Gas prices too high? Lets try to make a diff!

[Fat Felix]

Came accross this on myspace, and felt like we might be able to make a difference. It doesn't hurt to try really, so lets doooooooo it! Get all your friends and family to particiapate!


"In April 1997, there was a "gas out" conducted nationwide in protest of gas prices.
Gasoline prices dropped 30 cents a gallon overnight.

On May 15th 2007, all myspace members are asked to not go to a gas station in protest of
high gas prices. Gas is now over $3.00 a gallon in most places.

There are 73,000,000+ American members currently on the myspace network, and the
average car takes about 20 to 30 dollars to fill up.

If all myspace members did not go to the pump on the 15th, it would take
$2,200,000,000.00 (that's BILLION) out of the oil companys pockets for just one day,
so please do not go to the gas station on May 15th and lets try to put a dent in the
Middle Eastern oil industry for at least one day.

If you agree (which I cant see why you wouldnt) repost this bulletin repost it with."

[ALTRNTV]

Worthless. They'll just buy gas the next day.

[pretending2bepro]

exactly what akademik said, if you dont buy it one day your going to buy it the next... thats the whole reason prices are so high, you have to buy it eventually

[wootwoot]

If you want to make a difference, buy a scooter and live closer to where you need to go.

that wouldnt hurt the middle east one bit....the AMERICAN companies are the problem.

[Psycho 240 Freak]

I don't know how it'll work, but hey I'll participate.

[deadpirate]

these things dont work..the gas companies know that we have to buy gas eventually...according to them we wont "hurt ourselves for to long"

[ALTRNTV]

It says "try to put a dent in the Middle Eastern oil industry for at least one day." Them losing that 2.2billion will be made up for it the next day, and some. I don't see why people keep thinking these "boycotts" would actually work.

[1121S13]

Worthless. They'll just buy gas the next day.
+1


If you agree (which I cant see why you wouldnt)
inelastic demand.

[Brian]

Can't afford gas?

Get the fuck off the road.
I'll make it to and from work faster.
:)

[Irukandji]

Came accross this on myspace, ."

I stopped reading right there...

[Ugly SR]

Can't afford gas?

Get the fuck off the road.
I'll make it to and from work faster.
:)


Ha Ha Ha well said

[mRclARK1]

The only way something like this could POSSIBLY work would be if you could get a very (VERY) big group of people to not buy from one particular company or any of its affiliates, subsidiaries etc etc for an extended period of time... and put that kind of dent in there wallet and hope they lower prices. Even then, that's probably just wishful thinking that that would actually work.

They know you're gonna buy it eventually, and it's really not that expensive compared to a lot of things we spend money on that we don't need. Just be smart, drive only when needed, car pool etc... that's really all you can do.

[AbsoluteZero]

Can't afford gas?

Get the fuck off the road.
I'll make it to and from work faster.
:)

I stopped reading right there...

bwahahahahahaha +1 for both of you!

[West]

I need gas so I can get my ass home to play Halo 3 beta!

[zugoi]

well i normally fill up gas on fridays or weekends if May 15th isnt on a weekend Im in! I dont think the companies will notice unless there is a big protest one news whatever etc to let the gas companies know so they can see how much they will be losing. If they dont know about it all they will say is "hey what happen on the 15th?? we didnt sell much. Oh well."

[kouki_s14]

The only way something like this could POSSIBLY work would be if you could get a very (VERY) big group of people to not buy from one particular company or any of its affiliates, subsidiaries etc etc for an extended period of time... and put that kind of dent in there wallet and hope they lower prices. Even then, that's probably just wishful thinking that that would actually work.

They know you're gonna buy it eventually, and it's really not that expensive compared to a lot of things we spend money on that we don't need. Just be smart, drive only when needed, car pool etc... that's really all you can do.

Yeah i read that somewhere before too, seems like the best option. So tell everyone on myspace to stop buying gas from one or two of the major oil companies, (ie dont pump at mobil(exxon)/76(unical)/shell) for a week, month or whatever

[Drift Motion]

i will participate if i remember
but its not gonna help, if people dont buy gas on that day, sure they wont get any profit, but the next day, it would be like doubled profit...

[illvialuver]

yeah it would have to be a long term thing,. now if nobody bought gas for like two weeks than that might have an effect.

gas prices are high right now cause our own goverment is fucking us. thats what happens when our president and vice president own more than half of our countries oil. anyway gas is too high. it sucks .

i cant see it going down unless our gov puts a cap on it. one day wont work.

and puting i read this on myspace as an opening sentence is like saying , check out what i heard from the kids at the play ground.

[redsuns3838]

not sure if anyone was aware of it, but that whole thing is a total hoax. t here was no giant gas usage strike that dropped prices significantly.

[street240]

Im not sure of the details but it has worked before. I think when it did work it was because the "gas out" was affecting the "market".

[mRclARK1]

Yeah i read that somewhere before too, seems like the best option. So tell everyone on myspace to stop buying gas from one or two of the major oil companies, (ie dont pump at mobil(exxon)/76(unical)/shell) for a week, month or whatever

In reality though it would have to be SO MANY people for such a long time, for them to really start to hurt and take action, that it's not practical. Works great in theory; in practice is a different story. lol

[SochBAT]

I never drive, unless its to work.

The ONLY time.

[bardabe]

lol i live in bum fucked egypt I gotta drive the closest thing to me is Alberto's and that is like 1/8th of a mile from my pad. U trying to make me walk there. SO SAVAGE! lol im pumping gas when i need its an Inelastic Demand.

[enzochan]

... and Bill Gates wants to share his fortune with you too, ehh?

[kdashy]

Yeah. I get gas once a week.

Chances are it wont be the 15th.

This wont work.

[chmercer]

i didnt read this thread except for the title

but

most pathetic chain mail retardedness ever

[20 til 3]

if you could do this for 5 days it would do something . . . but 99% of the people that see this look at it and go...yeah lets to it... but on the 15th they put gas in because they forgot about it, i believe they tried this last year also, its not a horrible idea, but for it to work it would take more than one day and the myspace network

like most people say...if you dont like the price of gas, get something that gets better milage or walk/bike places... i do it and i had to put gas in for the first time in 3 weeks tonight... plus i'm loosing weight so there are 2 plus's there..

we can make a difference, but america is to lazy to try

[Helghast]

WHAT A FUCKING JOKE!

:loco:

[DJ_Sunrise]

my ex's dad works for Exxon. according to him, gas cuts like these work. its a fluctuation. a big one. even if the gas companies dont lose any money in terms of people just buying the gas the next day, its the fact that some pissed off folk can actually create such a fluctuation that matters. lets say i sold 10 cups of lemonade per day, and one day i only sold 2.. but the next day i sold 18. however, days in advance of the shitty sale i was warned to lower my prices, otherwise a boycott would be put into effect. yea. i would be scared shitless once i actually saw the flux. sure, i made all my money back. but guess what... 80% of my business that day was knocked out. and it could happen again. i couldnt buy my lunch at school the next day. and when the bullys came up to me for my change, i didnt have any. so i got a swirley. i think im going to lower my prices the next day. see what i mean? this would work a shit load better if it was a specific gas company.. but ill settle.

the oil companies wont be hurt in the short term. but even if 1 million people who would normally buy gas on the 15th.. in fact dont.. it will create a shitload of problems for the gas companies. its the FEAR of such a large group banding together that will drop the prices. myspace is more than just a cheesy ass website where you can try pickin up snatch through keyboard.. it is turning into a political movement. everyone and their mother have myspace. its on tv. its in the newspapers. its in the news. stephen colbert has featured several stories on myspace, this is another potential one. the man has hundreds of millions of viewers nationwide. if this gas cut was sponsored by Tom, it WILL hit the gas companies. 177,xxx,xxx people wont read the thing about the 15th.. but if half do (90,000,000), and 10% take action.. the gas companies just lost 25 million. worry you not, they will notice.

long story short, im in. if im not mistaken may 15th is a nationwide day.. been around since before myspace. FUKC CORPORATE AMERICA, IF WE DONT TRY WE WILL NEVER KNOW.


my 2 cents.

[godzillarb]

I think myspace has over 70 million active members, which would make a dent in the gas companies....but here's the problem, how many of those members buy gas on a given day? I probably fill up once a week, like most people. That should effectively cut the boycott by 7. Seeing as people fill up their cars on all different days, even if we did get 70 million people to participate it would be closer to an "actual" number of 10 million.

I'm more for looking at which companies made the most money and are always high with their prices anyways (IE, Shell) and boycott them.

Edit: I'm still not gonna buy gas on the 15th, it's a shot in the dark but maybe it'll work somehow.

[Jon Michael]

People need to stop bitching. Gas is around $6-8 a gallon throughout Europe, and has been MUCH higher than America for years. That's at least $100 a tank. If people really can't stand the gas prices there are MANY ways to drive less and save money.

[JaeTea]

Can't we just cut and paste the same BS from last year..and the year before that...and the year before that...

This thread is..:zzz: :zzz: :zzz: :zzz:

Oil Companies make billions of dollars in interest alone on the money they make. Plus at some point people HAVE to buy gas.

These threads are stupid. Ride a bike.

[0100]

I live 5 miles from my job. I put fuel in my car maybe once a month. Now that spring is here the motorcycle will be on the road till late fall. Damn most of the time I even ride my mountain bike to work. The price could go up to $10 a gallon and I wouldn't even care. That's how much it effects me. Change your life style.

[soon2beSIL80]

what if we did the exact opposite? everyone buy gas on one day, that way no needs to fill up for atleast 4-5 days, wouldnt the gas companies feel that 4-5 day gap with a lot less people being at the pump?

but I also like the idea of banning an oil company, that forces them to drive prices down, when the prices go down, quit going to the higher price station. the first station goes lower to get business back. so on and so forth. think that could work too?

there is still one reason that gas prices will, over all, never go back down. Growing demand in other countries, ESPECIALLY China, will put a much bigger premium on oil than before. And you will soon see the good ol' supply and demand effect and prices go up even more.

Alternative fuels like E85 and Biodiesel is a good start, but getting off oil will be the only real solution

jus my .02 though

[trybal]

if it happened like a strike it would work. If people went on strike for one day at their company nothing would be accomplished, they wouldn't get higher pay, or anything they want. The reason why strikes work is because they keep consistant and keep striking.. If we all stopped using gas for a week, maybe even a month it would effect things greatly but i don't see how one day will make a difference

[ranger240]

yeah it would have to be a long term thing,. now if nobody bought gas for like two weeks than that might have an effect.

gas prices are high right now cause our own goverment is fucking us. thats what happens when our president and vice president own more than half of our countries oil. anyway gas is too high. it sucks .

i cant see it going down unless our gov puts a cap on it. one day wont work.

and puting i read this on myspace as an opening sentence is like saying , check out what i heard from the kids at the play ground.

nooooooooooo WRONG buddy, remember the opec oil shortage of the 70s, no you were a glimmer in your dads eye, but yah the lines were down the street because "our own governement [was] fucking us" yep with a PRICE CAP....
so your advocaing a situation that would just allow more underinformed idiots to wine about how the governement is fucking us.. google "Peak Oil" then come back to this discussion.
even if you make 10 grand a year, around 10% of your income towards transportation costs ISNT that bad... if you want to make unfounded criticisems against the governement to try to look enlightened and cool.. makesure you actually know what your talking about.

i hate politically emo kids

[EvilRB]

I don't know if this will or will not work but my thinking is hey it dosen't hurt to try! Just in case it dose work, I think the benifits out weight just not trying nothing. What do you really have to lose? And if you can't do it just tell someone that might and see what happends

just my 2 cents

[jrmiller84]

what if we did the exact opposite? everyone buy gas on one day, that way no needs to fill up for atleast 4-5 days, wouldnt the gas companies feel that 4-5 day gap with a lot less people being at the pump?

Think about what you just said. If everyone fills up for one day to last them several days, that's the same as getting smaller amounts of gas on a more frequent basis. Sure they won't see their daily instantaneous profit, but their net revenue over those days will be the same.

I think myspace has over 70 million active members, which would make a dent in the gas companies....but here's the problem, how many of those members buy gas on a given day?

Seeing as how a majority of Myspace members are teens/preteens, this won't do much. What's worse, how many actually care? Saving the environment or hanging out with their friends? Come on...

[drewc87]

The only way something like this could POSSIBLY work would be if you could get a very (VERY) big group of people to not buy from one particular company or any of its affiliates, subsidiaries etc etc for an extended period of time... and put that kind of dent in there wallet and hope they lower prices. Even then, that's probably just wishful thinking that that would actually work.

They know you're gonna buy it eventually, and it's really not that expensive compared to a lot of things we spend money on that we don't need. Just be smart, drive only when needed, car pool etc... that's really all you can do.


yeah dont buy from mobil or exxon. they are the 2 largest compaines.

[ranger240]

exxon mobil is one company

[Bud Brown]

ill make sure to fill up twice that day.

[240trainee]

And control a majority of the refineries, so even if you aren't buying from an exxon or mobil station, odds are you are getting their gas anyway.

[dirtdiggler666]

it wont fukin work unless you target one place, and to the people that only fill up once a week stop bitching

[s13gold]

it wont work because we will eventually need gas and their loss for that particular day will be made up another day.

**WHY the Fu*K. are the oil companies breaking their own profit records every quarter???? what is the govt gonna do....we're talking about this in class everyday...

-i for one even sent a few letters but i dont know if it helps but i try.

[yusuke1923]

at least we know for that one day they loose that much! I understand the next day that we will eventually buy gas, correct. However, you have to look at this as a graph. If the gas companies get a straight drop... its a huge deal for them.. they are loosing money... right now everyone is buying gas everyday.. so the graph is pretty much stable... I'm in on this.. NO GAS BUYING for me on the 15th....

[Fat Felix]

Perhaps it'd be better if there was a long term boycott on certain oil company(ies) or perhaps nothing will change no matter what we do...



But is it so hard to just give it a try?

[blownoffvalve]

there was an article the other day how the gas companies were doing very good in this quarter. Well I wonder why...

[420sx]

you DO realize that the price of gas mostly is TAX? get fucking real people. the problem is in taxation.

you wont do anything by stopping gas purchases for one day because the next day is going to nullify that. its simple supply and demand. more demand=higher price. you are not going anywhere without gas.

people in Europe pay 6-7 dollars a gallon and you bitch about 3 dollars. get the fuck outa here. get a bicycle

[CKAMC]

I support the E85 and Biodiesel movement

especially E85... imagine making this country better by using our own corn....

that is all.

[godzillarb]

you DO realize that the price of gas mostly is TAX? get fucking real people. the problem is in taxation.


That might be true in Europe, but not here. I wouldn't call 19% "mostly tax"

The average tax associated to a gallon of gas is about 58 cents.

http://www.energy.ca.gov/gasoline/margins/index.html

[tougejunkie]

we need to stop getting mad about our gas prices, we still have the cheapest gas in the world by far.

