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CatWoman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-14-08 03:55 PM
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Interesting EMAIL I just got
hmmmmmmmmmmm...................

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.(not the greatest credential) 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 $3.35 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 $2.50 - $2.75, 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 go ing 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 s end 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 o n. 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.
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-14-08 03:57 PM
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1. that dude obviously doesn't write for bumperstickers
wordy bastard
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Champion Jack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-14-08 03:59 PM
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4. redundant too
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Richardo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-14-08 04:00 PM
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5. You've obviously never read a liberaldemocrat7 bumper sticker.
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Richardo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-14-08 03:58 PM
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2. Um, Exxon-Mobil is one company.
Edited on Fri Mar-14-08 03:59 PM by Richardo
Other than that, it's PERFECT! :eyes:

http://www.exxonmobil.com/corporate/



:hi: CW!
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-14-08 04:03 PM
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9. he points that out in the email
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Richardo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-14-08 04:07 PM
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13. I obviously glazed over before then. Why not just change the text to say 'the largest'?
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Wickerman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-14-08 03:58 PM
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3. hmmm, indeed
I haven't bought gas from Hexon or Morbid for years but it seems to have had no impact. Now, if everyone would follow my example... :-)
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rateyes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-14-08 04:01 PM
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6. I've been saying this to people for two years...
we can't boycott all of them, but we can boycott one company, and it will make a difference. I'm down with boycotting Exxon/Mobil. I'll pass the word.
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appleannie1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-14-08 04:01 PM
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7.  Problem is that many independent stations buy their
Edited on Fri Mar-14-08 04:03 PM by appleannie1
gas from the same source. Guess who that source is. I have seen four or five different gas trucks lined up at a supply depot. Same gas, different names to market it under.
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VP505 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-14-08 04:06 PM
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11. I agree
where I live, there are only a few distributors supplying gas, you really don't know which oil company the distributor buys their gas from nor do you know which distributor the corner station buys from.
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HCE SuiGeneris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-14-08 04:02 PM
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8. I think it is a great concept.
Viva la Revolucion!
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sinkingfeeling Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-14-08 04:04 PM
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10. That'll be pretty easy for me; neither Mobile nor Exxon in the area.
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Uncle Joe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-14-08 04:06 PM
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12. I've already eliminated Exxon for my fuel purchases because
of their funding of anti-global warming climate change skeptics, I refuse to subsidize their propaganda.
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ProgressiveFool Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-14-08 04:08 PM
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14. not to burst any bubbles
but this is another one that comes out every time gas prices skyrocket. I'm all in favor of it, though, but I'd say we should target whichever company made the most obscene profits last quarter/year.

Still the better advice is to look into alternative transportation, carpooling, riding the bus, taking up bicycling, jogging or walking, or, if feasible, changing vehicles and/or residence to improve efficiency. The gas companies play us like fish raising and lowering the prices of gas, seeing how much the market will bear, and then giving us relief long enough for the national mood to settle. Only by changing our own habits can we have any lasting effect on the situation.
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NoGOPZone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-14-08 04:10 PM
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15. Snopes handled this one long ago
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lapfog_1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-14-08 04:11 PM
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16. Silly concept
not buying gas from any given supplier does NOT hurt them, so long as the same amount of gasoline is purchased from all suppliers.

These companies are not simply retailing, they are vertically integrated. They also sell gasoline to each other, and the retailers purchase gasoline from many different suppliers.

Not buying gasoline from a particular retailer outlet hurts only that outlet, not the company that branded that outlet. And that outlet doesn't make all that much from each gallon of gasoline sold, they are small businesses.

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TreasonousBastard Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-14-08 04:57 PM
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17. Makes even more sense to work on how to...
use less gas.

More busses, trains and carpools to get to work.

Smaller cars.

And so on...

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troubleinwinter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-14-08 06:05 PM
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18. Ugh. Not this hooey AGAIN.
Read post #14.
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