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Edited on Thu Apr-13-06 08:32 AM by wordpix
Here's an email I just received from a friend. Note it originally came from a retired Halliburton engineer.
GAS WAR - an idea that WILL work
This was originally sent by a retired Coca Cola
executive. It came from one of his engineer buddies
who retired from Halliburton. It's worth your
consideration.
Join the resistance!!!! I hear we are going to
hit close to $ 4.00 a gallon by next summer and it might
go higher!! 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 on and join with us!
>
> By now you're probably thinking gasoline priced at
> about $1. 89 is super cheap. Me too! It is currently
> $2.79 for regular unleaded in my town. 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
> $ 2.00 - $ 2.25 , 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 wimp 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 30 people. If each of us
> 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 group 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!!!
>
> How long would all that take? If each of us sends
> this e-mail 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
> 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. I suggest that we not buy from EXXON/MOBIL UNTIL
> THEY LOWER THEIR PRICES TO THE $ 2.00 RANGE AND KEEP
> THEM DOWN. THIS CAN REALLY WORK.
>
> Kerry Lyle, Director, Research Coordinator
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