Whatr do you guys think about this.

rnln · 04-09-2006, 07:58 PM

I received this email.. not sure if it works any. I did it (similar) everytime but never done any research on it. Someone posted on the board (diff board saying seam like it works. Well, doesn't hurt. If it works, it's good.
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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 t! he 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 potentia, did/SPAN
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

afterburn 549 · 04-09-2006, 08:07 PM

OK !!

Jim Sims · 04-09-2006, 08:10 PM

Look up "fungible commodity". You'll need to figure how to get all those Chinese and Indians and other Far Eastern types to cut down on their petroleum demand so our prices will go back down. Also rein in the EPA, CARB, etc. with all those boutique gasoline blends. Gasoline below $2/gallon is probably history; we're just a hiccup away from $3/gallon gasoline this summer.

afterburn 549 · 04-09-2006, 08:32 PM

Its the diesel that will hurt us....from the ground to the store it all takes diesel.....price of everything will go up ,gas is a convenience ,,diesel is the conveyance of everything, from the raw to the ready

1fastredsc · 04-09-2006, 08:34 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Jim Sims
Look up "fungible commodity". You'll need to figure how to get all those Chinese and Indians and other Far Eastern types to cut down on their petroleum demand so our prices will go back down. Also rein in the EPA, CARB, etc. with all those boutique gasoline blends. Gasoline below $2/gallon is probably history; we're just a hiccup away from $3/gallon gasoline this summer.

It would still be fun to watch the company heads sweat a little though.

Jim Sims · 04-09-2006, 09:13 PM

"sweat a little though"

not likely to happen IMO

island911 · 09:54 PM

How does forcing two (would be floundering) oil companies to be bought cheap (by the VERY profitable others) help us?

We need more oil companies, not fewer. More specifically, we need more refineries. Consolidation of oil companies has lead to the shut down of refineries. (less suppy = higher price)

rnln · 04-09-2006, 09:48 PM

umm.. I am not sure about this idea but I would join the "don't buy gas" on a particular day".

Zendalar · 04-09-2006, 10:55 PM

phh...

We pay 1.35 euros per litre..."premium" costs more.

we have 75% tax in gasoline...

SC Schrauber · 04-09-2006, 11:59 PM

why the heck keep these old chain letters popping up?

Dantilla · 04-10-2006, 06:35 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by rnln
umm.. I am not sure about this idea but I would join the "don't buy gas" on a particular day".

The problem with that theory is that it's easy to not buy gas on Wednesday as long as you fill up on Tuesday. No change in the amount of gas sold will not make a difference. The oil companies don't care which day of the week you buy gas as long as you just buy gas.

The only way to "hurt" the oil companies with low sales is to quit using so much.

That's not likely.

Netspeed · 04-10-2006, 06:46 AM

Simple supply and demand economics. They withhold supply (weather, pipeline problems, etc.) and we and growing countries demand more. Same thing happened to the building materials industry. Big demand courtesy of Hurricane Katrina and China.

David E. Clark · 04-10-2006, 06:53 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by rnln
Whatr do you guys think about this ...

I think it should be moved to the off topic forum.

trader220 · 07:19 AM

Exxon and Mobil are one company, XOM is the ticker symbol, this is a joke right?

RallyJon · 04-10-2006, 07:27 AM

Snopes, Dammit!

http://www.snopes.com/politics/gasoline/gasout.asp

island911 · 04-10-2006, 07:31 AM

yep. I think we've pretty much already covered (here) what snopes has to say.

(w/o the pop-ups)

Miguel Antonett · 04-10-2006, 07:42 AM

Agree, move this thread to OT.

kucharskimb · 04-10-2006, 07:55 AM

first of all, how about putting something in your subject line so i don't have to sift through rubbish. and then... try commuting by bicycle. try walking your kids to school. try running through your neigborhood instead of driving to the gym to run on a treadmill. carpool. combine your errands ino one trip.

do that in your commuter, and you bought yourself one tank of Joy-Ride on the weekend. or, i don't know, just save yourself a tank of gas...

but, hey, whatever's convenient for you. i don't want you to do something that might have a positive impact on the world and your waistline.

and, YES, i did AX this weekend!