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Motion Camaro
04-29-2007, 10:34 PM
I received this from a friend.


<font color="red">Dear</font> <font color="blue">Patriots</font>:

In 1997 the USA had a Day With No Gas Purchase. This action makes a very huge statement. Lets try it again on May 15, 2007

DON'T PUMP GAS ON MAY 15TH!!

NO GAS...On May 15th 2007

Body: ...in April 1997, there was a "gas out" conducted nationwide in protest of gas prices. Gasoline prices dropped 30 cents a gallon overnight.

On May 15th, internet users are not to buy gas in protest of high gas prices. Gas is now over $3.00 a gallon in most places.

There are 73,000,000+ American members currently on the internet network, and the average car takes about 30 to 50 dollars to fill up.

If all users did not go to the pump on May 15th, it would take $2,292,000,000.00 (that's almost 3 BILLION) out of the oil company's pockets for one day, so please do not go to the gas station on May 15th . Lets try to put a dent in the Middle Eastern oil industry for at least one day.

If you agree (which I cant see why you wouldn't) resend this to all your contact list. With it saying, ''Don't pump gas on May 15th"

Pass this along if you so desire to help make a statement to the oil companies who are wiping us out.


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<font color="blue">Thanks to Marty Schorr for showing me the above information. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggthumpup.gif

FULL STORY (http://www.snopes.com/politics/gasoline/nogas.asp) </font>

Jeff Murphy
04-29-2007, 10:42 PM
Just filled up my car today: £1.003 per liter for premium unleaded. That's $7.59 per gallon my friends. Protest while you can. But you need to protest both the Middle East and the taxes on the oil too...http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/no.gif

Jonesy
04-29-2007, 11:41 PM
Like the above protest is going to make a difference. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif
Maybe if you did it for a month or two.

Verne_Frantz
04-30-2007, 12:09 AM
I think the only crazy scheme that might work would be to boycot ONE COMPANY. If they sold practically no gas at all, their only option would be to lower prices to lure buyers back. Of course, when they lower theirs, so will the others to compete. ...............Then they'd all just go back up where they were..... http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

WILMASBOYL78
04-30-2007, 12:25 AM
Maybe the gas stations should give out sets of dishes or glassware like the old days, or.... http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/naughty.gif http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/naughty.gif


Check your oil, sir..???

http://www.liquidgeneration.com/Media/Videos/Sexy_Gas_Station/

wilma

427TJ
04-30-2007, 01:10 AM
Oil company executives must laugh themselves silly when they hear about things like this.

BUIZILLA
04-30-2007, 01:30 AM
[ QUOTE ]
Oil company executives must laugh themselves silly when they hear about things like this.

[/ QUOTE ] yup, cause they KNOW on May 16 the pumps are a ringing $$$$ again...

Motion Camaro
04-30-2007, 01:35 AM
Bush wants us to cut the amount of gas we use.
The best way to stop using so much gas is to deport
11 million illegal immigrants!
Then 11 million less people would be using our gas.
The price of gas would then come down.

Bring our troops home from Iraq to guard the border. When they
catch an illegal immigrant crossing the border, hand him a canteen, rifle and some ammo and ship him to Iraq . Tell him if he wants to come to America then he must serve in the military. Give him a soldier's pay while he's there and tax him on it.

After his tour, he will be allowed to become a citizen since he defended this country. He will also be registered to be taxed
and be a legal patriot.

This option will probably deter illegal immigration and provide a solution for the troops in Iraq and the aliens trying to make a better life for them selves.

If they refuse to serve, ship them to Iraq anyway, without the canteen, rifle or ammo. Problem solved.

If you think this is a good solution to both the problems,
forward this to your friends.

George Carlin




<font color="blue">... or this ...




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Verne_Frantz
04-30-2007, 02:34 AM
Now.......THAT station could charge DOUBLE!!!!

70 Forest Green Zee
04-30-2007, 03:17 AM
I guarantee that the only ones laughing next week will be the oil company exec's when first quarter earnings come out and all the major oil co's show windfall record profits once again. When will those bastards that we elected in Washington finally say enough is enough and do something about theese freekin greedy oil co's raping the american public on a daily basis??? I'd quit buying gas altogeather if I could.

Keith Tedford
04-30-2007, 03:29 AM
Big money puts our politicians up for election. You vote for whichever one of their puppets you want. How about everyone boycotting a single brand for a year. That's something that would get someone's attention. The gas you don't buy on the 15th, you will buy on the 16th and probably in a longer lineup. Big oil could care less. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif
I like Carlin's idea of putting all immigrant in the armed forces first, then become citizens.

nuch_ss396
04-30-2007, 03:45 AM
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.....I like Carlin's idea of putting all immigrant in the armed forces first, then become citizens.

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Keith,

Not such a good idea. Much like the French, they would probably
surrender too quickly. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif Then where the hell would we be?

I we boycott one oil campnay ( gas ), that would probably
hurt the station owners the most. They don't set the price
for the most part. Once they get hurt financially, they
would fall. Then, the next oil company would be in a better
position to screw us even more due to even less competition.
See how this goes. Face it! We're screwed no matter which
way we go.

