Subject: FW: A real boycott on $4.00 Gas- DO THIS WITH ME!!
> > THIS IS NOT THE 'DON'T BUY' GAS FOR ONE DAY, BUT IT WILL SHOW YOU HOW WE CAN
> GET GAS BACK DOWN TO $1.30 PER GALLON. This was sent by a retired Coca Cola
> executive. It came from one of his engineer buddies who retired from
> Halliburton. If you are = tired of the gas prices going up AND they will
> continue to rise this summer, take time to read this please. 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!
> It's worth your consideration. Join the resistance!! !! I hear we are going to
> hit close to $ 4.00 a gallon by this summer and it might go higher!! Want
> gasoline prices to come down? We need to take some intelligent, united
> action. 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 $2.00 is
> super cheap. Me too! It is currently $3.89 for regular unleaded in my town,
> Seattle. 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 $2.50 - $2.75, 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 re ached 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! (If you don't understand how we can reach
> 300 million and all you have to do is send this to 10 people.... Well, let's
> face it, you just aren't a mathematician. But I am . so trust me on this one.
> 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. Lets Try
> Something Different. Keep it going
> > THIS IS NOT THE 'DON'T BUY' GAS FOR ONE DAY, BUT IT WILL SHOW YOU HOW WE CAN
> GET GAS BACK DOWN TO $1.30 PER GALLON. This was sent by a retired Coca Cola
> executive. It came from one of his engineer buddies who retired from
> Halliburton. If you are = tired of the gas prices going up AND they will
> continue to rise this summer, take time to read this please. 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!
> It's worth your consideration. Join the resistance!! !! I hear we are going to
> hit close to $ 4.00 a gallon by this summer and it might go higher!! Want
> gasoline prices to come down? We need to take some intelligent, united
> action. 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 $2.00 is
> super cheap. Me too! It is currently $3.89 for regular unleaded in my town,
> Seattle. 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 $2.50 - $2.75, 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 re ached 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! (If you don't understand how we can reach
> 300 million and all you have to do is send this to 10 people.... Well, let's
> face it, you just aren't a mathematician. But I am . so trust me on this one.
> 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. Lets Try
> Something Different. Keep it going
