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[jsamuel]

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[troubleinwinter]

1. Nonsense.

Read second entry: http://www.hoax-slayer.com/issue13.html#two

[Canuckistanian]

2. The oil companies don't work like that

In the first place, these boycotts never work. Only a fraction of a percentage ever sticks with them, then they go back to their regular buying patterns. And the oil companies know that.

Second of all, oil companies don't quite follow the supply/demand rule. Ever notice that gas prices go up and down at the gas station even though it's the same gas that was in the underground tanks as yesterday? From a supply/demand point of view, that doesn't make sense. And the real reason prices are going up is that demand is being seen world wide, not just in the little neighborhood of the United States of America. True, the US is the biggest customer by far, but it still represents a minority of world sales. We can't control what India or China consumes.

The oil companies know it's a seller's market and until something drastic occurs, they call the shots.

[IowaGuy]

3. The concept is ok, except....

in many areas of the country, most gasoline sales are done at convenience store outlets, 7-11's, Caseys, Quick Trips, etc...

It is difficult to quantify exactly where they get their supplies from. In the small-mid-size metropolitan area I live in (350,000 pop.), I would be hard pressed to even find an Exxon or Mobil gas station. Oddly enough, there are a lot of BP (British Petroleum) stations, already boycotting them, although thats just making me feel better and not really affecting them...

Don't mean to rain on your parade, just don't see how this will really affect them, since retail sales from their own stations is probably just a drop in the bucket to their overall revenue.

[Gatchaman]

4. But, but, but...

Exxon has gas 1 cent cheaper than the other guys. You don't expect people to actually pay more? That;s akin to sacrifice, and we can't have any of that now.

Go back to russia, hippie :)