I just got the following e-mail, and it makes sense...but can it work? I dont' know. What do you guys think? If nothing else, it's saving me from having to forward it on. :)
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 $3.08 at Arco and Costco for regular unleaded in Salem, Oregon and climbing every week.
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 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.
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.
Okay, so dad pointed out to me that it's the speculators out there driving the price of oil up, that's causing the price of gas to go up (.10 in ONE DAY here in Missoula, .25 in the last week), and not the oil companies per say. So I guess that nothing will work. But it does stink that all my plans to travel this summer are getting shot down. Poop.
ReplyDeleteYa... this email is actually pretty stinking old. They've just updated it. It originally started out in either 2002 or 03'. I love snopes for things like this, but the original one was complaining how gas will soon hit $3... haha. So yes, Dad is right, doesnt really matter if we start to boycott certain places, all of them will go up. But kinda has a good point, just find the cheaper gas.
ReplyDeletePolitical topics are about the only way to get me on this thing, so here I am. The oil market is far more complex than speculators driving prices. That's part of it, but the conflict in Libya and fears of conflict in Yemen, Oman, and Saudi Arabia have a lot to do with it. Here's why- While Libya only produces 2% of the world's oil, it produces "light, sweet" oil, which is the easiest to refine. It's supply has been cut by 2/3. While this isn't enough to raise prices like we have seen, it shows to those who buy and sell oil contracts that the market is vulnerable.
ReplyDeleteNow take into consideration the conflict we saw in Egypt. Egypt controls the Suez canal through which a great deal of the world's oil is trafficked. If Egypt can't control the canal, supplies are cut, driving prices. Furthermore, consider Oman, which is at serious risk for a popular rebellion. Oman and Iran have control of the mouth of the Persian Gulf, through which 40% of the world's oil travels. If Oman goes down we will wish for four-dollar gasoline.
So, in order to protect investments and prepare for these disruptions, contractors and investors have to charge and invest at higher rates. If they didn't and trouble came they would be in serious trouble. While we hear about oil companies making huge profits, they aren't the enemy, world instability is.