[no subject]

[jkerouac@xxxxxxx]

This one is worth sending around.
  It takes a long time for oil to get shipped, refined, and distributed
to market.  Yet why does the price shoot up overnight the moment the
price per barrel rises even a few cents?  Does the price go down
overnight when the cost per barrel drops?  Of course not.
    So in the rest of the country, boycott Exxon and Mobil.  Here in CA,
Chevron, Shell and 76 are the bullies to boycott.

Barry
- -----------------------------------------------------

>  You know I normally do not forward messages of this type to anyone,
> but this might actually work.  If that many people refuse to buy
> gasoline from Exxon & Mobil, they will certainly feel the pain. It's
> not the local retailers who are at fault, so by all means, stop in and
> grab a bag of chips or other convenient items just to keep these folks
> in business.  Just refuse to buy their gasoline.
>
>      I hear fearmongers claiming we are going to hit close to
>      $3.00 a gallon by the summer.  This makes no sense to any
>      but the oil companies as the spot price of oil has
>      hardly changed. Want gasoline prices to come down?  We need
>      to take some intelligent, united action.  What about this
>      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, or
>      curtail our
>      driving.  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
>      really might work.  Please read it and join with us if you
>      agree!
>
>      By now you're probably thinking gasoline priced  at about
>      $1.50 is super
>      cheap. Me too! It is currently $1.97 for regular unleaded in
>      my town
>      (California).
>      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 or limiting 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
>      whimp 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 about thirty people. If each of
>      you 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
>      generation 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 email
>      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.
>
>      PLEASE HOLD OUT UNTIL THEY LOWER THEIR PRICES AND KEEP THEM
>      DOWN.  THIS CAN
>      REALLY WORK!  YOU KNOW THEY LOVE HOLIDAYS AND SUMMER
>      TRAVELERS.
>      =====
>
>      Be kinder than necessary!
>      Make a good summer!

------------------------------