[Righetti72] FW: Gas Prices

Tue Apr 12 22:40:49 PDT 2005

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From: Nancy A Ono <Nancy.A.Ono at aero.org> 
To: gono at netapp.com, JOEMIKE434 at MSN.COM, J.Thielbar at att.net, Jasjis at aol.com, jcjohn2 at yahoo.com, dbissmeyer at cinci.rr.com, hwdix5 at hotmail.com, Suzanne M Knight <Suzanne.M.Knight at aero.org>, Carol R Williams <Carol.R.Williams at aero.org>, Carole A Mulchinski <Carole.A.Mulchinski at aero.org> 
Subject: Gas Prices 
Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2005 17:32:11 +0000 

This could work, why not give it a try. 

Phillip  Hollsworth offered this good idea: 

I hear we are going to hit close to $2.65 a gallon by the summer.  Want gasoline prices to come down?  We need to take some intelligent, united action. 

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. 

By now you're probably thinking gasoline priced at about $1.50 is super cheap. Me too!  It is currently $2.45 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 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 and DON"T purchase ANY gasoline from EXXON and MOBIL. 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 TO THE $1.30  RANGE AND KEEP THEM DOWN. THIS CAN REALLY WORK . 
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