Don't buy gas on 9/1/05?

[serryjw]

Received in email from friend. Does anyone know anything about this?
quote......
IT HAS BEEN CALCULATED THAT IF EVERYONE IN THE
> > UNITED STATES AND CANADA 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 SEPTEMBER 1st HAS BEEN FORMALLY DECLARED
> > "STICK IT UP THEIR BEHIND > DAY" AND THE PEOPLE OF THESE TWO NATIONS
>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 THE GOVERNMENT 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 SEPTEMBER 1ST A
> > DAY THAT THE CITIZENS OF THE > UNITED STATES AND CANADA SAY "ENOUGH IS
>ENOUGH"

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[sniffa]

1. urban Legend

it comes around once in a whiLe.

[jpgray]

2. Also you have to send it to eight people or gas prices will rise (nt)

[sniffa]

6. snort

:rofl:

[niyad]

3. how about demanding biomass cars, hybrids, electric, and forego the

internal combustion engine and its fuels altogether?

[Berry Cool]

4. Once again, snopes is our friend:

http://www.snopes.com/politics/business/nogas.asp

The sad truth is, most people don't want to demand alternatives to gasoline consumption. They want easy solutions to complex problems. And they sure don't want to have to use less of something in order to bring the price down.

[Skink]

5. Those damn Prius drivers...

Their driving the price up for all of us.

[madinmaryland]

7. Uhh, then you go out and buy gas on the 2nd?

Unless we actually starting conserving energy, then it is only going to get worse.