Gas Boycott , May 19

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I just received an email from a guide friend in Alaska stating that there is a movement underway to boycott the oil companies on May 19th.
If nobody in this country buys gasoline for one day ,it is estimated that the oil companies would lose 4.6 billion dollars and they would choke on their stockpile!
I'ts worth a try, to get a price reduction!
What do you think?
 
I SAY

LET'S BOYCOTT THE ASSES FOR 2 WEEKS!!!

I HAVEN'T SEEN WAGES GO UP 50% HAVE YOU???

EVERYTHING ELSE IS SKYROCKETING!!!

HERE WHERE I LIVE THEY RAISE FUEL PRICES DAILY,WE ARE ALWAYS WELL ABOVE THE AVERAGE PER GALLON AND PRODUCE MORE OIL THAN ANY OTHER PART OF THE STATE,GO FIGURE!!!

THIEVING BASTARDS!!!

BETWEEN THE WAR,GAS PRICES,THE WAY THE WAR IS BEING FOUGHT,ECONOMY,ELECTION COMMING UP,AND SOME OF US NOT DRAWING AN L.E. TAG WITH 8 POINTS AND ANOTHER PERSON WITH 2 POINTS DRAWED,THERE SURE IS ALOT OF PEOPLE IN P POOR MOODS AROUND HERE!!!

THE ONLY bobcat THINKING:IF WE KEEP FIGHTING THE WAR THE SAME AS THE LAST YEAR OR SO,GAS WILL BE AT 4.00 PER GALLON BEFORE IT'S OVER!!!
 
Let's get this thing rolling!
I posted up on all my favorite forums.
See if you guys can spread the word!
LETS ROLLLLLL!!!!!!
 
I'll walk to work!
Or spend the day with "EX" while her hubbie is at work (she been hinting). Gotta do what I gotta do!,work is really busy though!
"Nought"(lol) time to do it all.
rackmaster
 
Hell, if it gets any worse, I might have to start riding my horse into town.
Eric

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Eric
 
I spent hundreds of dollars this spring on fuel driving to go shed hunting etc. Thats when it was 1.80 per gallon. I can't even imagine now. Then I went to buy a gallon of milk. Where is it going to stop. When is my next cost of living raise? I'm not going to buy any on that day just for sport. Actually, the only gas I'm using these days is to go to work. I'm about ready to dust off the ole' ten speed.
 
You guys are idiots
first of all if you don't buy gas today you will have to buy it tomarrow
second of all post offices,police,fire and all other agencies will buy gas that day.
I own a gas station and I loose money every day the prices are this high and guess why
credit card charges every person who uses a credit card at a gasoline station the station owner has to ppay 25 cents just to swipe the card and 3 percent of the transaction total amount. That averages around 60 cents here in ARIZONA where gas prices are averaging 215 per gallon of unleaded.
Also we have a shortage of oil because Irac is selling the oil to Russia amd only the left overs is going to the USA.
Just amazing how we will spend billions of dollars to rebuild the ##### place of Irac and our goverment will let them sell most of the oil to another country.
What should be happening is the money we spend there to rebuild them should come off the oil price per barell ard we than could buy gas for under a dollar, but we will never see that.
So in all fairness it's not only the oil company put tons of blame on the credit card compant and also the government.
Just like our Governor here an AZ wants answers to why prices are high,BS she damn well knows why there high and just try's to get the public on her side.
 
Actually we are stuck with high fuel prices because our populace and our leadership have not pursued alternative energies such as hydrogen fuel and bio based fuels. Instead our big government and oil companies keep us stuck on foreign fuel. Self sufficiency and buy american should have been our policies. Enjoy them.

BeanMan
 
I'm trying to figure out why I'm an idiot because I can't afford to drive all over the country and am trying to avoid the gas pump because it costs so much. Thanks for the lecture though. I only spent the first thirty years of my life in a family owned Shell Station jobbership. You forgot to mention the amount of tax that is involved in one gallon of gas. In Washington its ridiculous.
 
I work for a trucking company and have 2 of my own trucks leased on to them. You probably can't imagine what the price of fuel has done to devastate the trucking industry, which has been struggling for the last 3 or 4 years anyway, due to excessive regulations, and major increases in insurance costs since 9/11. There are many owners who are just giving it up which in the long run will cost us all.
Without the trucks to move our products and suppies to the cities we all live in, what do we do then? I used to complain about having to spend $25-30 a week to fill my huntin' truck, but now I have to spend $600-800 a day just to keep my big trucks moving in order to try to pay their expenses. And without an end in sight, the giving up looks like the easy way out!
Just wondering where it is all going and if it will ever end?
a*r

Remember: A bad day hunting is better than a Good Day at Work!!
 
Anyone heard about a Chevy truck that uses hydrogen fuel or something similar? A truck that gets 50 mpg or so would get my attention.
 
