Don't pump gas on May 15th

[Fotbol]

NO GAS...On May 15th 2007
> > Body: Don't pump gas on may 15th
> > Body: ...in April 1997, there was a "gas out" conducted nationwide in
> > protest of gas prices. Gasoline prices dropped 30 cents a gallon
> > overnight.
> >
> > On May 15th 2007, all internet users are to not go to a gas station in
> > protest of high gas prices. Gas is now over $3.00 a gallon in most
> > places.
> >
> > There are 73,000,000+ American members currently on the internet
> > network, and the average car takes about 30 to 50 dollars to fill up.
> >
> > If all users did not go to the pump on the 15th, it would take
> > $2,292,000, 000.00 (that's almost 3 BILLION) out of the oil companies
> > pockets for just one day, so please do not go to the gas station on May
> > 15th and lets try to put a dent in the Middle Eastern oil industry for
> > at least one day.
> >
> > If you agree (which I cant see why you wouldn't) resend this to all your
> > contact list. With it saying, ''Don't pump gas on May 15th"
> >
> >

[Adidas410s]

Wrong, wrong, wrong.

1. There was no nationwide "gas out" in 1997. There was one in 1999, but it didn't cause gas prices to drop 30 cents per gallon overnight. In fact, it didn't cause them to drop at all. Despite the popularity of the email campaign, the event itself attracted scant participation and was completely ineffectual.

2. There are over 205 million Internet users in the United States, far more than the 73 million claimed.

3. If, say, a hundred million drivers refused en masse to fill up their tanks on May 15, the total of what they didn't spend could amount to as much as $3 billion. However, it doesn't follow that such a boycott would actually decrease oil companies' revenues by that amount, given that the average sales of gasoline across the entire U.S. is under $1 billion per day in the first place.

4. Whether the total was a half-billion, 3 billion, or 10 billion dollars, the sales missed due to a one-day consumer boycott wouldn't hurt the oil companies one bit. Think about it. Every single American who doesn't buy gas on Tuesday is still going to have to fill up their tank on Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday. Sales for the week would end up being perfectly normal, or very close to it. A meaningful boycott would entail participants actually consuming less fuel -- and doing so in a sustained, disciplined fashion over a period of time -- not just choosing to wait a day or two before filling up as usual.

[Snyder_TigerFan]

Wow! Why hasn't anyone thought of this before!

[Fotbol]

Where's the Unity Mannnnnnnnneeeee

[Adidas410s]

Where's the stupidity mannnnnnnnnnn????? Oh wait...it's from the author of this e-mail that's circulating around...

[BuffyMars]

Its wishful thinking. But it would never happen.

[DU_stud04]

il pump if i need it, this wont have any effect

[carter08]

if all 73 million bought electric cars, then we would see a difference

[Adidas410s]

Originally posted by carter08
if all 73 million bought electric cars, then we would see a difference

would you really??? It would raise energy prices...and what petrochemical products are used in the creation of energy???

[ASUFrisbeeStud]

This doesn't work. Take an economics class. If you want to make an impact quit buying gas from Exxon or Mobile, the two largest companies. If everyone go together and quit buying from these companies they would drop prices and the rest would follow. It's a buyers market.

[Fotbol]

Originally posted by carter08
if all 73 million bought electric cars, then we would see a difference

I agree with that Idea, but I'm sure you have the nay sayers say that wont work either because you electric bill would go up

[ASUFrisbeeStud]

Originally posted by Fotbol
I agree with that Idea, but I'm sure you have the nay sayers say that wont work either because you electric bill would go up

How do you generate electricity?

[Adidas410s]

Originally posted by ASUFrisbeeStud
This doesn't work. Take an economics class. If you want to make an impact quit buying gas from Exxon or Mobile, the two largest companies. If everyone go together and quit buying from these companies they would drop prices and the rest would follow. It's a buyers market.

If you stop buying from A and B and start buying from C and D...you aren't changing the market at all. Yes you are effecting the market share of each company, but the overall supply in the market would be the same as there has never been a change in demand that would warrant a change in supply.

[DU_stud04]

Originally posted by carter08
if all 73 million bought electric cars, then we would see a difference

you wouldnt save any money, the battery would eventually die out...and its a very expensive battery.

[DU_stud04]

Originally posted by Adidas410s
If you stop buying from A and B and start buying from C and D...you aren't changing the market at all. Yes you are effecting the market share of each company, but the overall supply in the market would be the same as there has never been a change in demand that would warrant a change in supply.

exactly why something like this will never work.

if you wanna do something ride a bike or start investing in the hydrogen line of cars. thats our future