Don't buy gas on may 19th

[bacteria]

It has been calculated that if everyone in the United States did

not purchase a drop of gasoline for one day and all at the same

time, the oil companies would choke on their stockpiles.

At the same time it would hit the entire industry with a net loss

of over 4.6 billion dollars which affects the bottom lines of the

oil companies.



Therefore, May 19th has been formally declared

"stick it up their behind " day and the people of this nation should

not buy a single drop of gasoline that day. The only way this can

be done is if you forward this e-mail to as many people as you

can and as quickly as you can to get the word out.



Waiting on this administration to step in and control the prices is

not going to happen. What happened to the reduction and control

in prices that the Arab nations promised two weeks ago?



Remember one thing! Not only is the price of gasoline going up but

at the same time airlines are forced to raise their prices, trucking

companies are forced to raise their prices which effects prices on

everything that is shipped. Things like food, clothing, building

materials, medical supplies, etc.. Who pays in the end? We do!



We can make a difference. If they don't get the message after one

day, we will do it again and again. So do your part and spread the word.

Forward this email to everyone you know! Mark your calendars and

make May 19th a day that the citizens of the United States say

"enough is enough"!

[DJ_Lukki]

Im down.

[Pler]

I heard about this boycott yesterday, and decided then to join it.

[Tekno_Kid]

ive always wondered.. if we have a day where no one buys gas... sure it may hurt the oil companies.. but everyone will probably just go back and buy gas the next day, no?


seems rather pointless *shrug*

[~full*bloom~]

I'm down too.

[LocDog]

no tekno kid, your on point. if everyone gave up anything that consumed oil for th 19th, then you'd hit them with a one day loss that might have a tiny impact. but since society will go about their day normal, minus buying gas, that gas has to be replaced the next day.

a much more effective boycott would be against the major oil companies. if people didn't buy from chevron, exxon, shell, or arco and instead chased out their smaller gas stations who are independtly supplied you'd be keeping the money away from massive bank accounts who have the power to drop their prices to become competitive to get you back.

but hey, whatever.

[MistressJen]

Originally posted by Tekno_Kid
seems rather pointless *shrug*

seems pointless to me also.

boycotting gas stations for one day (especially when most people don't have to fill their tank on a daily basis) isn't really going to do much harm. those same people who "boycott" on the 19th are going to fill up sometime before or after that day (as locdog said).

does it count as boycotting on every day that i don't have to fill my tank up? :rolleyes:

[Star_Dancer]

oh it's "formally announced" now is it? I'm so impressed by the organizational and creative skills of the DAMNED DIRTY HIPPIES of today. Go take an economics class.

[KidMac]

Sounds like a good plan. I hope it works.

[Bonecrusher]

it's been tried before and has not worked yet.

[ILL_Eeze_One]

FUCK BUSH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !




RAVE THE VOTE!



IMPEACH HIS ASS NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[MistressJen]

Originally posted by Star_Dancer
oh it's "formally announced" now is it? I'm so impressed by the organizational and creative skills of the DAMNED DIRTY HIPPIES of today. Go take an economics class.

haha.. <3 charles

[kizat]

Originally posted by ILL_Eeze_One
FUCK BUSH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !




RAVE THE VOTE!



IMPEACH HIS ASS NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Just when I was begining to regain faith in the human race...


.. and then there was nwtekno.

[skilife]

This does not work, people need to buy gas when they need gas. What you should do if you want to lower the gas prices is not buy from EXXON or MOBLE, they are the two largest providers of gas in the United States, so if you dont buy their gas they have to lower their prices to try and get you to buy there gas, the other componies will fallow their lead and lower their prices to compete. Not buying from the 2 largest gas companies will make the price drop like a rock. If people started boy coughting those 2 providers they would freek and keep dropping their prices until we started to buy from them again, so just wait till it goes down to $1.25 and then buy their gas. :D

[Headphones Dude]

Don't hold your breath...Most americans who need gas will get it, and pay the outrageous prices to boot....

[DJ_Lukki]

all good points, all very true.



Buy a propane powered car/truck. They are around, and you would never know it unless you went to fill it up....




Im still down. Im actually going to boycott all companies for the next 9-10 hours. Im off to bed.

[hy5]

I will proudly not buy gas on that day.I guess if I had a car this defiant stand would mean more........

[c-kay]

How much are you guys paying out there? Here in NJ, I'm paying $1.73 but have seen it as high as $1.90.

Ridiculous.

[ecko]

^^^ to answer your question.

here in Northern Wa *Everett* The cheapest i have found is $2.19 and well of course it goes up from there..

I suppose i could boycott getting gas on that day seeing as i have a full tank and wont need gas. lol

[dj metro]

if you really want to establish a boycott that will work, don't even drive and ride a fucking bike. when gas stations are only making 50¢ here and there from people using the air station to fill their bike tires instead of their gas tanks, they will see how royally fucked they are.

