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Why this won't work:
<a href="http://www.snopes.com/politics/gasoline/gasout.asp" eudora="autourl">
http://www.snopes.com/politics/gasoline/gasout.asp</a>.<br><br>
- Amy<br><br>
At 01:20 PM 4/24/2006, Frank Gao wrote:<br>
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<font face="Times New Roman, Times"> </font><font color="#993366">I
am sorry this is not related to the topic of this two forums, but promise
this is the only time, and an idea for all.<br>
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</font><font face="Tahoma" size=2><b>Subject:</b> Very interesting Gas
Plan Idea!!! <br>
</font><font size=2 color="#0000FF">GAS WAR - an idea that WILL
work (or at least get forwarded around a lot...) <br>
</font><font face="Times New Roman, Times"> <br>
</font><font size=2 color="#0000FF">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.<br><br>
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.<br><br>
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!<br><br>
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?<br><br>
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.<br><br>
</font><font color="#0000FF"><b>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!!<br>
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I am sending this note to over 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.<br><br>
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!!!<br><br>
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.) :-)<br>
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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.<br><br>
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.<br><br>
Kerry Lyle, Director, Research Coordinator <br>
Thanks for your support.</font><br>
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