Protest Gas Prices on May15th
NO GAS...On May 15th 2007
Don't pump gas on May 15th
...in April 1997, there was a "gas out" conducted nationwide in protest of gas prices. Gasoline prices dropped 30 cents a gallon overnight.
On May 15th 2007, all Internet users are to not go to a gas station in protest of high gas prices. Gas is now over $3.00 a gallon in most places.
There are 73,000,000+ American members currently on the Internet network, and the average car takes about 30 to 50 dollars to fill up.
If all users did not go to the pump on the 15th, it would take
$2,292,000,000.00 (that's almost 3 BILLION) out of the oil companies pockets for just one day, so please do not go to the gas station on May 15th and lets try to put a dent in the Middle Eastern oil industry for at least one day.
If you agree (which I cant see why you wouldn't) resend this to all on your contact lists. With it saying, ''Don' t pump gas on May 15th"
Don't pump gas on May 15th
...in April 1997, there was a "gas out" conducted nationwide in protest of gas prices. Gasoline prices dropped 30 cents a gallon overnight.
On May 15th 2007, all Internet users are to not go to a gas station in protest of high gas prices. Gas is now over $3.00 a gallon in most places.
There are 73,000,000+ American members currently on the Internet network, and the average car takes about 30 to 50 dollars to fill up.
If all users did not go to the pump on the 15th, it would take
$2,292,000,000.00 (that's almost 3 BILLION) out of the oil companies pockets for just one day, so please do not go to the gas station on May 15th and lets try to put a dent in the Middle Eastern oil industry for at least one day.
If you agree (which I cant see why you wouldn't) resend this to all on your contact lists. With it saying, ''Don' t pump gas on May 15th"
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Or, if you want to do something productive, you could Snopes this and learn that you shouldn't pass this urban legend around anymore. 0 -
Snopes is a very good site,........wish more would use it, especially the ones that forward me "junk"! 0 -
I stop to get gas when I need it.....It isn't exactly a luxury item I can do without...
If I need gas on May 15th, I'll be filling up on May 15th0 -
How hard is it to figure out that this is nonsense? The only way to hit the pockets of the oil companies is to NOT DRIVE! If you drive the same amount on the 15th that you normally would anyway, you STILL have to buy gas the next day or the day after. The oil companies conceivably will DOUBLE their profits the next day, or whatever day those who boycott no the 15th decide to buy gas again. 0 -
http://www.snopes.com/politics/gasoline/nogas.asp
Quoted from Snopes.com:
"The primary effect of the "gas-out" boycott is to hurt those at the very end of the oil-to-gas chain: the independent service station operators, who have the least say in setting gasoline prices. (Independents are at the mercy of a very volatile oil market and operate on thin profit margins, and even a single day's disruption of supply or demand can wipe out many days' worth of hard earned profits.) As such, the "gas-out" is a punch on the nose delivered to the wrong person."
So if you want to put the small guys out of business, go ahead with your boycott.
The biggest problem with the price of gas is not the oil companys, it is the taxes that we pay on each gal. Here in CA our taxes are over $.50 per gal. I put 25 gal in my van yesterday and it cost me just over $80.00, but $12.50 went towards taxes. I do that every other day so by the end of the month I am paying over $300.00 in taxes alone. Do you think that the little guy at the corner store made that much, or the big companys? Sorry to have to say it, but you barking up the wrong tree.0 -
This is thing is a perfect example of that liberal-social-democrat ideology is a disease that has to be treated.
I am gonna fill up all of my strategic reserve on 15th and get a few more cans to add to it and fill'em up.0 -
Well then just keep bitc**'n about the price. That works real well.
It's gonna take an organized effort, so lets just not do nothing.
Trust me the oil companies will know about this if there's enough people to care.0 -
I don't complain about the prices. I drive 300 to 500 miles per day, 5 or 6 days a week. Two years ago my gas bill was $900 per month, now my bill is $1,700 per month. I know that is just the cost of doing business. I have raised my prices to help compensate for my increased cost and I now try to drive a bit more wise to make every gallon last as long as possible. So I am not going to stop buying gas for one day and I am not going to complain about the gas prices, so what I had to pay $3.45 for a gallon yesterday, I also paid $4.56 for a gallon of milk and $4.72 for a gallon of ice cream. It's just the cost of living in today's world. 0 -
quote:Originally posted by Hunter Mag
Well then just keep bitc**'n about the price. That works real well.