[Headphones Dude]

If you can get evrybody to ride a bike, it would work. But most people don't want to ride their bikes up hills, and let's face it, the Nw has plenty of hills and high terrain, so that's why most people choose to drive.

[dj metro]

yea, a lot of it boils down to people are just lazy and will do whatever is more convenient for themselves. if i had a bike, i would be riding the mofo wherever i needed to go as long as it wasn't too far. all u gotta do to tackle a hill is switch to low gears and then ur set.

[sothis]

Here in NJ, I'm paying $1.73 but have seen it as high as $1.90.

bellingham is 2.34 for the cheapest.

[BenE]

__________________________________________________ _
[QUOTE] Originally posted by ecko

here in Northern Wa *Everett* The cheapest i have found is $2.19 and well of course it goes up from there..
__________________________________________________ _
EKKKKK!!!!!!!!!!:(



$2.34 I would think it would be time to get a bike or hit up public transportion if it was more reliable too bad that shit sounds rediculios(sp?) sorry:eek:

[Bonecrusher]

need to drop below $2

[Calefaction]

As a point of reference, here in Houston (where much of the countries fuel is actually refined), regular unleaded is 1.80+ a gallon. So don't worry, we feel your pain too (even if it is a bit cheaper, it's still outrageous).

[DeepBass]

Why is this down, bump this shit to the top. I swear to god if I see some candy kid filling up their tank I'm going to dowse them in gas and lite em up! Melted plastic beads on the flesh would hurt like a mother fucker.

[sothis]

$2.34 I would think it would be time to get a bike or hit up public transportion if it was more reliable

i dont drive around much in town, so thats not a big deal.

the problem is since bellingham is far from anything, if you leave town, you are royally assfucked by the gas prices. i have to move to seattle with a u-haul by july 1.. goddamn its going to be expensive. not to mention i hav eto drive down to the area a few times to move preliminary stuff.

[dj metro]

dude, that sucks... i just made a move to the PDX area from central oregon. it took us 3 vehicles to get all of my shit there and plus my pops had to work in salem that week. the cost of gas for all 3 vehicles was probably the equivalent of getting ass-fucked with a running chainsaw.

and guess what? i gotta put gas in my car tomorrow so i can get to and from work since i have to commute 20 miles each way to work. i think the cost of gas sucks, but fuck. i gotta do what i gotta do, and it would actually be cheaper for me to drive than take the bus considering the cost of a ticket each way. my car gets good enough gas mileage to make the difference.

[Starlah]

so, did it work?

[Shin]

the time to invest in hydro electric car/fuel cell cars is way overdue

[phytosapien]

there is no logic in this theory.

if you want to hit the oil companies with a boycot, it's gonna have to be for like a month or even more. plus, it's not like every person is going to not get gas... i bet out of all the populus, 10% will get that message, and out of them only like 5% will do it. this leaves you with like .005% of the pupulus, which accounts for that much percent of their income. The key isn't boycotting, the key is legislation.

[MistressJen]

Originally posted by Starlah
so, did it work?

hahahaha... right.
you can answer that question yourself by looking at the gas prices.

[Daz]

I have relied on public transportation and cabs for the past... year +...

so far, i've been jumped at a bus stop, missed countless important things due to late busses, and paid an arm and a leg in cab fees..

this fuckin sucks.. i'd pay 40 bucks a week to have the convenience of my car back...

[Headquarters]

the minimum amount of time needed with a full boycott to have the gas company feel the begining of an effect is 1 week. If you only boycott for a day then people just fill up on the 18th or 20th. not much is saved. it's a good idea i suppose just kinda a half ass one.

LETS BOYCOTT GAS TILL MY CAR GETS ON EMPTY!

[FREEEZZ]

It has been calculated that if everyone in the United States did

not purchase a drop of gasoline for one day and all at the same

time, We will have to buy twice as much gas the next day. The bottom

line is the company I work for was spending around $3500.00 a

day in gas across the country per day and now we are well over

$6,000 the only way you could ever pull this off is on a sunday.

[djsteel]

"The Idiot's Guide to Economics"....

[Starlah]

Originally posted by MistressJen


hahahaha... right.
you can answer that question yourself by looking at the gas prices.
it was a rhetorical question...

[Bonecrusher]

Originally posted by Monk
You can fool some of the people some of the time.

Fools.

words out of my mouth

[Sky Scream]

So did some of you tards actually do this or what?

[Godlike]

http://www.canadiandriver.com/news/02images/vw1litre1.jpg


a fuel-efficient car with a super stingy fuel consumption rating of just 1 litre per 100 kilometres (282 mpg).
http://www.canadiandriver.com/articles/gw/vw1litre.htm


it may look odd, but you can't beat those MPG's..

