venomblue550
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>I hear we are going to hit close to $3.00 a gallon by the summer. 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" them 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 it and join with us!
>
>By now you're probably thinking gasoline priced at about $1.50 is super
>cheap. Me too! It is currently $1.77 for regular unleaded gas in
>Riverwoods,
>IL. We all know that we're being screwed by the oil companies.
>
>Does everyone remember how they drove up the prices way past a dollar
>and got the gas prices to where they wanted them, claiming there was a
>shortage of oil? Well, there isn't any shortage now, and the oil is more
>abundant
>than it was 35 years ago when the price of a gallon of gas was 29 cents!!!
>
>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 whimp 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 at least thirty people. If each of you 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 generation 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 email 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 I 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. PLEASE HOLD OUT
>UNTIL THEY LOWER THEIR PRICES TO THE $1.30 OR LESS RANGE AND KEEP THEM
>DOWN.
>
>THIS CAN REALLY WORK!!!!!!!
>
>PLEASE take a few minutes and pass this on to everyone you know!! If you
>can't e-mail it to at least ten people, please print out a bunch of
>copies and hand it out to your family and friends!!
>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" them 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 it and join with us!
>
>By now you're probably thinking gasoline priced at about $1.50 is super
>cheap. Me too! It is currently $1.77 for regular unleaded gas in
>Riverwoods,
>IL. We all know that we're being screwed by the oil companies.
>
>Does everyone remember how they drove up the prices way past a dollar
>and got the gas prices to where they wanted them, claiming there was a
>shortage of oil? Well, there isn't any shortage now, and the oil is more
>abundant
>than it was 35 years ago when the price of a gallon of gas was 29 cents!!!
>
>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 whimp 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 at least thirty people. If each of you 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 generation 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 email 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 I 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. PLEASE HOLD OUT
>UNTIL THEY LOWER THEIR PRICES TO THE $1.30 OR LESS RANGE AND KEEP THEM
>DOWN.
>
>THIS CAN REALLY WORK!!!!!!!
>
>PLEASE take a few minutes and pass this on to everyone you know!! If you
>can't e-mail it to at least ten people, please print out a bunch of
>copies and hand it out to your family and friends!!
