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Steve Glasgow

Joined: 10 Jan 2006
Posts: 674

Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2006 10:27 am Post subject: Help start the gas war.

GAS WAR - an idea that SHOULD 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 might 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.... 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.



Cappy

_________________
Steve Glasgow-Cappy
Cappy's Toy
RV-8 N123SG

sportav8r(at)aol.com
Guest

Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2006 10:39 am Post subject: Help start the gas war.

And to think - I really believed that when I opened this mail, it was going to start with "Pull my finger..." 

 

I joined the revolution by buying all the 100LL I could from Alma, where it was 2.90/gal - cheaper than hi-test at the gas station 

 

-Stormy



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sportav8r(at)aol.com
Guest

Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2006 10:41 am Post subject: Help start the gas war.

BTW, I don't mind trying this, but should it begin to work even a little, it looks like a good way to get hit with a RICO suit, like the abortion protesters were a few years back.  Your right to "free speech" means nothing in court these days.

 

-Stormy 

 

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big_azz_ham(at)yahoo.com
Guest

Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2006 10:57 am Post subject: Help start the gas war.

I cannot understand why everyone gets upset at the marginal difference in the price of a commidity, like gasoline, that is affected by market forces but completely ignores the most expensive home budget item of all: TAXES.

   

  Taxation - especially the income tax - is nothing more than legalized theft. 

   

  * *The average household today spends more money on taxes than they do on housing, food, clothing and gas COMBINED * *

   

  Federal Income Tax

  Social Security Tax

  Medicare Tax

  State Income Tax

  State Unemployment Tax

  Real Estate Tax

  Property Tax

  Sales Tax

  Gasoline Tax

  Hotel Tax

  Airline Ticket Tax

  etc...etc

   

  The federal debt is now $8.2 TRILLION which amounts to about $24,000 for every man, woman and child in the country ( not including illegal aliens ). When GWB leaves office, that number will closer to $10 TRILLION.

   

  13% of the current budget goes to servicing the current debt.



  Medicare is now the single largest budget item in many states and the medicare system will be bankrupt even before social security.

   

  * If you want extra gas money, stop voting for bigger government and more taxes *

   

   

  

Steve Glasgow <willfly(at)carolina.rr.com> wrote:

  



GAS WAR - an idea that SHOULD 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 might 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.... 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.



Cappy



			

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Steve Glasgow

Joined: 10 Jan 2006
Posts: 674

Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2006 11:47 am Post subject: Help start the gas war.

I hear you Stormy but I think we are individually very small fish.



Cappy

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_________________
Steve Glasgow-Cappy
Cappy's Toy
RV-8 N123SG

ceengland(at)bellsouth.ne
Guest

Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2006 4:38 pm Post subject: Help start the gas war.

I can't have much additional effect; the only thing I've done in Exxon 

stations since the Valdez incident is take a leak. (Anyone can make a 

mistake; good people & companies care when they make a mistake.)



Don't forget that higher prices are almost always a tax. That's been a 

common technique for borrow & spend governments for a very long time  & 

that's exactly what is happening now.



The deficit looks bad now, but did you know that those numbers don't 

include any of the money being flushed down the drain over in Iraq & 

Afghanistan? The War on our Grandchildren's Financial Well Being is *off 

budget*.



Don't you just love the Enron Method of government?



Charlie

(too dumb & mad to use an alias)



Barney Rubble wrote:



 	  Quote: 	
		  



I cannot understand why everyone gets upset at the marginal difference in the price of a commidity, like gasoline, that is affected by market forces but completely ignores the most expensive home budget item of all: TAXES.

   

  Taxation - especially the income tax - is nothing more than legalized theft. 

   

  * *The average household today spends more money on taxes than they do on housing, food, clothing and gas COMBINED * *

   

  Federal Income Tax

  Social Security Tax

  Medicare Tax

  State Income Tax

  State Unemployment Tax

  Real Estate Tax

  Property Tax

  Sales Tax

  Gasoline Tax

  Hotel Tax

  Airline Ticket Tax

  etc...etc

   

  The federal debt is now $8.2 TRILLION which amounts to about $24,000 for every man, woman and child in the country ( not including illegal aliens ). When GWB leaves office, that number will closer to $10 TRILLION.

