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posted by tknight4305

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.... 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.

posted by tknight4305

I got this off a Vette forum i am on....I thought it was worth a try...

posted by illsniggles

This could work, if everyone in the world read this and spread it lol.

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