max240
02-28-2004, 04:39 AM
Think it might work??
You just never know if this stuff is going to work,
> but its worth a try,
> don't you think???
> >This was sent to me and I thought it plausible.
> The "I" in this message is
> >not me, personally, as the original author - I'm
> just a messenger for the
> >author...
> >Join the resistance!
> >
> >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:
> 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 $1.97 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.
You just never know if this stuff is going to work,
> but its worth a try,
> don't you think???
> >This was sent to me and I thought it plausible.
> The "I" in this message is
> >not me, personally, as the original author - I'm
> just a messenger for the
> >author...
> >Join the resistance!
> >
> >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:
> 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 $1.97 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.