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West Coast GT · 06-10-2008

Not my idea - just something floating around the Internet today - but an interesting concept.

Forecasts are that we will have $5.00 a gallon gasoline by summer and it might go higher. Want prices to come down? We need to take some intelligent, united action. This is an interesting concept. It is not the 'don't buy gas for one day’ plan.

Now that oil companies and OPEC have conditioned us to think that the cost of a gallon of gas is cheap at $1.50 - $1.75, we need to teach them that buyers control the marketplace, not sellers.

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. Since we all rely on our cars, we can't just stop buying gas. But we can impact gas prices if we force a price war.

For the rest of this year, do not purchase gasoline from the two largest companies (which now are one), EXXONMOBIL. If they are not selling gas, they will be inclined to reduce price. If they reduce price, the other companies will be forced to follow suit.

But to have an impact, we need to reach millions of Exxon and Mobil gas buyers. If each of us send this to at least ten other people, and they send it to at least ten more, and so on, by the time the message reaches the sixth tier, we will have reached over three million consumers. If those three million pass this on to ten friends each, then 30 million people will have been contacted. One more level and we’re talking about 300 million people.

I suggest that we not buy from Exxon/Mobil until they lower their prices to the $2.00 range and keep them down.

06-10-2008	#308 (permalink)
West Coast GT Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: San Francisco Bay Area Posts: 836 Classified Rating: 0% (0)	Not my idea - just something floating around the Internet today - but an interesting concept. Forecasts are that we will have $5.00 a gallon gasoline by summer and it might go higher. Want prices to come down? We need to take some intelligent, united action. This is an interesting concept. It is not the 'don't buy gas for one day’ plan. Now that oil companies and OPEC have conditioned us to think that the cost of a gallon of gas is cheap at $1.50 - $1.75, we need to teach them that buyers control the marketplace, not sellers. 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. Since we all rely on our cars, we can't just stop buying gas. But we can impact gas prices if we force a price war. For the rest of this year, do not purchase gasoline from the two largest companies (which now are one), EXXONMOBIL. If they are not selling gas, they will be inclined to reduce price. If they reduce price, the other companies will be forced to follow suit. But to have an impact, we need to reach millions of Exxon and Mobil gas buyers. If each of us send this to at least ten other people, and they send it to at least ten more, and so on, by the time the message reaches the sixth tier, we will have reached over three million consumers. If those three million pass this on to ten friends each, then 30 million people will have been contacted. One more level and we’re talking about 300 million people. I suggest that we not buy from Exxon/Mobil until they lower their prices to the $2.00 range and keep them down.