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Old 04-25-2006, 02:42 AM   #1
AshtonEndal
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I just got this from me Madre and figured it's worth a shot. I usualy buy from a Mobil so I guess I can move on to someone else, so long as it dosn't cost TOO much. Pass this on, I'm gonna' post on a few message baords to get it across.


> 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 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 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 =3D 300) ... and those 300 send it to
> at least ten more (300 x 10 =3D
> 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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