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 $1.77 for regular unleaded in my town. It is
$2.09 in the Vail Valley and $1.90 in Glenwood Springs and only $1.85 in
Summit County (and they are just over Vail Pass from us...) 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 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 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 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. (If it doesn't,
please contact the person who sent it to you.... maybe they can breath some
life into you!)

PLEASE HOLD OUT UNTIL THEY LOWER THEIR PRICES TO THE $1.30 RANGE AND KEEP
THEM DOWN. THIS CAN REALLY WORK.

If you're not outraged by what the oil companies are doing to us, go see
your doctor, you may be suffering from terminal apathy! Perhaps he/she can
prescribe something for you.

This is also not really the best idea...


This should be addressed like any other issue... You simple need to PRICE SHOP.

What good does it do to boycot 2 suppliers when they may have the cheapest gas?

Nooo... You just need to pay attention to where you buy gas. Buy from the less expensive places, and the prices will come down at the other ones.

Seems simple enough to me, but nobody wants to mention it...

<font color="yellow">This is an internet hoax thats been floating around for a few years.
There have actually been people that have done studies to whether or not this will work. The main reason it will not work is that the majority of the Mobil and Exxon stations are independently owned. The owners buy the fuel from these companies then mark it up by a few cents per gal and sell it. By not buying these two types of gas, we will not be hurting the major companies quick enough. The independantly owned stations will be forced out of business due to the lack of immediate income from the few cents per gallon they used to make.

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