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Old Apr 14, 2006 | 01:33 PM
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GAS WAR - an idea that WILL work This was originally
>> >sent by a retired Coca Cola executive. It came from
>> >one of his engineer buddies who retired from
>> >Halliburton. It's worth your consideration.
>> >Join the resistance!!!I hear we are going to hit close
>> >to $ 4.00 a gallon by next summer and it
>> >might go higher!! 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, 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 $1.50 is
>> >super cheap. Me too! It is currently $2.79 for regular
>> >unleaded in my town. 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
>> >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 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 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 $1.30
>> >RANGE AND KEEP THEM
>> >DOWN. THIS CAN REALLY WORK.
>> >
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