   

  13% of the current budget goes to servicing the current debt.



  Medicare is now the single largest budget item in many states and the medicare system will be bankrupt even before social security.

   

  * If you want extra gas money, stop voting for bigger government and more taxes *

   

   

  

Steve Glasgow <willfly(at)carolina.rr.com> wrote:

  



GAS WAR - an idea that SHOULD 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 might 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.... 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.



Cappy

sawad13(at)msn.com
Guest

Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2006 6:25 pm Post subject: Help start the gas war.

you guys need to go on Snopes.com   This email has been floating around for 

years now.



Ron Awad



[quote]From: sportav8r(at)aol.com

Reply-To: rvsoutheast-list(at)matronics.com

To: rvsoutheast-list(at)matronics.com

Subject: Re: Help start the gas war.

Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2006 14:41:45 -0400






BTW, I don't mind trying this, but should it begin to work even a little, 

it looks like a good way to get hit with a RICO suit, like the abortion 

protesters were a few years back.  Your right to "free speech" means 

nothing in court these days.



-Stormy



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tadsargent(at)bellsouth.n
Guest

Posted: Fri Apr 14, 2006 9:22 am Post subject: Help start the gas war.

I'm not sure this will work.  I think all the fuel we use here in Charlotte

comes from the same pipeline.  Which comes from the refineries, which is

where Chevron and Mobil and others deliver their loads from the tankers.

Then all the fuel is refined and sent along the pipes to our holding

facility in south Charlotte.  Gas is Gas I don't believe you can separate

the who from the what in this case.  Another way to reduce our need is to

use our cars less if possible.  Or allow drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.

But the environmentalists don't like this idea.  But Fidel Castro is doing

that right now, just 42 miles from Florida.  Also remember refineries have

dwindled since 1980 we have 85% less than that date.

F.Y.I.

Tad

N130TS

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Steve Glasgow

Joined: 10 Jan 2006
Posts: 674

Posted: Fri Apr 14, 2006 9:31 am Post subject: Help start the gas war.

Think of the gas you will save if you move to JQF>



Cappy

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_________________
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Cappy's Toy
RV-8 N123SG

Larry Bowen

Joined: 09 Jan 2006
Posts: 802
Location: NC, USA

Posted: Fri Apr 14, 2006 9:45 am Post subject: Help start the gas war.

Don't mean to squash the enthusiastic creativity here, but Ron was right

when he said this is a classic chain letter.  See here if you care:



http://www.snopes.com/politics/gasoline/gasout.asp



-- 

Larry Bowen

Larry(at)BowenAero.com

http://BowenAero.com

do not archive

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RV-8 SOLD,
RV-7QB in progress...

martorious(at)earthlink.n
Guest

Posted: Sat Apr 15, 2006 7:00 am Post subject: Help start the gas war.

Not that it would work for long anyway.  You might get most people to do it,

but as soon as their price drops below everyone else's price, you'd have a

stampede running to their pumps, you've saved, what, .10$ if you're lucky?

Market dynamics and mob mentality takes over.  The Oil companies have us by

the short ones, and they know it.  The price hike during the Katrina

disaster partially desensitized most people to $3.00/gal prices, and the oil

companies are capitalizing on that to push the prices back up into that

territory.  They're not going to lower it willingly, and definitely not

without a fight.



I live in Indiana, and our gas prices fluctuate as much as .20 to .30 cents

a gallon from one day to the next.  Up and down.  The up is usually .02-.03

cents higher than the previous high, with the lows following suit.  When the

price drops to the 'new' low, you say to yourself "Whew, that is a good buy,

it's .28 cents cheaper than yesterday."  Not even considering that it might

be .10 cents higher than what you paid for it last week.  Who says

psychology is not a part of big business?



Marty

I'm not a psychologist, nor do I play one on TV.



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