Re: Fwd: Gas Out April 30, 1999

[Paul Luevano <prl@ptc.com>]

>From the NMA list.  I'm always for cheaper gas....

Ivan Sever wrote:
> 
> This came across my desk today.  What do you think?  In Portland, OR gas
> prices jumped overnight by 15-25%.  When OPEC cuts supply of crude, there
> are massive volumes of crude and refined product between wellhead and
> customer, eg, in the post-wellhead
> pipeline/transit/processing/pipeline/inventory.  What's clearly happened
> is an overnight markup of all that product that was paid for at the
> preannouncement low wellhead price, ie, a windfall profit by repricing
> the in-transit product at the wellhead replacement cost.  Then when
> supply is plentiful, it takes a long time for prices to drop, esp by
> 15-25%, implying that they are not repricing the in-transit product at
> the replacement cost.  Ie, they appear to play the inventory pricing
> game, both up & down, to maximize profit, at our expense.
> 
> >As someone who spends a LOT of time on the road, I'd like to think
> there's
> >SOMETHING we can do to make SOME kind of statement, so maybe we can do
> this.
> >
> >
> >THE GREAT "GAS OUT"
> >It's time we did something about the price of gasoline in America!  We
> are
> >all sick and tired of high prices when there are literally millions of
> >gallons in storage. Know what I found out?  If there was just ONE day
> when
> >no one purchased any gasoline, prices would drop drastically. The
> so-called
> >oil cartel has decided to slow production by some 2 million barrels per
> day
> >to drive up the price.  I have decided to see how many Americans we can
> get
> >to NOT BUY ANY GASOLINE on one particular day!
> >
> >Let's have a GAS OUT!
> >DO NOT BUY ANY GASOLINE ON APRIL 30, 1999!!!!!
> >APRIL 30, 1999!!!!!   APRIL 30, 1999!!!!!
> >APRIL 30, 1999!!!!!  APRIL 30, 1999!!!!!
> >APRIL 30, 1999!!!!! APRIL 30, 1999!!!!!
> >APRIL 30, 1999!!!!! APRIL 30, 1999!!!!!
> >APRIL 30, 1999!!!!! APRIL 30, 1999!!!!!
> >APRIL 30, 1999!!!!! APRIL 30, 1999!!!!!
> >APRIL 30, 1999!!!!! APRIL 30, 1999!!!!!
> >APRIL 30, 1999!!!!!    APRIL 30, 1999!!!!!
> >APRIL 30, 1999!!!!!   APRIL 30, 1999!!!!!
> >APRIL 30, 1999!!!!!  APRIL 30, 1999!!!!!
> >APRIL 30, 1999!!!!!   APRIL 30, 1999!!!!!
> >APRIL 30, 1999!!!!!    APRIL 30, 1999!!!!!
> >APRIL 30, 1999!!!!!   APRIL 30, 1999!!!!!
> >APRIL 30, 1999!!!!! APRIL 30, 1999!!!!!
> >APRIL 30, 1999!!!!!   APRIL 30, 1999!!!!!
> >APRIL 30, 1999!!!!!
> >
> >Buy on Thursday before, or Saturday after.
> >Do not buy any gasoline on FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 1999.
> >
> >
> >Wanna help?  Send this message to everyone you know.  Ask them to do the
> >same. All we need is a few million to participate in order to make a
> >difference. We CAN make a difference.
> >--------------
> 
> Ivan

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