Just an idea to lower gas prices

[flakko 5,000+ posts]

i donno if it will work, but i could definitely try it out got this in an email:

GAS WAR - 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 =3D 300) ... and those 300 send it to at least ten more (300 x 10 =3D 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.

so all you gotta do is NOT buy gas from those 2 companies //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

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[6spdcoupe 5,000+ posts]

wishful thinkin?

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[Expy2K 10+ year member]

That's the dumbest shit I have heard today...

It wont work

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[KngOfThePkngLot 5,000+ posts]

i wouldnt buy gas from either of those places anyways...but who knows..anything is possible i guess.

 

[Chevillac 5,000+ posts]

I saw that same email, I said that a while back, thats the only way it would work. The only thing I see a problem with is, people get antsy. Once the prices start dropping they will switch back without waiting the rest of the time, especially since the other companies will start raising prices. You also gotta think, what if it was made by another large company just trying to stir it up so they make more profit. But whatever.

 

[4runnercrazy 10+ year member]

i think it might work,but i think we should just start drilling in alaska!

 

[pwnt by pat 10+ year member]

It doesn't work 'cause those compaines don't make a lot of money on petrol. They sell other services like car washes and convenience stores.

You can't do something like this to ONE or TWO players in the game. You have to do it to everyone. Conservation and Alaskan drilling for the win.

 

[Expy2K 10+ year member]

It wouldn't work it would only cause a shortage..

The 3 big Oil companies own basically everything!! and the others well THEY buy from big 3 so..

Never gonna work..

 

[bibby 5,000+ posts]

It WILL work, but not everyone is going to do it. i always get gas at the station i am closest too.

 

[4runnercrazy 10+ year member]

It doesn't work 'cause those compaines don't make a lot of money on petrol. They sell other services like car washes and convenience stores.
You can't do something like this to ONE or TWO players in the game. You have to do it to everyone. Conservation and Alaskan drilling for the win.

yea except those f*cking serria club and the p*ssy *** liberals want us to have high gas prices and not drill

 

[4runnercrazy 10+ year member]

It WILL work, but not everyone is going to do it. i always get gas at the station i am closest too.

if you have a safeway or costco around you those are FTW (safeway you get a 3 cents discount if your a member!)

 

[pwnt by pat 10+ year member]

**** the hippies. Just plow them over with the bulldozers.

That's actually my stance whenever I run for president in 2032. **** hippies.

 

[4runnercrazy 10+ year member]

**** the hippies. Just plow them over with the bulldozers.
That's actually my stance whenever I run for president in 2032. **** hippies.

you would get my votes man

 

[swimfreak26 10+ year member]

My suggestion: Do some research on drilling in Alaska before you reccomend it and praise the possibilities.

The rate at which they want to drill there would supplement very little of our current usage, IIRC it is some figure

Alaska does have resources, but it's not in oil at all...it's in methane (ie natural gas). Only problem is that we can't effeciently transport gas to the mainland. Learn some chemistry and design a catalyst for the conversion of methane to methanol and I'll make you a few billion dollars //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[TooLowTooGo 10+ year member]

deff stupid considering 80% of the business aroun here goes to this place called DELTA and exxon, shell and mobil (wich is exxon) are still in business... especially since if they lower there price by 2 cents less anyways, they will get all the business they have been missing for the past week in 2 days.