants to improve their revenue.

The more companies we put out of business, the closer it gets to a monopoly for the last existing company. I believe that the larger companies might even help reduce costs of gas because of their mass production and established experience.

Why not work a little harder to save the money to compensate for the increased gas price. Either that, do what I do and that is carpooling with beautiful women to save the environment. hehe jk

I just don't think this is a wise solution to the problem of rising gas prices.

 

[Josh Lowe]

*sigh*

I swear these hoaxes are worse than viruses.

http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/outrage/nogas.htm

 

[LewB]

Does anyone know where the 'no name' gas comes from ? I always assumed it was purchased as 'odd lots' from the major gas companies. I'm sure that each quickie mart doesn't have it's own refinery. I always figured that I was buying Exxon one week and Mobil the next depending on who they got their delivery from.
As for sticking it to the big oil companies, I say why not if that floats your boat. Ever find it curious how their profits seem to go up in step with the price of crude oil ? They seem to prosper when the rest of the economy tanks due to high energy prices.