[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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