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September 07, 2005

Gassing

I remember being sent an email about this several months ago. I don't see how it could hurt to try, but how many people will actually participate?

Phillip Hollsworth offered this good dea. 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.

I'm not sure how they plan on reaching the requisite millions of Exxon/Mobil customers, and it seems like a long shot that those companies don't have enough wealth to keep everything operating normally during the 'gas out'. I actually think that it would cause gas prices to increase even more, punishing those that are unable to participate (institutions, cities, cabs, busses etc.) There should be a way to prevent the price gouging that's done by these companies, but those with the real power to do so, have their pockets lined by these companies, so what really can be done?

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Contrived by Joshua at September 7, 2005 08:17 AM

Comments

at least someone is trying to stand up as opposed to complaining how it wouldnt work.

Posted by: doodle at September 8, 2005 10:17 AM

My solution will be having my wife transport me about town in our rickshaw. Not only will she get the fresh air she desires, but no more gasoline will be bought either. This may impede upon our wine travels a bit, just until she gets her endurance up.

Posted by: Joshua at September 8, 2005 10:44 AM