Gennerally I'm not the one for forwarded activisim. However, after reading this, this may have some merit. Take this as you would any activist action. I do not support or condone the action but since I do not support the major oil companies now I'm already doing this.<br /><br />I place this here more for your edification and feedback...........................................................................................<br /><br />Subject: Fw: Gas Prices High??!!! Let's Boycott.. please read.> >> >> >> >> I hear we are going to hit close to $3.00 a gallon by the summer. Want gasoline prices to come down? We need to take some intelligent, united action. Phillip Hollsworth, offered this good idea:. <br />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, whoever thought of this idea, has come up with a plan that can really work. Please read it and join with us!> <br /><br /> By now you're probably thinking gasoline priced at about$1.50 is super cheap. Me too! It is currently $1.97 for regular unleaded inmy town, Jersey City. NJ 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 $1.50-$1.75, we need to take aggressive action to teach them that BUYERScontrol> >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 tosee> >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. <br />Here'sthe 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 whimp out on me atthis point...keep reading and I'll explain how simple it is to reach millions of people!! I am sending this note to about thirty people. If each ofyou send it to at least ten more (30 x 10 = 300) ... and those 300 send it toat> >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 (If you don't understand how we can reach 300 million and all youhave> >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 email out to ten more people within one day of receipt, all 300 MILLIONpeople> >could conceivably be contacted within the next 8 days!!! I'll bet you I> >didn't think you and I had that much potential, did you! Acting togetherwe> >can make a difference. <br /> If this makes sense to you, please pass this message on. PLEASE HOLD OUT UNTIL THEY LOWER THEIR PRICES> > TO THE $1.30 RANGE AND KEEP THEM DOWN. THIS CAN REALLY WORK.> >
What really irritates me is that from where I work the nearest exxon refinery is about 25 miles as the crow flys about 40 miles driving. So don't give me the bull about transportation cost. I can actually get gas cheaper in Pa then Jersey if I just compare name brand stations. 