It's gonna take an organized effort, so lets just not do nothing.
Trust me the oil companies will know about this if there's enough people to care.
HunterMag,
You apparently don't understand how the price of gas that you pay at the pump is determined. "Big Oil" doesn't set those prices. The free market, namely the commodities market, does.
People buy and sell commodities, and anyone can do it, you included. You're buying futures, so, for instance, when you invest in oil (or unleaded gas, or home heating oil, or natural gas, or frozen concentrated orange juice just like Trading Places if you care), you're purchasing for say, July delivery.
There are other factors that go into the price of gas. A huge chunk of it is federal, state and local taxes. So, if you want to drive down the price of gas, the best place to start is with your elected officials. Forget the grandstanding when they call for hearings. It is hilarious (if you can step back and see the bigger picture) to see these guys have Congressional Hearings, calling in the CEOs of the oil companies, when they won't do a darned thing to reduce the price of gas by eliminating the punitive taxes on it.
The next thing that affects the price of gas is supply and demand. In peak months for driving, you get higher gasoline prices. This is why the price goes up in the summer and down in the winter. In peak months of cool temperatures, you get higher heating oil prices. And, when something goes wonky, like a refinery catching fire or a pipeline goges down, or Iran starts rattling its sabres, the price goes up.0 -
Really, this again?
Read...
http://forums.gunbroker.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=2454220 -
It never ends,........if you can't afford to drive, you don't drive, but I have seen no evidence of that so far! ( see above post)
You can always move to a European country where you will pay 5 to 7 dollars or more, equivalent, to what we pay here.
Has anyone done the computation on the effect of inflation over the years, that has affected everything, and realize that gas is "cheap" adjusted for inflation?0 -
quote:Well then just keep bitc**'n about the price. That works real well. It's gonna take an organized effort, so lets just not do nothing. Trust me the oil companies will know about this if there's enough people to care.
Hunter Mag...you just don't get it! This idea has been e-mailed to millions and millions of people over the years. Heck, it probably got its start when gas went over $1 per gallon! IT WON'T WORK! The only organized effort that WILL work is for people to stop driving so much, thereby NOT using as much gasoline. Ride your bike, walk, carpool, but if we stop driving so much, that is the ONLY thing that will help. Americans seem not willing to do that though, so the oil companies have nothing to worry about at all.0 -
wow........they must think the sun shines outa ya butt...ours is touching $9.00 (?4.40) uk gal 0 -
It appears so easy to manipulate the American people that I am surprised we still have (at least something that resembles) a democracy. A Big gasoline protest back in April 1997 that caused the price of gasoiline to drop 30 cents overnight? BS! Here are the average retail gasoline prices for the San Francisco Bay area for the past 21 years and it you key on April, 1997 and then May, 1997 you will find a drop in the retail price of gasoline of less than 3 cents per gallon! If you really want to lower gasoline prices you can drive less, car pool, use public transportation or trade in your big a$$ pickup truck or SUV for a little econo-box automobile.
http://www.mtc.ca.gov/maps_and_data/datamart/stats/gasprice.htm0 -
quote:Originally posted by spanielsells
quote:Originally posted by Hunter Mag
Well then just keep bitc**'n about the price. That works real well.
It's gonna take an organized effort, so lets just not do nothing.
Trust me the oil companies will know about this if there's enough people to care.
HunterMag,
You apparently don't understand how the price of gas that you pay at the pump is determined. "Big Oil" doesn't set those prices. The free market, namely the commodities market, does.
People buy and sell commodities, and anyone can do it, you included. You're buying futures, so, for instance, when you invest in oil (or unleaded gas, or home heating oil, or natural gas, or frozen concentrated orange juice just like Trading Places if you care), you're purchasing for say, July delivery.
There are other factors that go into the price of gas. A huge chunk of it is federal, state and local taxes. So, if you want to drive down the price of gas, the best place to start is with your elected officials. Forget the grandstanding when they call for hearings. It is hilarious (if you can step back and see the bigger picture) to see these guys have Congressional Hearings, calling in the CEOs of the oil companies, when they won't do a darned thing to reduce the price of gas by eliminating the punitive taxes on it.
