Drive Gas prices Down!

[fel0n]

Got an e-mail today from a buddy. Thought i'd pass this along to my fellow HQers (this e-mail applies to canadians so i'm not sure what the american equivalence would be) Heres the e-mail:

 

Dear friends & family,

 

 

It is rumored that we are going to hit close to a $1.42 a Litre by the

 

summer. 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, this is a plan that can really work. Please

 

read it and join with us!

 

 

We all know that we're being controlled by the oil companies. Does

 

everyone remember how they drove up the prices way past a dollar and got

 

the gas prices to where they wanted them, claiming there was a shortage

 

of oil. Well, there isn't any shortage now, and the oil is more abundant

 

than it was 35 years ago when the price of a litre of gas was 29

 

cents!!!

 

 

Now that the oil companies and the OPEC nations have conditioned us to

 

think that the cost of a litre of gas is CHEAP at $0.78-$0.85, 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), PETRO CANADA, SHELL.

 

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 PETRO CANADA and SHELL buyers. Its really simple to do!! Now, don't

 

whimp out on me at this point...keep reading and Ill explain how simple

 

it is to reach millions of people!!

 

 

 

I am sending this note to at least thirty people. If each of you 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 generation 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!!!

 

 

Again, all you have to do is send this to 10 people. That's all. How

 

long would all that take? If each of us sends this email out to ten more

 

people within one day of receipt, all 300 MILLION people could

 

conceivably be contacted within the next 8 days!!! Ill bet you I 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.

 

 

 

PLEASE HOLD OUT UNTIL THEY LOWER THEIR PRICES TO THE $0.64 OR LESS RANGE

 

AND KEEP THEM DOWN. THIS CAN REALLY WORK!!!!!!!

[PUSH THE THROTTLE]

Interesting, Good Luck to ya. I doubt it will change anything except raise everybody elses prices.

[sheefreak]

I think it's a better idea than anyone else has come up with.

[fel0n]

Anyone who wants to help, post this on any other forums you frequent. Boycotting Shell would be awesome.

[PUSH THE THROTTLE]

The best idea is tap Alaska as far as the US oil supply goes.

 

If you boycott Shell you