Now - where the hell is that Flux-Capicator I was working on........ http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/hmmm.gif

x Baldwin Motion
04-30-2007, 04:48 AM
[ QUOTE ]
Maybe the gas stations should give out sets of dishes or glassware like the old days, or.... http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/naughty.gif http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/naughty.gif


Check your oil, sir..???

http://www.liquidgeneration.com/Media/Videos/Sexy_Gas_Station/

wilma

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Tom, is that a squeegee in your pocket or are you just happy to see me? http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/haha.gif

Canuck
04-30-2007, 08:10 PM
The majority of Fuel vendors are noe Corporate stores owned by the Oil Companies,at least here in Canada there are very few independents left. thes locations are also convenience stores,selling confections,lottery tickets and some staples. Who amongst us does not go into one of these stores after their $100.00 purchase of fuel and spend another $18.00 on average on lottery tickkets a pop and maybe a snack. This is where the Oil companies are making a huge margin.

SO HERE IS THE BOYCOTT PLAN!!!!

Stop making these purchases from these locations!! That will cut into their margin in a hurry. These are things you wont need the next day. Buy your lottery tickets at your independent corner store.
Dont buy snacks at all,you will feel better. Chevron Town Pantry charges $2.49 for a package of M&amp;M Candies, local independent charges $1.99. compare everything and you will see the Gas Station/Convenience Store is 20 to 30% more.
Fuel is an escential, the other crap is not.

SUPPORT YOUR INDEPENDENTS!

Why doesn't Walmart sell gas? Or do they? I dont see pumps at their locations in Canada. This is the company that will never be undersold.

Mr70
04-30-2007, 08:13 PM
I'll stay away from the slim jims that day.. http://www.carchops.com/carchopsv1/smilies/fart.gif

427TJ
04-30-2007, 11:09 PM
[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
Oil company executives must laugh themselves silly when they hear about things like this.

[/ QUOTE ] yup, cause they KNOW on May 16 the pumps are a ringing $$$$ again...

[/ QUOTE ]

They know the pumps will ring just as much on May 15th as they do every other day of every year. They just laugh at this kind of thing because they know that gasoline is more addictive than heroin and us gas junkies aren't using any less no matter what the price is.

(I bought some Trick 101 pump unleaded for my Camaro last week at $6.25 a gallon and I didn't hesitate. Just stick the needle in, I mean NOZZLE, and start feelin' goooood.)

musclcar
05-02-2007, 12:43 AM
i don't think not buying gas on one day will do any good or send the correct message to the oil execs !! . you need to do this for a week or more to really get the point across to them .also what about gas sales on the 14th and on the 16th ,i bet you they'll increase on those days so the 15th really doesn't show a decline in usage !!

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TimG
05-02-2007, 01:24 AM
To not purchase fuel on May 15th is the equivalent of telling your parents you'll "hold your breath" when you were a kid. The demand will be there the day before and after the 15th. Some businesses are required to fill up every day, say for a trucking company or the guy hauling your '69 Camaro from Georgia to Arizona. What if he decides not to purchase fuel on the 15th and parks his rig in Florida for the day? Many retailers are independent companies that earn five to 10 cents per gallon. Someone pointed out that they make their profit on the inside sales including beer and cigarettes. This is true. If you want to hurt them, don't buy their inside stuff, they break even on the fuel at best after delivery costs and payroll. Look at what Wal-Mart sells their fuel for and you'll see the price many retailers pay wholesale for their fuel. Wal-Mart will use the fuel portion of their business as a loss leader, or to draw customers in or for the cash flow.
If you buy 20 gallons of fuel at a five cent per gallon profit, the retailer makes $1.00. If you buy a 12 pack, they may make three times that. The wholesaler (the big guys) make about 10 cents per gallon profit, we pay nearly 50 cents per gallon in taxes here in Texas, so the Federal and State Government makes five times what the wholesaler makes and does nothing. They don't find, refine, sell, or store the product, they just tax it. A wholesaler may make 10 cents per gallon and a retailer may make eight cents per gallon. If the retailer and wholesaler are the same entity (like all the Exxon stores in Austin) they may make 15 to 20 cents per gallon. If they gave it away for no profit, would the 20 cents make a big difference? All the fuel sold in Austin comes in from one pipeline from Houston, TX. The terminal is owned by Koch/Flinthills Marketing and it is piped in and the additives are added at the terminal to differentiate all the different brands. Unbranded fuel has no additives added to it. The fuel is sold on an exchange basis many times, it's all the same product regardless of if it is Shell, BP, Conoco, Exxon, Chevron or whatever. The additives distinguish the fuel form the competition.
It would not matter if you boycott a specific brand, if Exxon doesn't sell a drop, they sell their excess to BP and they sell it. Exxon makes their margin and you can't really make them feel the squeeze.
I don't know about you, but if need fuel on the 15th, I'll buy it.

70 Forest Green Zee
05-02-2007, 04:49 AM
Gas prices here in the Chicago burbs have risen 24 cents per gal in 5 days for the lowest grade of regular which is what most of us buy for our daily drivers. I just can't see how the major oil co's can justify this kind of increase. When is it going to end??? There's got to be something the american public can do, I just don't know what it is.

427TJ
05-02-2007, 04:57 AM
Sorry Randy, you lobbed me some softballs here.

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I just can't see how the major oil co's can justify this kind of increase. When is it going to end??? There's got to be something the american public can do, I just don't know what it is.

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1. They don't have to justify anything.
2. It won't end. It may slow down occasionally but the trend is upward. (I think gas is still cheaper, adjusted for inflation, than it was in 1981.)
3. The American public can start riding bikes like the Chinese do, otherwise we have to buy gas for our vehicles.

Xplantdad
05-02-2007, 05:00 AM
It's supposed to be much higher by summer...I guess we "ain't" seen nothin' yet! http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif