i usually dispise chain e mails and such but this one at least had an actual goal
i got this today and figured i should send it out and let people know.
and sorry if the info isn't right (like mobile and exxon not being the big leaders) if it is false info, feel free to tell me off or perhaps suggest a better plan
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Gas War
> Join the resistance!!!! I hear we are going to hit close to $3.00 a
gallon
> by the 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 it and join with us! By now you're probably thinking
gasoline
> priced at about $1.50 is super cheap. Me too! It is currently $2.09
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
whimp
> 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 about 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. (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. PLEASE HOLD
OUT
> UNTIL THEY LOWER THEIR PRICES TO THE $1.30 RANGE AND KEEP THEM DOWN.
THIS
> CAN REALLY WORK.
> Kerry Lyle, Director, Research Coordinator
> Interventional Cardiology Research Laboratories Division of
Cardiovascular
> Diseases
> 932 Ziegler Research Bldg
> 703 South 19th Street University of Alabama @ B'ham Birmingham, Al
> 35294-0007
> Phone: (205) 934-6163 Fax: (205) 934-7360
i got this today and figured i should send it out and let people know.
and sorry if the info isn't right (like mobile and exxon not being the big leaders) if it is false info, feel free to tell me off or perhaps suggest a better plan
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Gas War
> Join the resistance!!!! I hear we are going to hit close to $3.00 a
gallon
> by the 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 it and join with us! By now you're probably thinking
gasoline
> priced at about $1.50 is super cheap. Me too! It is currently $2.09
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
whimp
> 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 about 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. (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. PLEASE HOLD
OUT
> UNTIL THEY LOWER THEIR PRICES TO THE $1.30 RANGE AND KEEP THEM DOWN.
THIS
> CAN REALLY WORK.
> Kerry Lyle, Director, Research Coordinator
> Interventional Cardiology Research Laboratories Division of
Cardiovascular
> Diseases
> 932 Ziegler Research Bldg
> 703 South 19th Street University of Alabama @ B'ham Birmingham, Al
> 35294-0007
> Phone: (205) 934-6163 Fax: (205) 934-7360
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