[Ansteorra] gas prices too high...sorry had to share this
Cisco Cividanes
engtrktwo at earthlink.net
Thu Apr 20 20:11:47 PDT 2006
I'm not opposed to the Ansteorra server being filled with stuff that is off topic, but do we really need to clutter the bandwith with bad e-mailed chain-letter hoaxes.
Ivo Blackhawk
>
> 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 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 wimp out on me at this point...keep reading and
> I'll expl! ain how simple it is to reach millions of
> people!!
>
> I am sending this note to 30 people. If each of us
> 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 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/MOBIL UNTIL
> THEY LOWER THEIR PRICES TO THE $1.30 RANGE AND KEEP
> THEM DOWN. THIS CAN REALLY WORK
>
>
>
>
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