[RJF]

http://www.zilvia.net/images/bob/cbg.jpg

WORST IDEA EVER!

plus...do MySpace users really drive? :keke:

[420sx]

are you trying to tell me that you are the last person on this planet who doesnt have a mypace ?
freakin jenna jameson has a myspace. everyone does. even ricky bobby. and you know well that man can drive.... hheehee


can you imagine you convince nascar to stop using gas?? that would awsome

[DJ_Sunrise]

some of you saggy balled old man have no clue do you :bigok: damn near every teenager by the age of 18 has had sex, smoked weed, and drinks. THANKS MTV!!!! pos tv.. btw, did i ever mention i hate tv? this latest generation of teens is the worst yet.. they question everything, have no respect for authority(drifting/street racing), and dont give two shits about anyones opinions.. unless it will piss someone off. wreckless sacks of shit.. 'i saw it on tv, so its gotta be cool'. teens are probably the best age bracket to band together and actually not get gas on the 15th. hell if we had carson daily say something on mtv, all the n'stink and backstreet toys blonde princesses and "fitty cent" fans would definetly strike on the 15th haha. ghetto. political bs. gas prices have tripled. so have profits for oil companies. profit = total revenue after all expenses. coincidence? no. but the general sheeple(sheep people) dont seem to give two shits enough to do anything about it.

-Bart

[azndoc]

I'm all about screwing the man over (I know how it sounds but don't take it as it sounds)

So I will try and remember to not get gas on that day. It might work, it might now. Might as well give it a shot right.

[steve shadows]

Can't afford gas?

Get the fuck off the road.
I'll make it to and from work faster.
:)


fuck yeah :2f2f:

[bobby22_8]

iam in no gas on the 15th

[prang11]

Found gas for $2.19 a gallon today. Manager at the gas station messed up and set the machines to $2.19 instead of $3.19. Of course the gas station employees thought it was funny.

[bamaboy]

anything any of you says about boycotting buying gas from certain stations, brands, producers, or even buying gas at all will not work. Let me let you in on some inside information. Let's take Exxon Mobil, the world's largest petroleum company...... period. Not only does Exxon Mobil drill for oil, they refine it, move it, store it, wholesale it, and eventually retail it. Here's where it gets fun. Along that path they sell a lot of it to other companies. Once it is refined it is sold to whoever picks it up that morning. Gas is only branded after it has been blended at the rack where the truck picks it up. Shell, Chevron, BP, and that no name gas station all get there gas from the same place.

My point is this, by the time we as consumers purchase petroleum products they have been bought and sold 3-7 times and the only thing we are really paying is the tax on it. Fact is gas stations only profit about 4-7 cents per gallon now. Thats about $1.00 in our cars on a good day. Like many have said already, you may get people to stop buying for a day, hell you may even get a week, but after you come off this boycott you have created an increase in demand which in turn will go against what you started in the first place.

To lower gas prices effectively you must lower the demand for the gas over a long period of time. This can only be accomplished by a majority of the population switching to public transportation and more energy efficient automobiles, also we must deter the exponential increase in population in this country.

So a note to the thread starter, educate you self before you pass a chain letter along.


gas prices are high right now cause our own goverment is fucking us. thats what happens when our president and vice president own more than half of our countries oil.
big lie.....they don't own any oil
And control a majority of the refineries, so even if you aren't buying from an exxon or mobil station
wrong again, Valero Energy Corporation is the largest refiner in North America.
you DO realize that the price of gas mostly is TAX?
wrong, but the fucked up part is that we pay our road taxes through gas purchases, but then state governments use the excess to fund other crap..... instead of trying to help the consumer...it's not just the feds
imagine making this country better by using our own corn....
I hope you like the desert, because thats what growing corn constantly on the same land will do for you. Corn is renewable to a point but it will eventually strip the land of it's nutrients and the nothing will grow there. Plus you would then just be making some big corporate farm rich

[420sx]

thank you. i think a book of macro economics would be a good start.

there already is a tendency to switch to more efficient fuel, alternative means of energy output etc. things like this will bring prices down because they lower the demand.

another way out : increase the supply. this is done through political methods, but more often, since its more convinient for others, a war. i hope i dont have to explain this one because it might take me a while to write an essay

[mRclARK1]

This won't work, it's been tried again and again and again... and then some more after that. In case any of you say I said it would work in my previous posts... those ideas aren't practical or possible either, and I said so in those posts.

