Interesting Gas Idea

THE JEW (RaVeN) · Post by **THE JEW (RaVeN)** » Sun Mar 14, 2004 8:08 pm

Yeah, it's a forward, but it's got a decent idea.

GAS IS UNBELIEVABLY EXPENSE!!!!!!!!!!!! Please read. Having some control over gas prices... I hear we are going to hit close to $1.00 a litre by the summer. 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 id ea, has come up with a plan that can really work. Please read it and join with us! By now you're probably thinking gasoline priced at about 69.9 cents a litre is super cheap. Me too! It is currently 76.9 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 Litre of gas is CHEAP at 69.9, 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 PETRO CANADA & SHELL). 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 Shell and Petro Canada gas buyers. I am going to suggest waiting until they are under .50/liter It's really simple to do!! Now, don't wimp out on me at this point...keep reading and I'll explain how simple it is to reach millions of people! I am sending this note to about thirty people. If each of you 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 generation 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. How long would all that take? If each of us sends this email 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. PLEASE HOLD OUT UNTIL THEY LOWER THEIR PRICES AND KEEP THEM DOWN. THIS CAN REALLY WORK. YOU KNOW THEY LOVE HOLIDAYS AND SUMMER TRAVELERS.

How well it works out is the next thing. Not to mention, many "Mom and Pop" stores get their gas from Esso, Shell, or Petro so knowing who to buy from would be somewhat difficult.

Ghost [PX] · Post by **Ghost [PX]** » Sun Mar 14, 2004 8:13 pm

I don't forsee this going very far without popular media support...

THE JEW (RaVeN) · Post by **THE JEW (RaVeN)** » Sun Mar 14, 2004 8:17 pm

I'll leave that end up to you then.

Ghost [PX] · Post by **Ghost [PX]** » Sun Mar 14, 2004 8:18 pm

The media isnt my area of specialty...

Give that job to someone who's photogenic

[PX]IronFist · Post by **[PX]IronFist** » Sun Mar 14, 2004 8:48 pm

I think that the biggest problem with this is that Petro-Can and Shell are the largest companies because everyone else gets their gas from them. It would be incredibly hard to get gas anywhere if you tried to do this.

Ghost [PX] · Post by **Ghost [PX]** » Sun Mar 14, 2004 9:02 pm

The thing is, you only have to boycott one company. Then the other will drop their prices to entice business, and start a gas war.

[Fallen]Thumperup · Post by **[Fallen]Thumperup** » Sun Mar 14, 2004 9:16 pm

my question is the same as many people's

where are these places that don't get there gas from petro and shell

I get my gas at t&A truck stop is that one of them ???

THE JEW (RaVeN) · Post by **THE JEW (RaVeN)** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 9:40 am

On a side note, NOW might be a really good time to go fill up your tank........like right full. If Rita continues on its present path it's gonna f00k up a lot of refineries. Something like 1/2 of all the U.S.' refining is done in/off the coast of Texas. Very few were hit in Louisiana--many will likely be hit around Texas.

THE JEW (RaVeN) · Post by **THE JEW (RaVeN)** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 2:58 am

http://pesn.com/2005/03/17/6900069_Acetone/

http://peswiki.com/energy/Directory:Ace ... y_Suburban

http://peswiki.com/energy/Directory:Ace ... h_Shilling

You guys try it first. :lol:

Paragon · Post by **Paragon** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 7:38 am

the gas I buy is already 10% ethanol. I think it's good enough.

Besides, farmers should be (somewhat) happy about gas prices if they sell corn. There's ethanol from corn plants going up all over Ontario - bigger market means better prices.

THE JEW (RaVeN) · Post by **THE JEW (RaVeN)** » Thu Sep 22, 2005 11:02 am

You'd think.

But until NAFTA is actually is upheld and the U.S. stops subsidizing its farmers we're still f00ked. Thus, the current case being brought against the U.S. for its agricultural practices.

THE JEW (RaVeN) · Post by **THE JEW (RaVeN)** » Tue Oct 03, 2006 12:04 pm

Colbert!!!

http://www.videosift.com/story.php?id=13890&where=index