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"GAS WAR - an idea that WILL work This was originally sent by a retired Coca Cola executive. It came from one of his engineer buddies who retired from Halliburton. 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. 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."

4/12/2006 10:01:41 AM

yeah this really came from who the shitmsg said it did

4/12/2006 10:09:38 AM

it was forwarded by one of the dumbest girls mootduff knows

4/12/2006 10:11:44 AM

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"I'll bet you didn't think you and I had that much potential, did you?"

4/12/2006 10:17:38 AM

how about this:

GET MORE FUEL EFFICIENT VEHICLES, AND ALSO DRIVE LESS.

that's the only way to really give them the finger.

4/12/2006 10:57:06 AM

buy citgo.

4/12/2006 11:20:38 AM

If you stop buying from the two biggest companies, that means you are buying more from the other companies (much more than they can sell, I should say). Their prices will sky-rocket. Ultimately, all you suceed in doing is closing down Exxon-Mobil gas stations, and Kangaroo will sell all the gasoline that Exxon can provide in its stores.

All told, customers will have spent maybe a billion more on gasoline, Exxon is a lot poorer, and its competitors are much much richer, maybe enough to allow BP to buy out and merge with Exxon-Mobile, if the campaign holds up that is (I doubt people will be willing to shun Exxon when it's competitors are charging 30 cents more per gallon).

4/12/2006 12:48:46 PM

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"how about this: GET MORE FUEL EFFICIENT VEHICLES, AND ALSO DRIVE LESS."

4/12/2006 12:55:13 PM

GET MORE FUEL EFFICIENT VEHICLES, AND ALSO DRIVE LESS reinstate the federal regulation of 55 mph on all highways and interstates

4/12/2006 9:48:43 PM

fuck double nickel

cars today are more efficient at 70-75 than cars 20 years ago

if i want to pay the premium to get to my destination quicker than i should be able

if you want to save gas then drive slower

4/12/2006 9:51:53 PM

it's not about paying the premium

oil is a strategic resource that goes above simple ideas of market economics

it doesn't matter though, this measure will never be implemented

even though it is THE best solution to helping ease the problem

[Edited on April 12, 2006 at 9:57 PM. Reason : .]

4/12/2006 9:56:54 PM