Concentrate on SAVING gas, and using less of it. That's the way to go.

[420sx]

I hope you like the desert, because thats what growing corn constantly on the same land will do for you. Corn is renewable to a point but it will eventually strip the land of it's nutrients and the nothing will grow there. Plus you would then just be making some big corporate farm rich


wrong. everyone still uses roman system. 3 fields, rotate them out through seasons, one field always gets a season of rest. fertilizing the land helps recover it a whole lot in that season of rest also.

also, fyi, corn is one of the least demanding plant cultures. they are so little that Kruschev back in the 60's encouraged vey successfully planting of corn in northern regions of Russia. it grows with minimal care.

[mayco_86]

Well ill do it to but its definately not going to work.

[jrmiller84]

http://www.zilvia.net/images/bob/cbg.jpg

WORST IDEA EVER!

plus...do MySpace users really drive? :keke:

+1 My point exactly.

[street240]

I may ditch my rad support and do the 1 hp conversion.

[tastycakeman]

wow, i love all the community college econ majors coming out to do battle with the over-inflated egotists.

regardless, EVERYONE should be trying to use less gas. heres a plan, use less gas on may 15th, and maybe you wont have to fill up. win-win. honestly. if it really isnt gonna help the cause by having 390528xxx people fill up, then it really isnt gonna hurt either. no need to talk supply-demand. its a statement, not a movement. thats the point.


and those of you guys who are gonna fill up twice, well, you guys are silly.

[FRpilot]

everyone says boycott gas for a day.. but does it ever work? ive seen these attempts numerous times. never hear of sucess or anythign on the news

[ranger240]

thank you. i think a book of macro economics would be a good start.

there already is a tendency to switch to more efficient fuel, alternative means of energy output etc. things like this will bring prices down because they lower the demand.

another way out : increase the supply. this is done through political methods, but more often, since its more convinient for others, a war. i hope i dont have to explain this one because it might take me a while to write an essay

peak oil.. that'll fuck us baaaaaaaaaad checkout the stern review on climate change

plug in hybrids.. ha we all need to start driving those.. (though the enviornmental impacts during the production process those sapposidly outweigh the gains according to some)..

[BustedS13]

i'm going to fill up all three of my cars on the 15th. i think my Galaxie has like a 30 gallon tank, too :D

[DemonicDonut]

I support the E85 and Biodiesel movement

especially E85... imagine making this country better by using our own corn....

that is all.

exactly. You have the right idea. The goal isn't to try to lower oil prices. Its to eliminate oil altogether. My dad converted his 1989 diesel truck to run on vegetable oil about 3 years ago. Since then he's started making his own biodiesel from used vegetable oil and a methanol mixture to purify it. Vegetable oil is free from restauraunts, they have to pay to get rid of it so they are happy to give it to us. All you have to do is filter. Do some research, go diesel. And if you think it is bad for the motor, or won't work on newer cars. Our truck has been running on it for three years, our 1999 mercedes turbodiesel for almost a year, and a 2002 TDI Jetta for almost 2 years. Guess its time i go to diesel too.

[smurfgcr]

well shit, if so many people say they arent going to buy it on the 15th, then im gonna fill up my tank cause that means i wont have to wait at the pump. hahahahaha

[usdm180sx]

Bah I say if the price goes to $4 start buying race gas

[pbcstylez]

if you're too broke to buy gas, dont drive just like someone said in the beginning of this post... just stay off the damn road... news reported that LA(1), SF(5), SJ are all on the top 10 polluting cities in the country... spare our air and stop driving than

[McRussellPants]

god damn retards, trying to click the true.com box "oh shit hotties are talking to me in this weird aim box COOOOOOOOOOOL I'll talk to them about not buying gas"


you have no idea how much it amuses me that gullible retards that buy that shit can vote. god bless americaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[McRussellPants]

also, you stupid assholes know that gasoline is like 8$ a gallon in europe right?


stop bitching.

