Date: Sat, 5 Mar 2011 19:19:47 -0800
Reply-To: Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Fw: Gasoline: Any VANAGON People buy this concept?
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Terrific, the Vanagon List has fallen to the level of chain letters! Je-sus
Christ.
If you don't send this letter to ten friends your WBX will start puking
coolant from the rubber bands...
On Sat, Mar 5, 2011 at 1:17 PM, George Wietor <wietorg@yahoo.com> wrote:
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> 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.
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> This was sent by a retired Coca Cola executive. It came from one of his
> engineer buddies who retired from Halliburton. If you are tired of the gas
> prices going up AND they will continue to rise this summer, take time to
> read this please.
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> 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!!!!
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> I hear we are going to hit close to $ 4.00 a gallon by next summer and it
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> higher!! Want gasoline prices to come down?
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> 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 .
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> 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!
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> By now you're probably thinking gasoline priced at about $2.00 is super
> cheap. Me too! It is currently $3.08 at Arco and Costco for regular
> unleaded in Salem, Oregon and climbing every week.
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> 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.
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> With the price of gasoline going up more each day, we consumers need to
> take action.
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> 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.
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> How? Since we all rely on our cars, we can't just stop buying gas.
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> But we CAN have an impact on gas prices if we all act together to force a
> price war.
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> 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.
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> 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
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> 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!!
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> I am sending this note to 30 people. If each of us 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
> group of people, we will have reached over THREE MILLION consumers .
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> If those three million get excited and pass this on to ten friends each,
> then 30 million people will have been contacted!
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> If it goes one level further, you guessed it..... THREE HUNDRED MILLION
> PEOPLE!!!
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> Again, all you have to do is send this to 10 people. That's all!
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> (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.
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> 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!
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> I'll bet you didn't think you and I had that much potential, did you!
> Acting together we can make a difference.
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> 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 $2.00
> RANGE AND KEEP THEM DOWN. THIS CAN REALLY WORK.
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Jake
1984 Vanagon GL 1.9 WBX - 'The Grey Van'
1986 Westy Weekender/2.5 SOHC Subie - 'Dixie'
Crescent Beach, BC
www.thebassspa.com
www.crescentbeachguitar.com
http://subyjake.googlepages.com/mydixiedarlin%27
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