vision2020
gas prices
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- Subject: gas prices
- From: "LuJane Nisse, Publisher" <lujane@lataheagle.com>
- Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2000 13:11:16 -0700
Hopefully I will not be yelled at too much for sending this on. Gas prices
has been discussed a lot here and this seems quite appropriate to me. I
don't go in for these "forward to so many people" things... but this one is
one I could see working. There is strength in numbers.
> Subject: Gasoline
>
> Who ever started this has a good point and I believe it.
>
> By now you're probably thinking gasoline priced at about
> $1.49 is cheap. Me too!
>
> 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 less than $1.50, we need to try an aggressive
> response.
>
> 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 don't buy it. But,
> that's not really a practical option since we all have come
> to rely on our cars. But we CAN have an impact on gas prices
> if we all act together.
>
> Here's the idea -
> For the rest of this year, don't purchase gasoline from the
> two biggest companies (which now are one), EXXON and MOBIL.
> If they are not selling, they should be inclined to reduce their
> prices - and if they reduce their prices the other companies
> will too. But to have an impact, we need to reach literally
> millions of users. But it's do-able!
>
> I am sending this note to 35 people. If each of you send it to at
> least10 more ... and those 10 send it to at least 10 more ... and
> so on - by the time the message reaches the sixth iteration we
> will have reached over one million consumers. Acting together
> we can make a difference. If this makes sense to you, please pass
> this message on, or one you compose, to at least 10 more Email
> addresses.
> ~~~~~~~~~~~
> Hey guys and gals give it a try, what have we go to loose? And a
> lot to gain.....................
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