Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2004 13:04:13 EST
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From: JordanVw@AOL.COM
Subject: gas prices.. and what they'll be this summer
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i usually dont fwd stuff i get in mass mailings to the list, but i thought
this one was interesting.. as for vanagon content - my vanagon runs on gas :<
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anyway, here it be..
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Subject: Gasoline prices
this may work!
I hear we are going to hit close to $3.00 a gallon by the summer. 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 it and join with us .By now you're probably thinking
gasoline
priced at about $1.50 is super cheap. Me too! It is currently $1.97 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.
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