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Old May 3, 2007 | 11:08 PM
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Originally Posted by silverf1504x2
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THIS CAN REALLY WORK
Sure it can. We, as a country, will still require the same amount of fuel be it from Exxon or anyone else.

Do you think that Exxon will sit on a huge stash of fuel when the other suppliers are begging for more because the same volume is still required from other stations? Nupe. They sell it to those stations/companies so that they can sell it to us.

While I'm all for sticking it to big oil, this idea is goofy and not well thought through.
 
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Old May 3, 2007 | 11:13 PM
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4.20!!! where the heck do you live man
 
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Old May 3, 2007 | 11:15 PM
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4.20!!! where the heck do you live man
stinkin Canada
 
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Old May 3, 2007 | 11:18 PM
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Originally Posted by silverf1504x2
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 wi th 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

ga s, 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 =3D 300) ... and those 300 send it to at least ten more (300 x 10 =3D 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, di d you?

Acting together we can make a difference. If this makes sense to you, please pass th is 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
Do you sell Amway by chance?
 
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Old May 3, 2007 | 11:19 PM
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I paid $3.07 per gallon for 93 octane Shell last week. Ugh.
 
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Old May 3, 2007 | 11:32 PM
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Wow, I was complaining about 2.85 a gallon here...
 
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Old May 4, 2007 | 12:19 AM
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Paid $3.15 today for the cheap stuff.. This is going to be long summer. Might try the e-85 soon which is at $2.63 as of today.
 
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Old May 4, 2007 | 12:21 AM
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In town, gasoline is $3.09 for regular. Diesel is $2.67. Right outside of town, diesel is $2.63...
 
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Old May 4, 2007 | 07:40 AM
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$3.24/gal for the el cheapo stuff.
 
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Old May 4, 2007 | 09:10 AM
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here in Calgary...

diesel - (bulk Shell station) $.835/L ($2.81US/gallon)
reg. gas - $1.039/L ($3.50US/gallon)

its about time diesel is cheaper than gasoline again
 
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Old May 4, 2007 | 09:11 AM
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$3.00 low
$3.07 regular
$3.16 premium

supposed to get up to 4 by the end of the summer
 
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Old May 4, 2007 | 09:26 AM
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I had to spend a whopping $15 for gas this week... suckers!!
 
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Old May 4, 2007 | 10:35 AM
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Any one know what other brand names Exxon and Mobil sell under? We don't even have a Mobil or Exxon around here. Only Chevron and Shell with a few no names.
 
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Old May 4, 2007 | 10:48 AM
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Originally Posted by expy03
Any one know what other brand names Exxon and Mobil sell under? We don't even have a Mobil or Exxon around here. Only Chevron and Shell with a few no names.
Surprisingly, it seems to be only three gasoline companies they have their hands on:

Exxon
Mobil
Esso

But those three are enough to account for a big chunk of the gas sold in the world.

http://www.exxonmobil.com/Siteflow/B...Brand_Page.asp
 
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Old May 4, 2007 | 05:49 PM
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We just jumped up 10 cents to $2.89 for 87 octane in Tulsa.
 
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