The next thing that affects the price of gas is supply and demand. In peak months for driving, you get higher gasoline prices. This is why the price goes up in the summer and down in the winter. In peak months of cool temperatures, you get higher heating oil prices. And, when something goes wonky, like a refinery catching fire or a pipeline goges down, or Iran starts rattling its sabres, the price goes up.
SS I agree 100%. I simply copied an e-mail I got and thought I'd post it here. It sounds like a good idea to me, and no it wount solve the problem but I think it will send a message and it's worth a try.[:D]0 -
Does anyone know if the new bio-fuels will work in Molotov cocktails? 0 -
a one day "gas out" will accomplish nothing for two reasons:
1. a typical station is not re-supplied daily
2. Unless you change your consumption requirements, you still need gas sometime within the week.
So if we want to do anything about fuel prices a coordinated long-term effort to use less gas would be necessary.0 -
quote:Originally posted by KSUmarksman
a one day "gas out" will accomplish nothing for two reasons:
1. a typical station is not re-supplied daily
2. Unless you change your consumption requirements, you still need gas sometime within the week.
So if we want to do anything about fuel prices a coordinated long-term effort to use less gas would be necessary.
But no one wants to do that. In fact the only long term effort that anyone around here is willing to commit to is our staying in Iraq until GW says that we can leave...and not so much a two seconds before!0 -
quote:Originally posted by kristov
quote:Originally posted by KSUmarksman
a one day "gas out" will accomplish nothing for two reasons:
1. a typical station is not re-supplied daily
2. Unless you change your consumption requirements, you still need gas sometime within the week.
So if we want to do anything about fuel prices a coordinated long-term effort to use less gas would be necessary.
But no one wants to do that. In fact the only long term effort that anyone around here is willing to commit to is our staying in Iraq until GW says that we can leave...and not so much a two seconds before!
Bush did sign something investing in alternative energy programs; can't recall off hand. The best solution remains the "Lower consumption" plan and weening ourselves off of oil. That remains a pipe dream, but it still seems a nice dream.0 -
quote:Originally posted by badwrench
Hunter Mag, I am with you. I already got flamed by the cowards. At least one other person feels it is time for action. Right on!
Thanks Badwrench, most seem to think that this is my way for a permanent cure to high gas prices. It is simply a very easy way to demonstrate/protest our disapproval of high gas prices. Just the same as if we held signs in front of any goverment office or oil company wanting something done. It's not a permanent cure but it will sure let some know we don't like it. I'm glad you(one of just a few)understand. Most are too freaking lazy to even think about going along with an idea like this. They would rather just criticize everything and do nothing.
I've posted this on 4 forums and most critcise it right off the bat. Just to justify to themselves that no action is the best action.
I can imagine what replies I would get if I suggested driving less and try riding a bicycle once in a while.
Just for the record 1 tank of gas lasts me 2 weeks. I have an 18 gallon tank and use about 15 gallons every 2 weeks. I stop at the store on my way home from work and when I need to go to 3 different stores I go to where they all are close to one another. I also wait to go somewhere untill I need to go somewhere close, then kill 2 birds with one stone. Just like the other day I needed to go to walmart, but then I remembered I had a doctor appointment 2 days later. I thought "do I really need to go to walmart today?" or do I want to go today cause I'm bored? The answer was heck no and I waited 2 days and did both. Walmart is 2 blocks from the doctors office.0 -
quote:Just for the record 1 tank of gas lasts me 2 weeks.
See...there's the problem with this "protest." You will STILL buy gas every two weeks. If you really want to make a statement, park the truck more often and make a tank of gas last 3 weeks!0 -
quote:Originally posted by iluvguns
quote:Just for the record 1 tank of gas lasts me 2 weeks.
See...there's the problem with this "protest." You will STILL buy gas every two weeks. If you really want to make a statement, park the truck more often and make a tank of gas last 3 weeks!
How much gas do you use?[:D]
BTW I parked the truck thursday and walked 4-5 miles to get things done. And you?0
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