Do not pump on the 15th!!!
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Do not pump on the 15th!!! This came out from one of my myspace friends and I thought that I should pass it on to u guys:
On May 15th all myspace members are to not go to the gas station in protest high gas prices. The cheapest gas is now over $3.20 a gallon. There are 72,110,073 members currently on the network, and the average car takes about 30 to 40 dollars to fill up. If all myspace members did not go to the pump on the 15th it would take $2,163,302,190.00 out of the oil companys pockets for just one day, so please do not go to the gas station on May 15th and lets try to put a dent in the oil industry for at least one day.
On May 15th all myspace members are to not go to the gas station in protest high gas prices. The cheapest gas is now over $3.20 a gallon. There are 72,110,073 members currently on the network, and the average car takes about 30 to 40 dollars to fill up. If all myspace members did not go to the pump on the 15th it would take $2,163,302,190.00 out of the oil companys pockets for just one day, so please do not go to the gas station on May 15th and lets try to put a dent in the oil industry for at least one day.
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Rep Power: 278 u wont find cheaper gas than $3.20 here in california. i live on a naval base and we have the cheapest gas here but anyways, imo we should participate in this and make those gas companies suffer a bit for all the money they've stolen from us lately. i believe we have the power to control gas prices! lets see what impact would that bring to the future. thanks for your support!!!
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okay lets pretend nobody will buy gas that day. what will that do? they'll just make money the next day. this wont hurt a company with billions of $. Its like telling yourself I'm not gonna eat today so I can save $10.
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thats a good idea. but what if it back fires and gas prices go up the next day or the whole week because the everyone didnt buy gas making all of the gas pumps lose money,, so they have to make up that money by raising prices
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Rep Power: 278 think about it.. wouldnt it be better for u not to spend money on a big mac supersize one day that u could survive without and buy one for the half price in the near future? its all about sacrifice, buddy. many of us could car pool and see what difference would that make. its just one day... i believe we can put a huge impact on gas prices but we got to unite and follow simple rules.
How about 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. I cannot make any of you to follow but theres definitely something to think about.
heres an article some of you might be interested in: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...102700449.html
How about 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. I cannot make any of you to follow but theres definitely something to think about.
heres an article some of you might be interested in: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...102700449.html
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Rep Power: 322 It would be better to boycott a certain company. Stop buying gas from 1 Store and then they will have to lower their prices. Then others would have to follow. But nothing will ever work. Gas companies know they will have to buy gas sooner or later.
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Rep Power: 336 Not pumping gas on a single day to "boycott" companies? Stupid. That'll make other people enjoy the fact that they don't have to make any lines and wait for other slowass people.
BTW, here gas is at 67.7¢/liter, which makes for around $2.60/gallon. And it's supposed to be higher priced than on the US, since it has to be imported (let's say it correctly, more boat time, since your's is imported also) What the heck does your gas have? Gold?
BTW, here gas is at 67.7¢/liter, which makes for around $2.60/gallon. And it's supposed to be higher priced than on the US, since it has to be imported (let's say it correctly, more boat time, since your's is imported also) What the heck does your gas have? Gold?
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A gas boycott is not going to do one bit of good, and probably make things worse on the boycotters. Unless you are changing your overall consumption you arent using any less. Lets see so if you are boycotting and running low, youll have to fill up a day or too before. Now if owners notice this they are going to raise their prices just so they dont run dry. Now if there is enough people the day of prices might just go down since everyone stopped buying gas, which do you honestly think people are going to not buy gas when its cheaper to stick it to the oil industry? That just doesnt make any sense. Overall look at some basically economics or business principals. Its all based off supply and demand, and assuming enough people boycotted to make a difference it creates a suddenly uncertainty in the supply lines which can have a whiplash effect making a small problem into a bigger one as projections get messed up. All you can accomplish by boycotting is making it more expensive in the end. Dont get all mad at the companies for making record profits, its not a conspiracy, the processes from crude oil to gasoline at the pump is quite bad, and if these companies were set up to be making money extracting and refining it when it was worth 40$ a barral they are going to make more when it goes up.
The only thing we the consumers can do is, lower our comsuption, which the majority are not willing to do. There is only so much oil out there prices will go up until people change, or an alternative source is actually economically viable.
The only thing we the consumers can do is, lower our comsuption, which the majority are not willing to do. There is only so much oil out there prices will go up until people change, or an alternative source is actually economically viable.
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Uhm... from what I understand, about 45% of myspace users aren't old enough to even drive, let alone own a car...
Originally Posted by MBison
If all myspace members did not go to the pump on the 15th it would take $2,163,302,190.00 out of the oil companys pockets for just one day
Uhm... from what I understand, about 45% of myspace users aren't old enough to even drive, let alone own a car...
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Originally Posted by ramcosca
Not pumping gas on a single day to "boycott" companies? Stupid. That'll make other people enjoy the fact that they don't have to make any lines and wait for other slowass people.
