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> I hear we are going to hit close to $3.00 a gallon 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 idea, 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 $1.50 is super cheap. Me
too!
> It
> is currently $2.75 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 MOBIL. 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 Mobil gas
> buyers. It's really simple to do!! Now, don't whimp (sic) 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
> send
> 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 and DON"T
purchase
> ANY
> gasoline from EXXON and MOBIL. 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 TO THE $1.30
RANGE
> AND
> KEEP THEM DOWN. THIS CAN REALLY WORK
> 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 it and join with us! By now
you're
> probably thinking gasoline priced at about $1.50 is super cheap. Me
too!
> It
> is currently $2.75 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 MOBIL. 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 Mobil gas
> buyers. It's really simple to do!! Now, don't whimp (sic) 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
> send
> 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 and DON"T
purchase
> ANY
> gasoline from EXXON and MOBIL. 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 TO THE $1.30
RANGE
> AND
> KEEP THEM DOWN. THIS CAN REALLY WORK