>>>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 $4.00 a
>>>gallon 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 $1.50 is super cheap. Me too! It is
>>>currently $2.79 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 gallon of gas is CHEAP at $1.50 - $1.75, 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.
>>>
>>>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 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 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
> EXXON/MOBIL
>>>UNTIL THEY LOWER THEIR PRICES TO THE $1.30 RANGE AND KEEP THEM DOWN.
>>>
>>>THIS CAN REALLY WORK


Worth a shot!

 

Yup then when Exxon lowers the price 5 cents everyone will be lining up at theire gas station agian. That will last about a minute. A person is smart, people are stupid.

 

 

Supply and demand is what controls the price of gas. China and India have booming economies and use tremendous anount of gas now. This coupled with fewer refineries than we had in the early 70s thanks to enviromentalist group and tighter gov. restrictions means there is not enough capacity to produce gas fast enough to meet demand. The EPA also makes the gas companies produce more than 20 different blends that also drives up the cost. The price of gas is high, but if you factor in inflation it cost roughly the same as it did 20 years ago. Compared to most other nations the price of gas is cheap. In most european countries it runs between 3.50-6.00 dollars a gallon. There is no simply solution unfortunately.

 

hmmmm.... http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/14332911.htm

 

why would that man need to make 48 million a year. and 1/3 of gas prices are determined by people in the stock market trying to get top dollar out of their barrels of oil.

 

money talks bullshit walks in Washington. fact of the matter is IRS code spells out that compensation to management (officers and alike, not stock holders) shold be evaluated by their experience, performance and level of responsibility and follow a guideline of what is the "norm" within the industry. If you were the COO of some company who normally does say 3million a year and all of a sudden the company has a record year of 5 million...you better bet your *** the IRS will be knockin go on your door if you as the manager took more than the "norm" for a bonus. But if your company could pay for ANY fringe for ANY politician...you wouldn't have to worry about ******* your stockholders out of the profits.

 

If only we could get all the sheepole to follow this, most just go blindly from day to day so they can make it to the weekend, get ****-canned and forget everything they have seen, learned, or heard.
Ignorance is bliss for the stupid.
SAD BUT TRUE.........

 

Sorry but it will never work, we are at the oil companys disposal and too many people have the DGAF attitude when it comes to gas.

 

I live in south La. And work in the petro-chem industry. This isnt going to work for the main reason is that shell, texaco, mobil, exxon, chevron, etc gas stations all use the exact same gas, just different additives. The first time I saw a texaco chevron and mobil tank truck lined up in the same line to fill up I tripped out, this was before the exxon mobil merge too. It comes from the closest refinery, not that brands refinery.