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a novel way to fight high gas prices

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I just received this message...do you think it has merit??

Dropping Gas Prices

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 $3.34 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 under no circumstances buy from CITCO. 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 x10 = 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.


Keep it going
 
Merit?

Short-term: perhaps.

Long-term: not a chance.
 
Good idea in principle, however . . .

Even though we may choose not to purchase gas from them, the station (retailer) from which we buy gas may be selling it to us anyway!

A significant percentage of all gasoline sold in the U.S. is refined by those companies and sold on the wholesale/spot market to the universe of retailers (literally thousands of gas retailers in the U.S.). In most cases, those retailers have NO IDEA where the gas they sell was refined and even less idea where the crude oil came from.

The idea might have some impact, but any impact would probably be of a symbolic (e.g., not economic) nature.

I happen to like symbolic gestures, though, so sign me up!
 
Well, considering that a *lot* of the gas you get from your neighborhood station may come from Citgo, Mobil or Exxon regardless of the price ... how can anyone really "stop" buying from them?

And as China is desperate to buy more gasoline from just about *anyone*, what we don't buy will be bought by someone else. So who would really be "hurt"?

Personally, I'm always 99% skeptical of any "Forward this alert" that has multiple exclamation marks sprinkled throughout. But forwarding it to 10 people might help overload the email servers.

Onward !!!!!

T.
 
Also, if it had an impact and Exxon/Mobile were to reduce prices by any appreciable amount, consumers would jump right on it, essentially wiping out any opportunity for more substantial reductions.
 
PS - funny thing. I just did a Google search on "This was sent by a retired Coca Cola executive. "

Got 1420 results. Seems like a popular "Pass this along!" thing.

T.
 
Ummm...I thought Citgo wasn't even selling gas in the US anymore?
 
I'm out. I've got a Mobil/Exxon, Company key fob on the keyring to fill up with. I can hold off for a few days but that's it.
 
Florida. All 7-11 stations and Kangaroo minimarts were Citgo, but many of the Kangaroo places (maybe all?) switched to BP. Instead of having Citgo stations across the street from each other we have BP across from Citgo.

I heard 7-11 was switching, but all the ones I've seen are still Citgo, including the one a mile from the house.

This website tracks the gas prices around the state.

Hess has been the cheapest in our area, and they're doing a huge business...to the point that they're all being expanded one by one.


PS: I did a quick scan of stations on the "xxxgasprices.com" websites and Citgo has stations all over VA, MD, NJ, etc
 
The "Magic of OPEC" morelike. And the lack of new refineries here in the US. "NIMBY Rule". People want to eat their cake and have it too.
 
I say burn it up with abandon! When the price hits $4+ per gallon, mebbe the Hummer/'sclade/SUV owners will re-evaluate their vehicle ~requirements~ and get real about what it takes to get from point to point.

The biggest displacement I've ever owned in over thirty years of driving is the diesel Benz... and it has one more jug than any other of my cars as well. I get where I'm going nearly every time. And usually at sommat over 24 MPG. This "land yacht" mentality is arrogant and ignorant. feh. "Yankee Ingenuity" is a thing of the past. We're feeding on our children now. Lunacy.

I'm off for a Guinness in celebration of friends' Irish heritage, and their ancestors' foresight to move to the US.
 
Our gas went up to $3.79/Reg - $3.99/Prem.
The biggest thing we own right now is a Dodge Dakota
with a 3.9 V6.
I'm considering a Ford F250 tow vehicle,but will
probably hold off for now.

- Doug
 
Doc- you have the proper outlook to deal with these kind of problems. Have a Guinness!!! About to hit our fave local pub for their version of the holiday meal and a dark brew from the tap.
 
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:]we need to take aggressive action to teach them that BUYERS control the marketplace..not sellers.
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This is economic idiocy.

Why, pray tell, does this suppose that the companies NOT selling gas would feel "forced" to lower prices by this tactic without imagining that the companies FAVORED and selling MORE would not feel "forced" into RAISING their prices?

The obvious flaw in this nonsense is the idea that the "other companies will have to follow suit."

Why?

They'll be selling all they can and have utterly NO incentive or any reason to lower prices.
 
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