[xcusememisswyn]

I'll be on a roadtrip the 15th, prolly fill up at least twice that day alone!

and lol at anyone talking about gettin rid of oil usage for the environment in a 240sx forum, the home of test pipes and gas guzzlers..

find a prius forum for that shit

[C0BALTDragon]

The way to do it is targeted boycot, pick one of the companies and only fill at the competitors. This makes it so they get no business unless they lower prices.

That is how we can do long term dmg to an oil company, but still be able to drive and get to where we need to go.

[AbsoluteZero]

well shit, if so many people say they arent going to buy it on the 15th, then im gonna fill up my tank cause that means i wont have to wait at the pump. hahahahaha

:bowrofl: very true

[sukimoto]

im gonna buy as much gas as i can the 15th

[MrChow]

wow... Someone should really do the math...
Add this up in your mind.
How many ppl live in the US,
How many are old enought to drive,
How many have cars?
That right there need to stop. How many will fill up on the same or on different days?
That a big number already....

Now add the number of them have internet and then myspace?

Not filling up one day really does jack basically. The numbers don't really change if does happen, because for the people that do have internet and read this to the people that don't will even it out.

So bleh.. I could say more to this but I think I just broke my english again...
Sorry for any gammar in there. My english is the suck... =o

[A Spec Products]

thank you. i think a book of macro economics would be a good start.

there already is a tendency to switch to more efficient fuel, alternative means of energy output etc. things like this will bring prices down because they lower the demand.

another way out : increase the supply. this is done through political methods, but more often, since its more convinient for others, a war. i hope i dont have to explain this one because it might take me a while to write an essay

please no macro econ

this is gonna be a "who paid more attention in college" pissing contest

i dont have time to boycott gas

cause i needs to get to work

they need to limit the number of cars on the road

cause shit is there even a quota on car sales?

[420sx]

heheh. less people driving more fun for me tho

[bamaboy]

The way to do it is targeted boycot, pick one of the companies and only fill at the competitors. This makes it so they get no business unless they lower prices.

That is how we can do long term dmg to an oil company, but still be able to drive and get to where we need to go.

can you fucking read????? This doesn't work either Einstein.

And just to let anyone know that thinks I'm spouting off about something I learned in college, I'm talking from experience. This is what I do everyday. I used to work for Valero Energy and am about to go to work for Chevron.

[sijia10358]

just walk...

[blk90s13]

when the USA was supporting isreal against its war with Egypt back in 1973the arabs got together and closed the oil tab, what happen ?

the USA backed out its support to isreal so we can not live with out the middle eastern oil


its our gov that does not wanna help, here is some international gas prices from 2005 but you get the idea

[quote CNN .com]The main factor in price disparities between countries is government policy, according to AirInc, a company that tracks the cost of living in various places around the world. Many European nations tax gasoline heavily, with taxes making up as much as 75 percent of the cost of a gallon of gasoline, said a spokesperson for AirInc.

In a few Latin America and Middle-East nations, such as Venezuela and Saudi Arabia, oil is produced by a government-owned company and local gasoline prices are kept low as a benefit to the nation's citizens, he said [quote cnn.com]

Netherlands Amsterdam $6.48
Norway Oslo $6.27
Italy Milan $5.96
Denmark Copenhagen $5.93
Belgium Brussels $5.91
Sweden Stockholm $5.80
United Kingdom London $5.79
Germany Frankfurt $5.57
France Paris $5.54
Portugal Lisbon $5.35
Hungary Budapest $4.94
Luxembourg $4.82
Croatia Zagreb $4.81
Ireland Dublin $4.78
Switzerland Geneva $4.74
Spain Madrid $4.55
Japan Tokyo $4.24
Czech Republic Prague $4.19
Romania Bucharest $4.09
Andorra $4.08
Estonia Tallinn $3.62
Bulgaria Sofia $3.52
Brazil Brasilia $3.12
Cuba Havana $3.03
Taiwan Taipei $2.84
Lebanon Beirut $2.63
South Africa Johannesburg $2.62
Nicaragua Managua $2.61
Panama Panama City $2.19
Russia Moscow $2.10
Puerto Rico San Juan $1.74
Saudi Arabia Riyadh $0.91
Kuwait Kuwait City $0.78
Egypt Cairo $0.65
Nigeria Lagos $0.38
Venezuela Caracas $0.12

