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Old 06-01-2007, 04:05 PM
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Default Tired of gas prices going up?

THIS PART IS ACTUALLY FROM WARLORD (ME).

Even if you don't participate in this, please pass this along and repost it, as other may participate and after reading it, the idea seems sound and should work.


Ok, here's the chain mail part....

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.

And Include CITGO in this, Since the owner of CITGO is Chavez and he will do whatever it takes to raise oil prices in America.

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.

BUT WE MUST TAKE ACTION...LET'S DO THIS TOGETHER AND LET'S DO IT NOW!!

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!!
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Old 06-02-2007, 01:21 AM
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<a href="http://www.snopes.com/politics/gasoline/gasout.asp" target="_blank">http://www.snopes.com/politics/gasoline/gasout.asp</a>

Owned.

Oil companies are making like 6% per gallon. Price of gasoline is determined by crude oil barrel prices, which are determines by the free market.
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Old 06-02-2007, 02:37 AM
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Just get hybrid cars
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Old 06-02-2007, 02:49 AM
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Meh.. I keep getting punked everywhere I put this up.. guess I should've done my research first. LOL
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Old 06-02-2007, 03:36 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Loco.M View Post
Just get hybrid cars
Those suck for the environment:

http://clubs.ccsu.edu/Recorder/edito...asp?NewsID=188
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Old 06-02-2007, 04:09 AM
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But it makes the hippies feel good about themselves, so they must be fantastic.
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