Lower Gas Prices

[fccool]

Just got as one of these forward e-mails . I usually detest forwards, but this one is intriguing.

THIS IS NOT THE 'DON'T BUY' GAS FOR ONE DAY, BUT IT WILL SHOW YOU HOW WE CAN GET GAS BACK DOWN TO $1.30 PER GALLON. This was sent by a retired Coca Cola executive. It came from one of his engineer buddies who retired from Halliburton. If you are tired of the gas prices going up AND they will continue to rise this summer, take time to read this please. 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! 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. 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 $2.00 is super cheap. Me too! It is currently $3.49 for regular unleaded in my town, Seattle. 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 - $175, 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 explain 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 $2.00 RANGE AND KEEP THEM DOWN. THIS CAN REALLY WORK.

Keep it going

Feel free to forward it to someone. It's worth trying. Although I don't see any reason oil companies would not retaliate by teaming up and selling Exxon/Mobil gas and keeping the prices high.

[Amelia]

If that person wants this to work, I suggest everyone begin asking the off brand gas stations who they purchase their gas from. And in turn where that place purchases their gas from.

[cricket]

But, but, but...ExxonMobil already has the cheapest gas prices in my area. Also, the MobilSpeedpass is still the fastest and least expensive way I've found to buy gas.

[Lil Star]

I have tried the cheaper gas in my new car. Problem is that shortly after I purchased this car the check engine light came on. I to it to a guy that diagnosed it. He said that the code was for an o2 sensor. I went and purchased the o2 sensor and the day I went to pick it up, I got an idea that maybe I should check and see if maybe a higher grade gas would help instead of shelling out the money for the sensor. So, I put the next grade of gasoline in my car and lowandbehold, the check engine light went off. I figured, well it had been coming on and going off for about a month now so I waited a couple of days. Still no light. So, I went back to the store a couple of days even later, still no light and told the salesperson that I did not need the sensor as I think I fixed the problem by simply putting in the next higher gasoline. She told me that there was a LOT of bad gas going around and that this one particular station (which was the one I used to put the higher gas octane in) was the best in town. On both sides of the river. Now I will only purchase from one gas station and only put the 89 octane in my car. It seems to run better and no light! :--)

[CyberGuy]

I had a similar experience. I went to a cheaper gas and all my Spark plugs got gummed up with gunk from the cheaper gas.I had to replace all my spark plugs. The problem is that a lot of these cheaper fuels are dirty and not refined as much therefore they are sold for a cheaper price. I never go back to those cheaper gas stations anymore. You pay in the end in more repairs on your car for using that cheaper gas.

[carolaa]

If that person wants this to work, I suggest everyone begin asking the off brand gas stations who they purchase their gas from. And in turn where that place purchases their gas from.

I think you have a good point. Besides, I'm pretty sure that the "correct" oil companies don't have enough gas to supply the whole country's needs, and when their gas is gone, they will be forced to buy more from the other companies.

My thinking is that gas is a limited resource that will all be gone in time and then the whole issue will be moot. We really ought to be looking at alternatives if we want to be ahead of the game. But that was a different thread....

[Jerry Rogers]

Nice idea but kind of a hoax. See the following:

http://www.breakthechain.org/exclusives/exxon.html