From: Michelle (michelle@barrymenasherealtors.com)
Date: Thu May 02 2002 - 14:47:18 MDT
I received this from a friend today - sounds plausible...
>
> GASOLINE PRICES
> I hear we are going to hit close to $3.00 a gallon by the summer. This
makes
> no sense to any but the oil companies as the spot price of oil has hardly
> changed.
>
> 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, or curtail our
driving.
> 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 really might
> work. Please read it and join with us if you agree! 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 (California). 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 or limiting 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 whip 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 email 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 AND KEEP THEM DOWN. HIS CAN
> REALLY WORK! YOU KNOW THEY LOVE HOLIDAYS AND SUMMER TRAVELERS. Be kinder
> than necessary! Make a good summer! Where to buy gasoline and not support
> terrorism? This is food for thought, actually Israel Medad of the Begin
> Center sent the following information. Every time you fill up the car, you
> can avoid putting more money into the coffers of Saudi Arabia. Just buy
from
> gas companies that don't import their oil from the Saudis.
>
> Nothing is more frustrating than the feeling that every time you fill up
the
> tank, you are sending your money to people who are trying to kill you, me,
> your family, and your friends.
>
> I thought it might be interesting for you to know which oil companies are
> the best to buy gas from. Major companies that import Middle Eastern oil
> (for the period 9/1/00 - 8/31/01).
> Shell 205,742,000 barrels
> Chevron/Texaco 144,332,000
> Exxon/Mobil 130,082,000
> Marathon 117,740,000
> Amoco 62,231,000
> If you do the math at $30/barrel, these imports amount to over $18
BILLION!
> Here are some large companies that do not import Middle Eastern oil:
> Citgo 0 barrels
> Sunoco 0 barrels
> Conoco 0 barrels
> Sinclair 0 barrels
> BP/Phillips 0 barrels
>
> All of this information is available from the Department of Energy and can
> be easily documented. Refineries located in the U.S. are required to state
> where they get their oil and how much they are importing. They report on a
> monthly basis. Keep this list in your car; share it with friends. Stop
> paying for them to kill us!
>
>
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