we should look into alternative fuels i already did my share got a diesel and within a year i will be running veggie oil

[usdm180sx]

Damn. If the world of petroleum were a forum:

These guys all have neg rep:

United States $3.45 (CA)
Netherlands Amsterdam $6.48
Norway Oslo $6.27
Italy Milan $5.96
Denmark Copenhagen $5.93
Belgium Brussels $5.91
Sweden Stockholm $5.80
United Kingdom London $5.79
Germany Frankfurt $5.57
France Paris $5.54
Portugal Lisbon $5.35
Hungary Budapest $4.94
Luxembourg $4.82
Croatia Zagreb $4.81
Ireland Dublin $4.78
Switzerland Geneva $4.74
Spain Madrid $4.55
Japan Tokyo $4.24
Czech Republic Prague $4.19
Romania Bucharest $4.09
Andorra $4.08
Estonia Tallinn $3.62
Bulgaria Sofia $3.52
Brazil Brasilia $3.12
Cuba Havana $3.03

These guys are premium members:

Taiwan Taipei $2.84
Lebanon Beirut $2.63
South Africa Johannesburg $2.62
Nicaragua Managua $2.61
Panama Panama City $2.19
Russia Moscow $2.10

And these guys are mods:

Puerto Rico San Juan $1.74
Saudi Arabia Riyadh $0.91
Kuwait Kuwait City $0.78
Egypt Cairo $0.65
Nigeria Lagos $0.38
Venezuela Caracas $0.12

[Condells08]

I think myspace has over 70 million active members, which would make a dent in the gas companies....but here's the problem, how many of those members buy gas on a given day? I probably fill up once a week, like most people. That should effectively cut the boycott by 7. Seeing as people fill up their cars on all different days, even if we did get 70 million people to participate it would be closer to an "actual" number of 10 million.

I'm more for looking at which companies made the most money and are always high with their prices anyways (IE, Shell) and boycott them.

Edit: I'm still not gonna buy gas on the 15th, it's a shot in the dark but maybe it'll work somehow.


it'll work,

bbut remember half of the 70million are kids under 16 who don't own a mofo car!! hahahahaha:fawk:

[max2damax]

WE NEED TO FIND A WAY TO MAKE OUR CARS VEGETARIANS!,
1ST we need a donor car,
2 we'll need an engine management system.
3 someone who knows how to work with numbers 1 and 2,
4 some corn fuel.
5 prolly a couple extra engines

who is up for that!

[bardabe]

WE NEED TO FIND A WAY TO MAKE OUR CARS VEGETARIANS!,
1ST we need a donor car,
2 we'll need an engine management system.
3 someone who knows how to work with numbers 1 and 2,
4 some corn fuel.
5 prolly a couple extra engines

who is up for that!

I'm down we can start with a Single cam motor and a Flywheel dyno. then work our way up to the Twin Cam, SR and then RB. =] that woudl be awesome

[FaLKoN240]

This whole time, I thought someone was talking about higher final drives in a differential...

[MeSs]

You guys over there are lucky, here in norway we pay 2.06usd per LITER, thats like 7.93 usd for one gallon. And no one even bothers!!!!! This is also the cheapest gas we have. (95...)
We also have 93 (sucks, for shitty 1.3liters etc.), 98 and 99 (8.35 per gallon, but sr20det likes it).