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There are many who are calling for a nationwide boycott of gas use May 26th? A successful boycott for will cause the oil companies to lose 4 billion dollars. Will you join in?
There are many who are calling for a nationwide boycott of gas use May 26th? A successful boycott for will cause the oil companies to lose 4 billion dollars. Will you join in?
But won't the oil companies make the $4 billion dollars back on May 27th when people come to the reality that red needles pinned on E is not a particularly good situation to be in?
If you want to make a statement take public transportaion or cut down on your driving habits.Thats the extent of your defense. A national boycotting day although symbolic isn't really going to solve the problem.
What happened with the May 15th boycott? I didn't buy gas, not because I was boycotting, I already had 3/4 tank of gas. Did the oil companies lose billions? Did the world come to a standstill? Just curious as to what happened.
What happened with the May 15th boycott? I didn't buy gas, not because I was boycotting, I already had 3/4 tank of gas. Did the oil companies lose billions? Did the world come to a standstill? Just curious as to what happened.
Well, I just went to get gas today and the price is up about 15 cents from the last time I got gas. We sure showed them the other day, huh?
A friend of mine came up with an idea that might be worth trying. Instead of travelling on the Memorial Day weekend, set up your camper or a tent in your front yard as a token of gas price protest. While its true that people have to buy gas to get to and from work, travelling on a holiday weekend is purely voluntary. If enough people stay home, and the media gives the idea some attention, it has as much chance of making an impact as one day gas boycotts, perhaps more of a chance.
BOYCOTTING Big Oil for a day won't do a damn thing. However now, if people stopped buying GAS GUZZLING SUVs--the demand would go down--the supplies up--and in turn, lower prices. Until we get fuel more fuel efficient cars on the roads AND the GAS GUZZLERS off the roads--we will no longer see "Cheap" gas. SUVs WASTE fuel. And we are all paying the price for that!!!
BOYCOTTING Big Oil for a day won't do a damn thing. However now, if people stopped buying GAS GUZZLING SUVs--the demand would go down--the supplies up--and in turn, lower prices. Until we get fuel more fuel efficient cars on the roads AND the GAS GUZZLERS off the roads--we will no longer see "Cheap" gas. SUVs WASTE fuel. And we are all paying the price for that!!!
Well, I can't deny that my husband's full-size Dodge truck, and my Dodge Durango use a fair amount of gas, but I won't be buying any tiny little cars, or hybrids or anything of that nature, any time soon. Why? For one thing, my husband is 6'8"! He's not interested being squashed like a sardine in a tin can! Secondly, we both feel better out on the road, in larger vehicles. There is never a guarantee of safety, for anyone, but we're still safer in something larger as opposed to something tiny, (we can also see better, because we sit higher, rather than with our rearends scraping the road). Thirdly, those fancy hybrids are not only small, (see reason #1), they're expensive. Fourthly, I can't see us going out to the woods, to hunt, fish, or camp, with a car. I also don't see myself getting hay for my horse, in a car. So, when the auto makers come up with a decent-sized, reasonably-priced, fuel efficient, working vehicle, then we will consider buying one. Until then, we will have to tighten our belts, gas-wise, and do the best that we can, just like we always do.
How many times have we heard in the past that, "Due to low demand, we've had to raise prices." "Due to high deman, we've had to raise prices."
I would suggest that we go to our company exec's and put pressure on them. Our cars, suv's, nor my old pickup is the only thing that uses oil. Big business should get involved and start going to their supplier and saying, "I demand a 20% decrease or we're going to another supplier. If enough of these big company's start doing that, then I believe we can make an impact.
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). Thirdly, those fancy hybrids are not only small, (see reason #1), they're expensive. Fourthly, I can't see us going out to the woods, to hunt, fish, or camp, with a car.
I also don't see myself getting hay for my horse, in a car.
So, when the auto makers come up with a decent-sized, reasonably-priced, fuel efficient, working vehicle, then we will consider buying one. Until then, we will have to tighten our belts, gas-wise, and do the best that we can, just like we always do.
