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If your sick of GAS prices! Check this out makes sense….


This is a different idea then the ones going around these past couple of
years, give it a read.

I have to say that I don't have any Exxon/Mobil station near me, even though
I have a Exxon gas card, so I have to not buy Texaco/Shell




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!
 

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Been posted (and circulated through chain mail) numerous times. Would punish the small business owners and have no effect on the actual people it's intended to affect
 

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Starbucks charging $32 bucks per gallon for coffee and people lining the streets to get in there and grab a cup.

Pepsi charging over 5 bucks per gallon for colored sugar water but its a great business model to help millions of people develop diabetes.

Nike has thousands of people in Vietnam and China earning not much more than slave wages producing sneakers and people are more than willing to pay $150 for the chic styles.

So, are oil companies really robbing people? Maybe so, but if oil companies are robbing, what is Starbucks doing lesser than outright robbery?

:dancefool
 

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DAWOOFDADDY said:
Starbucks charging $32 bucks per gallon for coffee and people lining the streets to get in there and grab a cup.

Pepsi charging over 5 bucks per gallon for colored sugar water but its a great business model to help millions of people develop diabetes.

Nike has slaves in Vietnam and China making sneakers and people are more than willing to pay $150 for the chic styles.

So, are oil companies really gauging people? Maybe so, but if oil companies are gauging, what is Starbucks doing lesser than outright robbery?

:dancefool

I've seen this argument before Woof (How people overpay for bottled water or coffee etc) I own a small part of a business that has a significant % of our cost derived from fuel costs. Not really sure if it's a fair comparison to equate fuel costs which spike and fall 30-40% in the span of a month or two with the cost of a pepsi or latte.

We don't buy fancy coffee or bottled water as part of doing business. As a consumer, the 99 cent bottle of pepsi I purchase may last me 2 days. The day that I "need" 3-4 gallons of pepsi a day just to operate my vehicle the comparison might be valid.
 

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ktvvegas said:
Been posted (and circulated through chain mail) numerous times. Would punish the small business owners and have no effect on the actual people it's intended to affect

Good point
 

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KTV, I actually see it differently.

Since gasoline is a necessity, its underpriced moreso than overpriced, even at todays levels.

And really, gasoline isnt a necessity as much as is thought. People could and some will make other changes to their daily lives now that gas prices have risen so dramatically.

Looks like people may have to lower consumption of discretionary items and spend their dough for gasoline.

Example: the other night, I was going to order pizzas. However, after looking at the prices, and a $2 delivery charge, the pizzas would have cost about $23 (not including tip).

The same order a couple years ago, had "free" delivery and would have cost about $15 (not including tip). Thats a 50% increase from only a couple years ago.

I instead went into the kitchen and made a couple sandwiches with food I had sitting in my fridge.

What sucks is that our system has been built upon the assumption of unlimited and cheap energy.

Until it changes, those days are behind us and people should make necessary adjustments assuming higher energy prices.
 

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Gas in Europe costs anywhere from $5 to $7 per gallon, and has been way over US prices for a long time. They have adjusted through the MIRACLE of public transportation. The US federal and local governments are really stupid when it comes to this issue. It would cost less money to build an electric tram system or greatly enhance bus service in every major American city than it is costing to destroy Iraq, without even managing to extract more oil than before the war.
 

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As a society, we will adjust.

People along the margins will not drive as much and some wont at all be driving.

Some businesses that heavily rely on energy usage will have their margins squeezed. Some will go broke, which will help the remaining players maintain pricing power they need to make profits.

Sunday afternoon...bright sunny day. In a poorer part of town, I drove past a u-do-it carwash, which would usually be very crowded during such a time, was completely empty.

Indicators like that are not what is published via mainstream economic reports, but they sure mean alot to what I deem is happening.

:nopityA:
 

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DAWOOFDADDY said:
Starbucks charging $32 bucks per gallon for coffee and people lining the streets to get in there and grab a cup.

Pepsi charging over 5 bucks per gallon for colored sugar water but its a great business model to help millions of people develop diabetes.

Woof, you are one of the few that will ever point this out. However it is difficult for the consumers of these products to admit this with the taste still in their mouth!
 

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levistep said:
This is a really good idea and I don't see how it could fail.

i don't know, it's kind of a toss up between this and everyone not buying gas on a specific day.
 

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gopherbob said:
i don't know, it's kind of a toss up between this and everyone not buying gas on a specific day.
Collusion like this doesn't even work on a significantly smaller scale like with the oil companies, even though everyone thinks it does. How could it possibly work with 300 million people?
 

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levistep said:
Collusion like this doesn't even work on a significantly smaller scale like with the oil companies, even though everyone thinks it does. How could it possibly work with 300 million people?

deep down, i still think there is collusion among the oil companies. must be my proletarian mind set.
 

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gopherbob said:
i don't know, it's kind of a toss up between this and everyone not buying gas on a specific day.

Gopher, I dont know why you think this idea of not buying gas a particular day will have any change in aggregate prices.

If aggregate consumption doesnt change, how will not buying gas one day change prices since when aggregate usage will be unchanged? People will only be delaying their next purchase?

There may be some collusion among oil companies. Probably the same level as exists among several types of businesses.
 

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DAWOOFDADDY said:
Gopher, I dont know why you think this idea of not buying gas a particular day will have any change in aggregate prices.

If aggregate consumption doesnt change, how will not buying gas one day change prices since when aggregate usage will be unchanged? People will only be delaying their next purchase?

There may be some collusion among oil companies. Probably the same level as exists among several types of businesses.

i was being facetious, like levi was doing.
 

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Good stuff! Rises in the price of gasoline and stamps seem to get more attention than anything else.

Maybe if enough people not only didnt buy gas a particular day, but for a month they instead lowered their energy usage by carpooling, etc. it would change prices.
 

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how about you liberal hippies trade in your suvs? I remember my high school physics teacher was the biggest hippy ever, but he drove an Ford F150.
 

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I agree Levi.

Before the outcry about gas prices became too loud, I was suggesting maybe people should surrender in their Escalades, motor homes, heated swimming pools, and year round berries that are shipped from South America.
 

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