US Gasoline Prices

[Larry C Leung]

IMHO, since refined gas is limited in supply, if Exxon/Mobil can't sell
their gas at inflated prices to consumers, they'll eventually find buyers
on the wholesale market willing to buy it at still inflated prices.

LL - NY

On Wed, 18 Apr 2001 13:43:28 -0400 "quattro toronto"
<quattro_toronto at hotmail.com> writes:
>Please dont kill the messenger!
>
>
>US GASOLINE PRICES
>
>This makes more sense than the "don't buy gas on a certain day" 
>routine that 
>was going around in April or May. Whoever started this has a good 
>point.
>
>By now you're probably thinking gasoline priced at about $1.49 is 
>cheap. Me 
>too! As it is now $1.58 for regular unleaded. 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 less than $1.50, we need to try an aggressive 
>response.
>
>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 
>don't buy it. But, that's not really a practical option since
>
>we all have come to rely on our cars. But we CAN have an impact on gas 
>
>prices if we all act together.
>
>********** Here's the idea **********
>
>For the rest of this year, don't purchase gasoline from the two 
>biggest 
>companies (which now are one), EXXON and MOBIL. If they are not 
>selling, 
>they should be inclined to reduce their prices - and if they reduce 
>their 
>prices the other companies will too.
>
>But to have an impact, we need to reach literally millions of users. 
>But it 
>IS... do-able!
>
>**********
>I am sending this note to 28 people. If each of you send it to at 
>least 10 
>more ...and those 10 send it to at least 10 more ... and so on by the 
>time 
>the message reaches the sixth iteration we will have reached over one 
>
>million consumers. Acting together we can make a difference. If this 
>makes 
>sense to you, please pass this message on, or one you compose, to at 
>least 
>10 more E-mail addresses.
>
>PLEASE HOLD OUT UNTIL THEY LOWER THEIR PRICES TO $1.28 - $1.29 AND 
>KEEP THEM 
>DOWN.
>THIS CAN REALLY WORK.
>
>Katherine Doyle
>WASHTENAW COUNTY ROAD COMMISSION
>IS Department
>555 North Zeeb
>Ann Arbor, MI 48106
>
>
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