HOW MUCH IS GAS NEAR YOU???
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From: Chapin, SC
premium around here is in the 3.30's... and as we live near the interstate with summer on the way--that price is like a hit single: rising daily!
good thing both our rides need premium, i'd really hate to have to buy that lower cost "regular".... I mean how are those poor billionaire oil-men gonna survive???
good thing both our rides need premium, i'd really hate to have to buy that lower cost "regular".... I mean how are those poor billionaire oil-men gonna survive???
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Sorry for this long post! I just wana share this email I got. I think there's a possibility that this will going to work!
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GAS WAR - an idea that WILL work
This was originally sent by a retired Coca Cola executive. It came from his 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 $ 3.08 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 b y 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 = 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 $1.30 RANGE AND KEEP THEM DOWN.
THIS CAN REALLY WORK.
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GAS WAR - an idea that WILL work
This was originally sent by a retired Coca Cola executive. It came from his 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 $ 3.08 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 b y 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 = 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 $1.30 RANGE AND KEEP THEM DOWN.
THIS CAN REALLY WORK.
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I paid 3.89 for V-Power and I am about 40 minutes away from downtown Chicgao....................... 
I AM REALLY STARTING TO GET ____ED OFF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
3 days ago it was $3.71.......................................
I AM REALLY STARTING TO GET ____ED OFF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
3 days ago it was $3.71.......................................
Random off-topic post: Maybe with all this money they are making they can start to research and develope methods to make gasoline better and cheaper. Wait that makes sense, nvm. Buy a motorcycle instead!!!
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station by the house is $3.55 for cheap stuff. btu my daily has to have 92. so I really pay $3.89. today it dropped to $3.77. Chicago is silly expensive. remember that many other countries have a benefit inclluded in gas prices. Liike health insurance for all. In Japan, it's expensive, but the stations are full service. Even for a small scooter, you would get the same treatment as if driving a car. But I know in the NW, most stations are full service as well.
But then again, in Chicago, not only do we have the highest price of gas, but the worst mail service and mass transit that's crumbling. How could we possibly handle the Olympics with that !!
But then again, in Chicago, not only do we have the highest price of gas, but the worst mail service and mass transit that's crumbling. How could we possibly handle the Olympics with that !!
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From: Chapin, SC
think your tolls can be backed up now.... wait until the olympic crowds hit!! No wonder so many from IL hit the roads and come up north each weekend... i'd want to escape as well...
As both the wife's TC and my FJ require premium ( 3.60's here )...... thank goodness the boat can run on regular... after all how many "arms and legs" can we part with??
As both the wife's TC and my FJ require premium ( 3.60's here )...... thank goodness the boat can run on regular... after all how many "arms and legs" can we part with??