[c-kay]

How much are you all paying now? Gas prices dropped out here and now I'm averaging $1.61 here in NJ and $2.00 up in Hunter Mountain, NY.

[depthRecordings]

$2.05 to $2.11, depending on how close I am to downtown Seattle.

We're getting gouged here on the left coast, since we have the same transpo system that the midwest does. Denver is averaging $1.72, SLC UT: $1.90...

I work in my day job for a petroleum company and don't agree with our pricing structure for the West Coast. Granted, we have the highest trax structure in the nation, but that's still not accounting got the 20-40 price differences.

[TurntableTruth]

fuck that i gotta get to werk biatch

[serif]

ok i'll do it!!

oh wait...*looks @ calander*

shite, looks like i'll have to "freak out the establishment" in other ways

*sews "NOT MY PRESIDENT" patch onto backpack*

take that!

[fishstick2]

i pledage that on the 19th the only gas i will support is the gas coming out my ass!

[djsteel]

So how did it work out?

[HexRei]

the oil industry collapsed and car manufacturers began mass-producing cheap alternative-fuel vehicles. reduced emissions brought the globe back to a more reasonable temperature, saving the lives of hundreds of millions of coastal residents. everyone in the world began to really feel the plur and war was abolished, people began to focus on bettering themselves and others. humanity achieved transcendence and took its place as the universe's caretakers. we all lived happily ever after.

haha, just kidding. its smoggier than ever!

[kaciRAVES]

yeah right.. that's the day of soundgazum.
i'm not missing that.
haha.

[StarLight]

Just filled up my tank and it cost me $42.00 for a 12 gallon tank.

I need to start taking the bus

[spazmunkee]

ok i wont buy gas that day. (not that i would anyway)

[JungleJunkie]

Originally posted by Bonecrusher
it's been tried before and has not worked yet.

Yeah I remember back in like 99 when everyone was bitching about it being something like $2.50 and everyone did the same. Good idea but....

[pill]

i dont have a car so count me in

[pill]

Originally posted by Godlike
http://www.canadiandriver.com/news/02images/vw1litre1.jpg


a fuel-efficient car with a super stingy fuel consumption rating of just 1 litre per 100 kilometres (282 mpg).
http://www.canadiandriver.com/articles/gw/vw1litre.htm


it may look odd, but you can't beat those MPG's..

i was just researching that car
its really nice having 282 mpg, but if you really think about it, it has a 1 cylinder diesel engine tops at 4000rpm, 8.5hp and a max speed of***75MPH***
and don't forget the that it only fits a friver and 1 passenger with almost no trunk space
also this car is extremly lightweight made of fragile lightweight material
one littlebump into another car and it's totaled, especially because the collision will ruin the aerodynamic design of the car that alows it to be fuel efficient

[HexRei]

Originally posted by pill
i was just researching that car
its really nice having 282 mpg, but if you really think about it, it has a 1 cylinder diesel engine tops at 4000rpm, 8.5hp and a max speed of***75MPH***

it's a commuter car. I can tell you that you rarely have an opportunity to safely go above 75 in an urban setting. If you're a speed freak, this is clearly not the car for you, but for someone who just wants to get from point A to point B, it's great.

[dislocatedlogic]

The safety specs are a little unnerving, if Pill has really done his homework. The speed is nothing to worry about-- you don't get that great of mileage if you're going super fast, anyway.

Those things are still fucking ugly, though.

[pill]

Originally posted by HexRei
it's a commuter car. I can tell you that you rarely have an opportunity to safely go above 75 in an urban setting. If you're a speed freak, this is clearly not the car for you, but for someone who just wants to get from point A to point B, it's great.

if you need a car to just "get from point A to point B" then i guess this is the perfect car for you.
but think of special occasions you'll need a car for like picking a friend from the airport, moving somewhere, road trip, even if you just need to move a T.V. set you just purchased, etc....
in all of those cases YOUR FUCKED because this car is pretty much just for you to move around in.

[Starlah]

dang it! i was really hoping to haul my kids and dog around in that thing. lol.

[DJ Nikon]

this wouldnt truely work unless a MAJOR ammount of people didnt buy gas for 3 full days.

if you need gas, then get it beforehand...but not during those 3 days

plus like skiilife said, would have to boycott Exxon & Mobil


so unless people plan to stick with the plan of not buying gas for 3 days and not to support those gas stations....this will never work.
not trying to be a downer, but being realistic

[B_tech]

meh.. see my other post. It only hurts the people that own the stations.. they are tied to the price they have to pay per gallon of the product that's in the tanks. Boycotts of fuel are pointless, because that's not how the oil & gas business model works.