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Old 04-29-2008, 04:06 PM
 
Location: Chicago
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Just wondering if any body has heard about the a possible "New Protest", that I hear about yesterday. Instead of all American not buying gas on a certain day, why not just boycott just one oil corporation for a month or two. For example; "Texaco" or "Exxon" or etc. These will get the oil corporation attention!
Right... and then all they have to do is wait a month for all the people to come flooding back to their gas stations because now they're protesting some other gas stations. Awesome plan.
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Old 04-29-2008, 04:39 PM
 
Location: NH. NY. SC. next move, my ground condo
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Just wondering if any body has heard about the a possible "New Protest", that I hear about yesterday. Instead of all American not buying gas on a certain day, why not just boycott just one oil corporation for a month or two. For example; "Texaco" or "Exxon" or etc. These will get the oil corporation attention!

The problem with that is you've got to get enough people together to make a difference. Good luck with that.
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Old 04-30-2008, 08:40 AM
 
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If Americans were really serious about bringing prices down, they'd use less gas.
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Old 04-30-2008, 09:20 AM
 
Location: NH. NY. SC. next move, my ground condo
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their are alot of people complaining and i 'd bet most of them drive gas hogs Oh and gas just went up again3.78. ye ha

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Old 04-30-2008, 11:14 AM
 
Location: LEAVING CD
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their are alot of people complaining and i 'd bet most of them drive gas hogs Oh and gas just went up again3.78. ye ha
There are some of us who can't drive the little shoe box cars for a multitude of reasons. I'd love to be able to get in and out of those little itty bitty cars but can't not to mention that the seats in those cars generally are not multi-way adjustable either.
I'd love it if they'd make a vehicle that got better than the 18-22 mpg that was comfortable.
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Old 04-30-2008, 02:14 PM
 
Location: NH. NY. SC. next move, my ground condo
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i'm not talking about you. i'm talking about all the dummies that drive their hummers and esclades and so on. those gas guzzlers
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Old 05-01-2008, 04:25 AM
 
Location: Miami, FL
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here in Miami, FL the price of regular is at $3.90 a gallon ALREADY!!!. THIS IS MESSED UP!!
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Old 05-01-2008, 11:14 AM
 
Location: NH. NY. SC. next move, my ground condo
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here in Miami, FL the price of regular is at $3.90 a gallon ALREADY!!!. THIS IS MESSED UP!!

gas here in upstate ny just hit 3.80 a gallon. glad i own a motorcycle. i have a feeling that we will see record sales on motorcycles this summer.
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Old 05-01-2008, 12:13 PM
 
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Forgive me if this was covered earlier in the thread but one of the BIG drivers in gas costs is that the US dollar has been grossly devalued. (Remember when it was worth more than a Canadian dollar?).

If the dollar were back up where it had been....that $3.50 gallon would be more like $2.75.
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Old 05-01-2008, 01:39 PM
 
Location: NH. NY. SC. next move, my ground condo
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Forgive me if this was covered earlier in the thread but one of the BIG drivers in gas costs is that the US dollar has been grossly devalued. (Remember when it was worth more than a Canadian dollar?).

If the dollar were back up where it had been....that $3.50 gallon would be more like $2.75.

YEAH, I never thought about that. it makes sence what is a dollar worth these days ?
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