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  • Down with the evil Gas lords. (yes, i am brave enough to post another from myspace)

    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.
    "Mal nommer les choses, c'est accroître le malheur du monde" - Camus (thanks Davout)

    "I thought you must be dead ..." he said simply. "So did I for a while," said Ford, "and then I decided I was a lemon for a couple of weeks. A kept myself amused all that time jumping in and out of a gin and tonic."

  • #2
    Except that, once the prices are lowered, people go back to buying gas from wherever they want. Then the stations can all raise prices.

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    • #3
      Even better yet: do it like me, go all ways on public transport

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      • #4
        Hmm, this is actually a rather novel way to persuade someone to distribute a chain email, as opposed to the traditional "bad stuff will happen to you if you don't" kind of stuff.

        I like to ride my bicycle, I like to ride my bike, I like to ride my bicycle, I like to ride it where I like
        Cake and grief counseling will be available at the conclusion of the test. Thank you for helping us help you help us all!

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        • #5
          What a dumbass... the price is based on total demand! If you are buying the same amount of gas, the price ain't going down by much. Do you think Exxon and Mobil can get a deal from OPEC because no one is buying from them?!

          And yes, gas is cheap and has been cheap. If you look at inflation since 1960, the price of gas per gallon should average $3.00 (IIRC).
          “I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
          - John 13:34-35 (NRSV)

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          • #6
            Yeah, if you don't buy from the biggest ones, then the smaller ones will increase their price, due to higher demand.

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            • #7
              Just steal gas they'll get the idea.
              "Our words are backed with NUCLEAR WEAPONS!"​​

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              • #8
                I am pretty confident this wouldn't accomplish anything Especially since Mobil and Exxon don't substantially affect the price of gas directly, it's more affected by the price of oil and the local price factors.
                <Reverend> IRC is just multiplayer notepad.
                I like your SNOOPY POSTER! - While you Wait quote.

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
                  What a dumbass... the price is based on total demand! If you are buying the same amount of gas, the price ain't going down by much. Do you think Exxon and Mobil can get a deal from OPEC because no one is buying from them?!
                  The assumption of the opening post -- which is correct IMHO -- is that the oil refining companies are in either an explicit or implicit conspiracy to artifically inflate prices. This would explain their recent record profit.

                  Focusing a boycott on the biggest evil doer will help crack the conspiracy.

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by Zkribbler


                    The assumption of the opening post -- which is correct IMHO -- is that the oil refining companies are in either an explicit or implicit conspiracy to artifically inflate prices. This would explain their recent record profit.

                    Focusing a boycott on the biggest evil doer will help crack the conspiracy.
                    Probably not true, however. Given recent events, there's no need for a conspiracy to inflate prices...
                    <Reverend> IRC is just multiplayer notepad.
                    I like your SNOOPY POSTER! - While you Wait quote.

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                    • #11
                      The assumption of the opening post ... is that the oil refining companies are in either an explicit or implicit conspiracy to artifically inflate prices.


                      Then they are a dumbass of a different variety. Tinfoil hat one .
                      “I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
                      - John 13:34-35 (NRSV)

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                      • #12
                        Or some people might have a pollyannish belief that megacorporations would never engage in unlawful activitity merely in order to boost their profits.

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                        • #13
                          So, Kaak, do you mind telling us where you stand on this one, or are you just going to post stupid **** that doesn't make any sense without taking a stand on it
                          12-17-10 Mohamed Bouazizi NEVER FORGET
                          Stadtluft Macht Frei
                          Killing it is the new killing it
                          Ultima Ratio Regum

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                          • #14
                            Do you also think Major League Baseball is spying on you

                            I'll save you a Google search:

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                            “I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
                            - John 13:34-35 (NRSV)

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                            • #15
                              Is this the same Major League Baseball that was granted a statutory exemption to anti-trust laws?

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