Gas-less day ?

uncle Alan

uncle Alan

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After observing the many emails asking us to stay away from the gas punps on the 15th , we watched a nearby Hess & it seems the boycott was 60-65 % successful.

My idea to really hurt these dollar-demeaners would be to have a national fill-up day & drive it almost dry.

The oil companies have contract haulers for the most part . If they are busy hauling,no problem but if they are parked oil must pay for X number of hauls anyway . Surely a glut would drop the cost by a fair amount .

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Waste of time to boycott, totally ineffective. I do predict both record gas prices and record profits for oil companies this summer.

The only way to make a difference is for voters to take a leadership initiative and start making real choices which includes voting out all and I mean all of the elected officials who suck at the big business teat.
 
Another interesting idea I read suggested boycotting Exxon/Mobil for all of summer to force a price war. I imagine it'll be similarly ineffective, but if people actually did it, I'd like to see the consequence.
 
DaveH said:
The only way to make a difference is for voters to take a leadership initiative and start making real choices which includes voting out all and I mean all of the elected officials who suck at the big business teat.
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That would mean pretty slim pickin's at the polls.
 
The whole thing is a myth, usually spread through junk e-mails. It goes around every Spring as gas prices gear up for summer demand, with the same effect each time - absolutely nothing.

Gas companies must raise prices each year. The idea is to curtail demand by raising prices so they have enough gas to avoid shortages and fulfill their contracts to station owners. Which would outrage the public more, long lines and shortages, or slightly higher prices?

You want to "stick it to" oil companies? Drive less. Bicycle and walk more. And buy a fuel-efficient vehicle like a motor scooter.

-Bob
 
The only person you hurt is the gas station owner. Dumb idea.
 
How many people do you know who fill up their gas tanks every day of the week?

If you don't buy gas on Wednesday, does that mean when you buy it on Thursday you stuck it to the man?

Our company security director was the source of this year's email forward. :rolleyes:
 
Boycotting the sale of gas on a specific day would only raise the demand on the day before or after.

The only effective measure would be to reduce the actual consumption of gas. That would require a sacrifice that most people would not be willing to make.
 
...which includes voting out all and I mean all of the elected officials who suck at the big business teat.
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Not to get too political, but I did vote for Ralph Nader once. But it didn't help. As a result of Nader's miserable election results, I concluded that Americans love their current corporate-sponsored government and will never change.

Our company security director was the source of this year's email forward.
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That's pathetically ironic.

-Bob
 
Bob W has it right. Walk, ride a bike ,car pool,drive a small car .The best marketing ploy of all time was convincing soccer moms they needed a farm vehicle to drive around the 'burbs .

oh and Exxon and Mobile sell only 4 % of their gas at stations at with the name Exxon or Mobile out front on the sign.

Personally gas is such a small part of my budget its not a big thing to me.
 
DaveH said:
The only way to make a difference is for voters to take a leadership initiative and start making real choices which includes voting out all and I mean all of the elected officials who suck at the big business teat.
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There is no logic in blaming anyone else for gas prices when consumers buy every drop that comes out of the ground.
 
Not buy today ,,,Buy tomorrow. Unless you plan on cutting out a day of driving makes no difference.

Record sales equals record profits so every time I hear that it makes no difference than a lower profit with lower sales....as long as the profit margin is the same what is the diffrence. Hype

Now, since oil barrel prices are set on a world market, the price per barrel moves with world demand. That being said, the oil company buys it, or drills it, refines it, or sells it. Now, according to stats, after all that they make an average profit of 8-9 cents per gallon of gas. Not bad considering all the work involved....milk is $4 a gallon for perspective. Add the shear amount used and it's a big $.

All this is leading to something.....the gov tax on gas is around 50 cents per gallon, and, if I am not incorrect, may be based on a percetage of the price per gallon. Add regulation of blends, no new refineries, drilling in the states, offshore, Alaska...all controlled by the gov....I blame them more than the companies. They did no work for it, just scoop up a percentage...pretty sweet deal.
Not that policies don't allow a bit of play with the companies...Oh gee, reg gas is in short supply..because we had to make a blend instead so it drove the price up a bit.
Instead of a boycott for a day, give me a no gas tax day.......I'll have that needle down to the red that morning.
 
The best marketing ploy of all time was convincing soccer moms they needed a farm vehicle to drive around the 'burbs.
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But the Exxon/Mobil CEO and millionaire shareholders want me to buy an Excursion and a Navigator and a 4x4 diesel F350. I can't let them down...

-Bob
 
I walk across the street to the convenience store and see the parking lot full of big vehicles, many of them with the engines running while the drivers are inside. Really conveniently, there's a gas station next door.

What do we spend more money on, gasoline -- which at least gets us somewhere -- or magazines about celebrities, cosmetics, designer jeans, sports stadiums subsidized by our taxes?

Don't complain about taxes on gasoline, either, because if government didn't tax gasoline, it would just raise your income tax to make up the difference. :)
 
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