Date:         Sat, 13 Mar 2004 09:17:03 -0500
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Subject:      Gasoline War ! !
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Join the resistance!!!! 
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.  It's really simple to do!! Now, don't whimp 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 about thirty people. If each of you send 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 generation 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 goesone 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 email 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 I 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. 
PLEASE HOLD OUT UNTIL THEY LOWER THEIR PRICES  TO THE $1.30 RANGE AND KEEP THEM DOWN. THIS CAN REALLY WORK.