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The simple solution is for people to stop buying SUVs, Pickups and Vans as
commuter vehicles... increase gas prices might be good to get those
dangerous SUVs, Pickups and Vans off the road. ... and no people don't need
them unless they are trades people.



"Lower_gas_prices" <mofo@nospam.net> wrote in message
news:c5mf84$gm1$1@news.eusc.inter.net...
> Don't know if this will work...but I don't want too pay 1.42 a litre!!!!
> Worth a try!!
>
> I hear we are going to hit close to a $1.42 a Litre 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 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 it
> and join with us!
>
> By now you're probably thinking gasoline priced at about $.80 a litre is
> super cheap. Me too! It is currently .78 to .89 depending on what day it
> is,for regular unleaded gas in Montreal, Qc. 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
> litre of gas was 29 cents!!! Now that the oil companies and the OPEC
nations
> have conditioned us to think that the cost of a litre of gas is CHEAP at
> $0.78-$0.85, 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 cant just stop buying gas. But we CAN
have
> an impact on gas prices if we all act together to force a price war.Heres
> the idea: For the rest of this year, DON'T purchase ANY gasoline from the
> two biggest companies (which now are one), PETRO CANADA, SHELL. 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 PETRO CANADA and
> SHELL buyers. Its really simple to do!! Now, don't whimp out on me at this
> point...keep reading and Ill 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, lets 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!!!
> Ill 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 $0.64 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!!
>
>
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On Fri, 16 Apr 2004 22:59:31 GMT, "LBJGH" <bite_mee@hotsnail.back>
wrote:

>The simple solution is for people to stop buying SUVs, Pickups and Vans as
>commuter vehicles... increase gas prices might be good to get those
>dangerous SUVs, Pickups and Vans off the road. ... and no people don't need
>them unless they are trades people.

Agreed...

If you really want to hurt the gas companies and want to bring prices
down, buy less gas.

That means driving less, by a lot, or buying a more efficient vehicle.

J.

This is an incredibly lame idea with ZERO chance of making a difference.


John

Mike Smith wrote in message <107tl4357g8np0b@news.supernews.com>...
>Lower_gas_prices wrote:
>
>> Don't know if this will work...but I don't want too pay 1.42 a litre!!!!
>> Worth a try!!
>
>No it isn't. Fuel prices are rising everywhere, because OPEC has raised
>the price of crude, not because Shell or Petro Canada feel like screwing
>you.
>
>> By now you're probably thinking gasoline priced at about $.80 a litre is
>> super cheap. Me too! It is currently .78 to .89 depending on what day it
>> is,for regular unleaded gas in Montreal, Qc. We all know that we're being
>> screwed by the oil companies.
>
>You're being screwed more by your own government. Most of that 85-ish
>cents per litre is tax. Here in New York we pay about $1.80 US per
>gallon, or 47 cents (US, = 63 cents Canadian) per litre, and even that
>already contains quite a bit of tax.
>
> > Well, there isn't any shortage now,
>> and the oil is more abundant than it was 35 years ago when the price of a
>> litre of gas was 29 cents!!!
>
>Uh, huh. And how much inflation has there been in the last 35 years? A
>lot more than 85 divided by 29. Adjusted for inflation, gas is much,
>*much* cheaper now than it was 35 years ago.
>
>> 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!!!
>
>That's pretty amazing, since there are nowhere near 300 million people
>in Canada.
>
>> PLEASE HOLD OUT UNTIL THEY LOWER THEIR PRICES TO THE $0.64 OR LESS
>> RANGE AND KEEP THEM DOWN. THIS CAN REALLY WORK!!!!!!!
>
>No it can't. Don't be a moron.
>
>> PLEASE take a few minutes
>
>Speaking of which, there goes a few minutes I'll never get back...
>
>--
>Mike Smith
>

At least this person has an idea. It beats sitting on our arses and
accepting the gas hikes. Will it hurt you not to go to SHELL or PETRO
CANADA? Anyhow, do like most humans do, nothing. If you're such a smart ass,
what do YOU suggest we do?