LAC! Re: US Gasoline Prices

[Chris Dyer]

...plus the fact that every other oil co. is guilty of the same stuff Ex & 
Mo' are.

But hey, aren't we the guilty ones?  Discuss.


>From: Andrew Sitzer <sitzman at core.binghamton.edu>
>To: quattro toronto <quattro_toronto at hotmail.com>
>CC: <quattro at audifans.com>
>Subject: Re: US Gasoline Prices
>Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2001 14:49:48 -0400 (EDT)
>
> > 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.
> >
>The logic here is completely flawed.. If people stop buying from mobil and
>exxon stations then mobil+exxon willhave to increase their prices to help
>offset their losses.  As well, if their sales-quantity decreases they will
>have to pay more for the gas (remember, quantitiy discounts) which will
>just pass on to the consumer.  Oh, and i won;t even mention what this will
>do to the people who actually own these franchised stations.
>
>Alternatively -- I think a national carpool day would be good.  We could
>all carpool to work etc and reduce the amount of gas we would need to
>buy/use.  In addition to savings us money (remmeber, 2 people in a car =
>50% gas savings!) we would be saving the planet.
>
>-Andrew S.
>
>

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