BTW, here gas is at 67.7¢/liter, which makes for around $2.60/gallon. And it's supposed to be higher priced than on the US, since it has to be imported (let's say it correctly, more boat time, since your's is imported also) What the heck does your gas have? Gold?
BTW, here gas is at 67.7¢/liter, which makes for around $2.60/gallon. And it's supposed to be higher priced than on the US, since it has to be imported (let's say it correctly, more boat time, since your's is imported also) What the heck does your gas have? Gold?
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Rep Power: 348 Wow, a year later and people are still tossing around this retarded idea? Didn't work last year during the gas "crisis", and it will NEVER work. I just filled up today, don't need gas for another couple weeks.
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okay lets pretend nobody will buy gas that day. what will that do? they'll just make money the next day. this wont hurt a company with billions of $. Its like telling yourself I'm not gonna eat today so I can save $10.
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Rep Power: 281 Man i hate this topic.. Im still getting gas on the 15th, even if i have to go just to get a gal. I really dont care. Its not because i dont think its a bad idea. its because its a STUPID idea. I swear, getting gas one day wont hurt any one, it may hurt one days profit, but thats not enought to effect the lowering of prices. In fact if i was a major gas company i would raise gas 1 or 2 cents more to make up for the loss of that day. The idea is okay if you were to boycott the major fuel markets. IE:Mobile, Exxon, Texico, Chevron, Shell, ect... The better ide, would be for everone in town to go to arco or Ampm or some gas staion like that and get gas, not for just one day, but for a week, a month, 3 months, bassically so that the GOVERNTMENT *Who has taxed the hell out of oil* realizes it isnt making money.
Gas isnt so high because of the price of a barrel of oil, its all because of our so called "For the people" Government. They tax the oil that comes out of the ground, they tax the plants that make the oil in to gas, then they tax the gas stations who pump the gas. Its just is the way it goes. Unless we do something about taxes, then gas will always remain high. So yet again this just wont work.
Gas isnt so high because of the price of a barrel of oil, its all because of our so called "For the people" Government. They tax the oil that comes out of the ground, they tax the plants that make the oil in to gas, then they tax the gas stations who pump the gas. Its just is the way it goes. Unless we do something about taxes, then gas will always remain high. So yet again this just wont work.
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Rep Power: 0 ok so yeah dont buy gas...your not gonna hurt the gas companies but the gas stations owners...worst idea ever..most gas companies dont own the stations ..it the whole franchise thing, if you want to hurt the gas companies give up the suvs, use mass transit ...myspace idiots have nothing better to do other than to make up chain letters, gay surveys that make u a character, and assist ugly people to get laid by uglier people...another reason why myspace gay
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Originally Posted by drew22mader
It would be better to boycott a certain company. Stop buying gas from 1 Store and then they will have to lower their prices. Then others would have to follow. But nothing will ever work. Gas companies know they will have to buy gas sooner or later.
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Originally Posted by drive_fast_dail
A gas boycott is not going to do one bit of good, and probably make things worse on the boycotters. Unless you are changing your overall consumption you arent using any less. Lets see so if you are boycotting and running low, youll have to fill up a day or too before. Now if owners notice this they are going to raise their prices just so they dont run dry. Now if there is enough people the day of prices might just go down since everyone stopped buying gas, which do you honestly think people are going to not buy gas when its cheaper to stick it to the oil industry? That just doesnt make any sense. Overall look at some basically economics or business principals. Its all based off supply and demand, and assuming enough people boycotted to make a difference it creates a suddenly uncertainty in the supply lines which can have a whiplash effect making a small problem into a bigger one as projections get messed up. All you can accomplish by boycotting is making it more expensive in the end. Dont get all mad at the companies for making record profits, its not a conspiracy, the processes from crude oil to gasoline at the pump is quite bad, and if these companies were set up to be making money extracting and refining it when it was worth 40$ a barral they are going to make more when it goes up.
The only thing we the consumers can do is, lower our comsuption, which the majority are not willing to do. There is only so much oil out there prices will go up until people change, or an alternative source is actually economically viable.
The only thing we the consumers can do is, lower our comsuption, which the majority are not willing to do. There is only so much oil out there prices will go up until people change, or an alternative source is actually economically viable.
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SUPPLY AND DEMAND
also....not everyone buys gas on a schedule...so this is fruitless unless it is done for a whole week, which is also fruitless cause there is not way to make everyone get on the same schedule, as some people need to fill up today, tomorrow or the next day or risk screwing up something in their normal life, like their job, or their family life or their relationships....
fruitless....sorry, but someone had to say it.
SUPPLY AND DEMAND
also....not everyone buys gas on a schedule...so this is fruitless unless it is done for a whole week, which is also fruitless cause there is not way to make everyone get on the same schedule, as some people need to fill up today, tomorrow or the next day or risk screwing up something in their normal life, like their job, or their family life or their relationships....
fruitless....sorry, but someone had to say it.
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