what do u think??

El Duro · Foro Master

RE: what do u think??

Marky Mark · Foro Master

That's fine, but when I receive my $4,000,000,000 cheque from my Nigerian representative I will laugh at all of you worrying about gas prices!

ok seriously, check this out LINK

Here's what it says basically:

"A boycott of a couple of brands of gasoline won't result in lower overall prices. Prices at all the non-boycotted outlets would rise due to the temporarily limited supply and increased demand, making the original prices look cheap by comparison. The shunned outlets could then make a killing by offering gasoline at its "normal" (i.e., pre-boycott) price or by selling off their output to the non-boycotted companies, who will need the extra supply to meet demand. The only person who really gets hurt in this proposed scheme is the service station operator, who has almost no control over the price of gasoline.

The only practical way of reducing gasoline prices is through the straightforward means of buying less gasoline, not through a simple and painless scheme of just shifting where we buy it. The inconvenience of driving less is a hardship too many people apparently aren't willing to endure, however. "

El Mismo · Guru

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 $1.50
>per litre 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 $.80 is super cheap. Me too! It is
>currently $1.08 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 liter
>of gas is CHEAP at $.90 - $1.00, 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 , PETRO CANADA and ESSO. 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,all you have to do is
>send this to 10 people.... I'm a mathematician, 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 PETRO
>CANADA/ESSO UNTIL THEY LOWER THEIR PRICES TO THE $.60 RANGE AND KEEP THEM
>DOWN.
> THIS CAN REALLY WORK.