ValiantMike
Well-Known Member
I received this a couple of times in the last few days and thought that I'd pass it on here. It goes in line with a few suggestions that members made on a similar thread and seems to make more sense. Mike
> IT SURE CANNOT HURT TO TRY THIS!!!! I ALREADY DO NOT BUY FROM
> MOBIL/EXXON BUT FOR THOSE WHO DO - YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT WILL WORK!!!!
>
>
> 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 = 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 d 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
> IT SURE CANNOT HURT TO TRY THIS!!!! I ALREADY DO NOT BUY FROM
> MOBIL/EXXON BUT FOR THOSE WHO DO - YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT WILL WORK!!!!
>
>
> 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 = 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 d 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
