[Vwdiesel] Lowering Gasoline Prices

[Robert L. Coyle, Jr.]

--- The Lecrones <saljel at nfdc.net> wrote:
>
> Subject: Lowering Gasoline Prices
>
>
> >            MIGHT WORK, MIGHT NOT?
> >
> **********************************************
> >
> >       Subject: Lowering Gasoline Prices
> >
> >       I hear we are going to hit close to $3.00 a
> gallon by the summer.
> 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!

No, it won't. If you drive 200 miles on average per
week, you use X amount of fuel. If everyone refuses to
buy gas on, say, Tuesday, they still drive the same
amount of distance and consume the same amount of
fuel. Therefore, they will buy MORE fuel on Monday or
Wednesday. Now, what was this plan again? Plan Nine
from Outer Space?

> >  By now you're probably thinking gasoline priced
> at about $1.50 is super
> > cheap.

Gasoline at $1.50 per gannon is a ripoff.

> Me too! It is currently $1.97 for regular
> unleaded in my town.
> > (California)

Leave California.

> >  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,

That's like saying that the Arabian Islamic Extremists
have "conditioned" us that the World Trade Center
attack on September 11 was necessary and we deserved
it. Wait a minute, Ted Turner said that, didn't he?

> 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.

Not true. ExxonMobil wholesales gas to mom-and-pop
stations, convenience stores, and so on. So when you
think you're "hurting" them, you're actually helping
them.

> >  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

"whimp out." Doesn't that cause blindness or hair on
your palms?

> 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!!!

And remember, send one dollar to each of the
individuals on the list below with the now, "Please
add me to your mailing list." Then, place your name
and address at the bottom position...

> >  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. PLEASE HOLD OUT
> UNTIL THEY LOWER THEIR
> PRICES
> > AND KEEP THEM DOWN. THIS CAN REALLY WORK. YOU KNOW
> THEY LOVE HOLIDAYS AND
> > SUMMER TRAVELERS.

The domestic oil, companies have been making record
profits for the past two years. Those summer travelers
must travel all year long.

> > --
> > "The only disability in life is a bad attitude."

In that case, I'm disabled, because I think this idea
really sucks.

Robert


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