Subject: The High Cost of Gas


THE FOLLOWING WAS SENT BY AN ECONOMIST WITHIN THE FUEL INDUSTRY.
ANOTHER
ECONOMICS PROFESSOR AT CAL REITERATED THE SAME LAST WEEK. I THINK IT
IS
WORTH TRYING.
I got this from a reliable source & the website listed is legit. We
heard
today from a man who is very savvy about the economy, namely, Clark
Howard,
and he says that the gas prices are going to start going up again and
will
be high this summer-$2 and up. We need to do whatever we can, and do
it
NOW!!!!

This makes more sense than the don't buy gas on a certain day routine
that
was going around last year Gasoline Prices! Whoever started this has
a
good

point. By now, you're probably thinking gasoline priced at about
$1.49
is
cheap. Me too, as it is now $1.58 for regular unleaded!

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 less than $1.50, we need
to
try

an aggressive response. 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
don't
buy it. But, (as the gas companies know full well, and are counting
on),
that's not really a practical option since we all have come to rely
on
our
cars. But we CAN have an impact on gas prices if we all act together.

Here's the idea: For the rest of this year, don't purchase gasoline
from
the

two biggest companies (which now are one), namely EXXON and MOBIL.

You see, if they are not selling, they should be inclined, (i.e.,
"forced"),

to reduce their prices. And, because of their size, and hence market
> share,
if they reduce their prices the other companies will too. (They would
HAVE
no choice!). Isn't that a "juicy" prospect? But to have an impact, we
need
to reach literally millions of users. But it's do able!

I am sending this note to 35 people. If each of you send it to at
least
10
more ...and those 10 send it to at least 10 more and so on, by the
time
the
message reaches the sixth iteration, we will have reached over one
million
consumers.

Acting together we can make a difference. If this makes sense to you,
please

pass this message on, or one you compose, to at least 10 more E-mail
addresses.

PLEASE HOLD OUT UNTIL THEY LOWER THEIR PRICES TO BELOW $1.28
- $1.29 AND KEEP THEM DOWN. THIS CAN REALLY WORK!

If you're not outraged, you're not paying attention.

Linda Boothe
Assistant to the Department Head
Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences
100 Cheatham Hall
Virginia Tech University
Blacksburg, VA 24061
540-231-5573
FAX 540-231-7580


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An idea that would work except when they dropped their prices everybody would again buy from them before the year ended.

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this email gets sent EVERY year whenever the gas prices go higher

EVERY year we're faced with the same situation, so IMO its not going to work

 

Check this out Oil Company Profits

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[This message has been edited by ****** (edited 04-23-2001).]

 

You would think that one company would take tis opportunity to lower there prices and kick some gas selling a$$. Its getting worse around her. Premiumsup to $2.30 a gallon already and its only arpil. I thinking that it will be up to 3.00 a gallon by us for ragular by summer, so buying 100 octane at 3.40 a gallong for the breast sounds good to me, HAHAHAHAHA.

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I almost never buy from Exxon or Mobil anyway.

Sunoco Ultra-94 is what I put in mine. $1.62-1.71 a gallon depending where in my state I am.

Daniel

 

You think thats bad, I have heard rumors from the local alternate press newspaper that there are some corporations that are trying to privatize water! Sell it just like oil.

 

Tundra, they already do! The grocery store sells it in small liter bottles for $1.29. For you math wiz's out there, that's $4.90 a gallon for yuppy WATER.

 

I meant as in $300 a month, for the water that comes to your house, not a 'not for profit' government regulated utility.

 

I have already posted the solution to high gas prices: http://www.corbinmotors.com/sparrow.htm

Seriously, although I never took any economics classes, the solution proposed by Mr. Howard superficially makes a lot of sense. But getting the American populace to buy into this program is another matter altogether. I already boycott Mobil and Exxon for political reasons so my behavior isn't going to have any impact. If motorcycles weren't so damned dangerous I'd buy another one for tooling around town, but I have already donated my quota of epidermis to the tarmac. If Suzuki manufactured their EV Sport I would buy it in a hot second.

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