i got this email today... what do you guys think?

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 with 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 MOBILE . 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 Mobile
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 = 300) ... and those 300 send it to at least ten more
(300 x 10 =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, did you?

Acting together we can make a difference. If this makes sense to you,
please pass this message on. I suggest that we not buy from EXXON/MOBILE
UNTIL THEY LOWER THEIR PRICES TO THE $1.30 RANGE AND KEEP THEM DOWN. (Or at least they lower the price into a reasonable range}

THIS CAN REALLY WORK !

 

it's just more spam mail. That is not a solution. Check out snopes.

 

IBTL

 

To make the Snopes seach easy:
Gas War

 

Even though it doesn't work. I still do not buy gas from Exxon Mobile. Besides, they are usually more expensive than the other gas stations in the area by a full 10 cents.

 

snopes is awesome, never knew about it... thanks for the info..

 

I have a better idea, let's build a perpetual motion machine and use that to power you cars.

 

So am I to think that Exxon is responsible for high gas prices? Shell, Citgo, and all the others have nothing to do with it? The fact that we've most likely passed the point of "peak oil" has nothing to do with the high price?

All the hysteria is amusing to me. The higher the price of crude oil and refined unleaded, the more incentive there is for small, innovative companies to find viable alternative long-term solutions. Invest in those companies and you'll be laughing all the way to the bank.

There WILL be a solution that doesn't involve any kind of revolt against the big oil companies. The world's dependence on energy will always provide opportunities for innovation and development of alternatives. In the meantime, I'll just enjoy watching people freak out about oil company profits.

 

Obscene profits

 

How about this petition your representative to open up oil production in Alaska and force car companies to create vehicles that have higher mileage ratings. If you want permision to sell cars in the united states over 10,000 units then 10% of what you sell must be either alternative fuel cars and/or get over 50mpg with fines if you do not comply. Selling goods in america through corporations isn't a right its subject to law.