HOW WE CAN LOWER THE PRICE OF GAS

pel7

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GAS WAR - an idea that WILL work

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 next 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 $1.50 is super cheap. Me too! It is currently $2.79 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 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 =3D 300) ... and those 300 send it to at least ten more (300 x 10 =3D 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 $1.30 RANGE AND KEEP THEM DOWN.

THIS CAN REALLY WORK.
 

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Look most people dont care here i guess. they do not listen. I noticed today that gas is more expensive in the most affluent areas.

I live in san diego and worked in a fairly affluent area today gas at 3.00 for the cheap stuff.

yet i did notice that there were lines on to the street at another station, arco.

i do not buy gas at any other location than Arco,
two reasons , good mini mart(food beer sodas) and CHEAP gas always lower then the big ones.

trust me i think that a majority of san diegans do the same, buy from Arco. now unless they buy from the same supplier as the exxons and mobils , or is owned by them then this will not help.

i think that Arco is owned by BP.

anyway, i actually live in tijuana, mexico and no the gas is no cheaper here, the problem here is u pay fpor 4 liters and they pump 3. so it may say that its cheaper on the pump, but u still pay the same.
My point is just on the other side of the border is the not so RICH area and gas is MUCH cheaper than when u get closer to san diego about 30 mins north. the first exit that u get to that has gas, is 30 cents higher thatn the next exit, makes no sense to me unless people just cant make it one more exit.

Shop Arco i think that they have been fair through all these gas hikes.
 

neverteaseit

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don't see gas ever being lowered as long as we pay for it it will keep near the same price range. oil companies making billions and we the people get it in the arse. were's our govt at, that is supposed to help us when crisis like this happen. mmmmmmmmm maybe fleecing their pockets also? hell talk about gas I paid 4.50 for a gallon of milk yesterday. what the hell we have a cow shortage now.
 

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pel7 said:
we need to take aggressive action to teach them that BUYERS control the
marketplace..... not sellers.


This is the most flawed statement in the whole article for a number of reasons.

1. Marketplaces are a combination of BOTH supply and demand.

2. The Oil market is controlled by an oligopoly (OPEC), therefore placing more pricing power with the suppliers (not buyers) because of the lack of competition.

3. OPEC knows there is currently no substitute or alternative to gas. This gives them even more pricing power and control because we need what they have.
 
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SixFive

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I never buy my gasoline at a gas chain type store. That doesn't mean they don't supply them though. How would you know? I could be buying Exxon gasoline at my Minit Mart. :shrug:
 

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s_dooley24 said:
This is the most flawed statement in the whole article for a number of reasons.

1. Marketplaces are a combination of BOTH supply and demand.

2. The Oil market is controlled by an oligopoly (OPEC), therefore placing more pricing pricing with the suppliers (not buyers) because of the lack of competition.

3. OPEC knows there is currently no substitute or alternative to gas. This gives them even more pricing power and control because we need what they have.


:toast: to common sense
 

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get rid of BUSH for president. keeping his fellow oilmen happy down in texas. that's why we have that war over there in IRAQ.
 

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okolepuka said:
get rid of BUSH for president. keeping his fellow oilmen happy down in texas. that's why we have that war over there in IRAQ.

And we have not seen a single ounce of oil from Iraq...WTF???
 

The Wizard

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And dont go with Citgo. Citgo is supplied by....guess who???.........yep, that asshole Chavez in Venezuela moon1

Any Mom and Pop store with gas pumps will do it for me.
 
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