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    Thought this was a cool idea!

    This was originally sent by a retired Coca Cola executive. It came from
    one of his engineer buddies who retired from Halliburton. It 's worth
    your consideration. Join the resistance!!!!

    I hear we are going to hit close to $4.00 a
    gallon by this summer and it might go higher!! 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 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 $3.09 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 $2.25 - 2.50, 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 wimp out 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 sends 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 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.
    Casey
    1980 xs1100g "Frankenstein" (Now with a mind of his own!)

    "What do you mean I can't park this thing here?"
    "Shiny side up? I don't have a shiny side."

  • #2
    This idea has also been discussed at great length. It boils down to the way oil companies buy/sell the commodity to each other from the pipelines....and the plan is not effective.
    1979 XS11F Standard - Maya - 1196cc (out of order)
    1978 XS11E Standard - Nina - 1101cc
    http://www.livejournal.com/~xs11

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    • #3
      The reaction I got from this very same "plan" is why I seldom post on the Yahoo XS site anymore.

      It boils down to, If you don't want to spend money on gas don't buy any.
      Would it kill you to ride a bicycle? I've ridden mine to the store with the trailer on the back (hauled two kids around when they were small enough to fit) and gotten quite a bit in there. I'd ride 4 to 10 miles to work and back, takes not that much longer than in the car. When it rained I wore rain gear. When traffic was backed-up because of a wreck (rain induced) I pedalled around all the cars waiting in traffic.
      I have about a 50 mile range that comfortable. Just takes getting used to.
      Pat Kelly
      <p-lkelly@sbcglobal.net>

      1978 XS1100E (The Force)
      1980 XS1100LG (The Dark Side)
      2007 Dodge Ram 2500 quad-cab long-bed (Wifes ride)
      1999 Suburban (The Ship)
      1994 Dodge Spirit (Son #1)
      1968 F100 (Valentine)

      "No one is totally useless. They can always be used as a bad example"

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      • #4
        strike

        I didn't really think it would be effective, I just hadn't seen it before. My solution to high gas prices was buying the XS.
        Casey
        1980 xs1100g "Frankenstein" (Now with a mind of his own!)

        "What do you mean I can't park this thing here?"
        "Shiny side up? I don't have a shiny side."

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        • #5
          The only effective way to lower gas prices is to use less gas.

          Has been hashed over in other threads, no doubt high prices will impact my recreational driving this year. Used to take off for a couple hundred mile afternoon ride, cost was around $10.00 back in the days when gas was around $1.35 - $1.40 per gallon. (6 - 7 gallons) Now that same ride would run me almost tripple, and my disposable income has not kept pace. Result...more afternoons at home!

          Already run econo cars, 1 Honda Accord, 1 Saturn SL2. Both get more than 32mpg, so riding the XJ (32 - 34mpg) is not really any cheaper than running a cage. Given the bike's higher maintenance cost, tires particularly, I can't make a financial argument for riding instead of driving.

          Sorry to say recreational driving will be cut back. That also goes for my snowmobile (less than 1,000 miles in the 2006 - 2007 season) and 4x4, which has yet to be out on a trail this year. (8 - 12 mpg....ouch!)

          On the bright side, maybe I can take care of all those piddling little things I really should take care of and have not cause I wanted to ride/drive instead.
          Jerry Fields
          '82 XJ 'Sojourn'
          '06 Concours
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          "... life is just a honky-tonk show." Cherry Poppin' Daddy Strut

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