Boycott Gas on May 19th

POSTED BY: DucesTecum
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DUCESTECUM

Wednesday, May 12, 2004 8:08 PM

Subject: Don't buy gas on May 19th

IT HAS BEEN CALCULATED THAT IF EVERYONE IN THE UNITED STATES DID NOT PURCHASE A DROP OF GASOLINE FOR ONE DAY AND ALL AT THE SAME TIME, THE OIL COMPANIES WOULD CHOKE ON THEIR STOCKPILES.

AT THE SAME TIME IT WOULD HIT THE ENTIRE INDUSTRY WITH A NET LOSS OF OVER 4.6 BILLION DOLLARS WHICH AFFECTS THE BOTTOM LINES OF THE OIL COMPANIES.

THEREFORE MAY 19TH HAS BEEN FORMALLY DECLARED "STICK IT UP THEIR BEHIND DAY AND THE PEOPLE OF THIS NATION SHOULD NOT BUY A SINGLE DROP OF GASOLINE THAT DAY.

THE ONLY WAY THIS CAN BE DONE IS IF YOU FORWARD THIS E-MAIL TO AS MANY
PEOPLE AS YOU CAN AND AS QUICKLY AS YOU CAN TO GET THE WORD OUT.

WAITING ON THIS ADMIINSTRATION TO STEP IN AND CONTROL THE PRICES IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. WHAT HAPPENED TO THE REDUCTION AND CONTROL IN PRICES THAT THE ARAB NATIONS PROMISED TWO WEEKS AGO?

REMEMBER ONE THING, NOT ONLY IS THE PRICE OF GASOLINE GOING UP BUT AT THE SAME TIME AIRLINES ARE FORCED TO RAISE THEIR PRICES, TRUCKING COMPANIES ARE FORCED TO RAISE THEIR PRICES WHICH EFFECTS PRICES ON EVERYTHING THAT IS SHIPPED.

THINGS LIKE FOOD, CLOTHING, BUILDING MATERIALS, MEDICAL SUPPLIES ETC. WHO PAYS IN THE END? WE DO!

WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. IF THEY DON'T GET THE MESSAGE AFTER ONE DAY, WE WILL DO IT AGAIN AND AGAIN.

SO DO YOUR PART AND SPREAD THE WORD. FORWARD THIS EMAIL TO EVERYONE
YOU KNOW. MARK YOUR CALENDARS AND MAKE MAY 19TH A DAY THAT THE CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES SAY "ENOUGH IS ENOUGH"

BADGERSHAT

Wednesday, May 12, 2004 8:22 PM

This is untrue.

If everyone in the country boycotts gas for a day, the oil producers are TOTALLY unaffected.

This is a thing that makes its may around the net every year.

The ONLY thing that will happen is, you'll hurt gas station owners financially.

--Jefé The Hat

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"I like smackin 'em"--Jayne

SEVENPERCENT

Wednesday, May 12, 2004 8:25 PM

This kind of thing doesnt work- Check www.snopes.com , it's a kind of chain-letter hoax- Besides, common sense tells you this isnt so, because stockpiles are just that, stockpiles- What you dont sell today, you will sell tomorrow or to a different buyer- People can only go without gas for so long- That's why Big Oil has all of us in a stranglehold to begin with- It's not like we dont need gas, they know we need it it and we know it, which is why this would never work-

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WHOODAHN

Friday, May 14, 2004 2:17 PM

If you really think that Big Oil is screwing the public and getting rich, then buy stock. Sell your home, sell your car, sell the wife and kids and buy as much stock as you can. If you really believe the oil companies are making as much profit as you say they are, put your money where your mouth is and become a rich person.

"I ain't crazy and I've got papers to prove it"

GHOULMAN

Friday, May 14, 2004 2:26 PM

Gotta say, Badgershat is correct.

A boycott or any message sent to the Oil Gods is a waste of time and effort. We in the west are committed to our oil sucking ... until it's all used up.

CCT

Friday, May 14, 2004 3:54 PM

Ok, you really want to make a difference? Any difference at all? (besides which day you fill your car on?

USE LESS GAS. Three words, about as simple as it gets. So simple that explaining how this works is a waste of typing :)

I'm curious, though- everybody seems to be more concerned with the cost of gas, and all the problems/issues associated with petroleum usage are secondary. Personally, I'd PREFER that gas be $4-$5 / gallon. Am I nuts? Here's why-

Gas really does cost that much. If you consider environmental costs, military costs, the assorted other costs that are associated with the consumption of petroleum fuels, it costs more than you expect to burn a gallon of gas. BUT cheap gas is popular! So who's paying for this? You are, as part of your tax burden- buying the price of gas down as part of what your taxes do.

This it truly broken- politicians have essentially bought our vote ('cause we love cheap gas) with our own money! The joke's on us :( There is no prize to be won for being efficient- since you're paying for the gas anyway in your taxes burning less with a super efficient car doesn't really get you much. Contrarily, driving a Hummer around doesn't really cost you that much either, since the costs aren't really in the gas you buy.

If things were re-structured so that money I normally pay in taxes (that is associated with petroleum usage) were added on at the pump instead of on my 1040, I think that would work. For the "average" person, they'd see themselves paying more at the pump, and correspondingly less in their taxes- no net change of cost. THEN, with gas actually costing what it should, the Hummer driver takes the hit in the wallet that he should, and the guy riding his bike to work actually has significantly more money in his pocket than before!

Is there any way "Joe Taxpayer" will buy into this scheme? Nope, the average Joe can't see past the price on the gas pump. So......

Make me world dictator and things will change! :)

CCT

JOHNCLARK

Friday, May 14, 2004 8:02 PM

Figured I'd chuck this in

With the current rate of exchange, I reckon we pay around 7-8 Dollars a gallon here in the UK

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Experience has taught me that interest begets expectation, and expectation begets disappointment, so the key to avoiding disappointment is to avoid interest. A=B=C=A, or whatever

GHOULMAN

Friday, May 14, 2004 8:13 PM

^^^ Blimey!

JOHNCLARK

Friday, May 14, 2004 8:27 PM

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Originally posted by Ghoulman:
^^^ Blimey!

Well, part of it is the exchange rate, but our American colleagues do usually seem kinda surprised

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Experience has taught me that interest begets expectation, and expectation begets disappointment, so the key to avoiding disappointment is to avoid interest. A=B=C=A, or whatever

WHOODAHN

Friday, May 14, 2004 11:46 PM

We should be glad that cars don't run on milk, beer or sparkling water.

Here's some interesting math, Crude is up to $40 a barrel, a barrel is 42 gallons. So oil refiners are paying nearly a $1 a gallon for RAW materials. Spend a Billion dollars to buy yourself a refinery, spend millions every day for natural gas and electricity to run it. Spend millions a year in upgrades and environmental compliance. Sell your gas at wholesale costs to vendor that has to add his profit and another chunk for taxes and the final price is over $2 a gallon. The refiners get blamed for the high price of gas. Go figure.

You are right, the simple answer is that we use more gas that we can make. Use less and the price will go down.

"I ain't crazy and I've got papers to prove it"

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