Not happy with gas prices? Here's an idea that might bring them down!

[BigBlackMachine]

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 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 30 people. If each of us 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 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.

Kerry Lyle, Director, Research Coordinator

[Orlando_87GN]

Hint, anything that insists you perpetuate the sending of the spam to your friends is a hoax.

http://www.snopes.com/politics/gasoline/gasout.asp

[STOMPN 6]

I haven't bought gas at an Exxon or Mobil gas station in over 5 years. No real reason for not doing so,just not that many local.

[ajt86]

citgo or US gas goes in the beater they dont speak english but they understand fill up regular and give the thumbs up

when the GN acualy sees the road i only buy sunoco ultra 94, i cant remember the last time i bought exxon or mobil-

is there even exxons around anymore? mobil is lukoil now.

[Gnat352]

Sunoco 94 Oct ultra

[Orlando_87GN]

If you read the link posted above and again here:
http://www.snopes.com/politics/gasoline/gasout.asp

You will see there is no such thing as making a positive impact by boycotting different brands of gas. In fact the article states it could increase the price and the only person it affects is the station owner that has no control over the price any way....

[Grumpy]

I run the cheapest "93" I can find with "alky"

[Gothmog]

I paid $3.09 for super today Whoo Hoo