We just liberated one of the largest oil producing countries in the world and our gas prices go to record highes???? We should be buying gas for LESS then a buck a gallon....We send our men and women to that god forsaken country to die for what?? OIL!! and our government (bush) allows these scumbags to CRANK UP the cost of a barrel of oil??. Oh yeah, Didn't the Bush family make all their money in oil???. I think the real scumbag is running this country....What do you want to bet Osama gets caught before November???. I would rather have a president getting a b.j. then one screwing all of us in the backside....
 
But the b.j. president isn't running, and the one who is running against Bush would be really scary to have in office!!!! It's hard to believe that someone we all can relate to can't get into the elections!!!! What's the deal?

a*r
A bad day hunting is better than a Good Day at Work!!
 
I say give it a try, couldn't hurt. I am not like warbird I dont work at a gas station, I am just an idiot.
I wish the trucking industry would shut her down, untill the prices dropped, it wouldn't take more than a week and America would be on their knees.
 
Boycott one day and you'll just make it up the day before or the day after. It won't have any effect.

The biggest gas related problem we have here in the US is the lack of REFINERIES. Iraq could ship us all their crude oil, but once it gets to us we don't have enough refineries to turn it into gas. Because of our enviornmental regulations, we havn't built a new large capacity refinery in 20+ years. Just think how demand has grown over 20 years and we can't produce enough gas to keep up. That is why gas is so high.

I won't even go on about milk. You can buy a 16 ounce bottle of water for $.89 cents ($6.00 gal) and a whole gallon of milk costs $2.00. Seems cheap to me.
 
THANK GOODNESS WE DON'T RUN OUR CARS ON BOTTLED WATER!!!!Sorry 2point I don't buy your refineries theory. Gas has increased over a dollar a gallon in the last year...How come all of the sudden it's the refineries???. It simple to me (because I'm simple minded) It's pure corporate greed...They (government)have us over a barrel (sorry). They increase the price because they can!!!. Fellas , Don't get me wrong Kerry isn't any better he can't even keep his lies straight...It's the same with rising hunting license costs...They do it because they know we'll pay it...Not because there is less deer or less public land or whatever...Don't make excuses for the criminals running this country.....
 
>I say give it a try,
>couldn't hurt. I am not
>like warbird I dont work
>at a gas station, I
>am just an idiot.
>I wish the trucking industry would
>shut her down, untill the
>prices dropped, it wouldn't take
>more than a week and
>America would be on their
>knees.


Duvy, you get the bone, thats probable the best idea so far...well more realistic anyways..thanks...
 
I drive a bike (w/a motor) most of the time in the summer. My town is small Casper, Wyoming and I take the interstate to work. On the bikes I can drive for like 4 months on 4 bucks worth of gas, back and forth to work, so it's not the day to day commute that hits my wallet, but I can not do a lot of anything else. Maybe we should all at least drive a bike for the summer that would help our pocket books and maybe lower the prices of gas a bit. Plus you have more fun, look cooler, sexier, (for some of you younger), and you can weave traffic! And as an added benefit, they are less expensive to repair. Add that all up and you have more money to go hunting this fall!
Michael
 
Sorry,
I didn't put a lot of thought into my original post!
The oil companies will probably make more money by people filling up on the 18th and the 20th than if it were just a normal day!
Just frustration I guess,but I am still willing to give it a try.
We're at about $2.25 a gallon for regular unleaded here where I live.
I wonder where it will go from here???????
 
I filled up my pickup today, cost $53.75 for regular. My new toy has really bad mileage around town here, might be getting 5-6 miles per gallon if that. This is not my pickup either, but a long sought for and finally found 1934 Ford Coupe w/327ci gas gussler. Might not be doing any "cruising" this summer.

Brian
 
America hasnt built a new refinery in over 20 years, new laws being passed by our lawmakers (yeah, the ones you and I elect) are making air emissions standards stricter every day. Its time to pay the piper folks, Keith, go ahead and elect whomever you think will do a better job and make it so you can drive your gas guzzling hotrod around cheaper and let us all know how it pans out for you. By the way, when you factor in inflation the price of todays fuel is near or at the same levels we paid for in in 1981.

This makes one think, and also puts things in perspective.

Diet Snapple

16 oz $1.29 .......... $10.32 per gallon



Lipton Ice Tea

16 oz $1.19 ...........$9.52 per gallon



Gatorade

20 oz $1.59 ..... $10.17 per gallon



Ocean Spray

16 oz $1.25 .......... $10.00 per gallon





Brake Fluid

12 oz $3.15 .......... $33.60 per gallon



Vick's Nyquil

6 oz $8.35 .... $178.13 per gallon



Pepto Bismol

4 oz $3.85 ........ $123.20 per gallon



Whiteout

7 oz $1.39 ....... . $25.42 per gallon



Scope

1.5 oz $0.99 .........$84.48 per gallon





And this is the REAL KICKER...

Evian water

9 oz $1.49..........$21.19 per gallon?! $21.19 for WATER - and the buyers don't even know the source.

So, the next time you're at the pump, be glad your car doesn't run on water, Scope, or Whiteout, or God forbid Pepto Bismal or Nyquil.

Mike
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LAST EDITED ON May-17-04 AT 05:24AM (MST)[p]I drink my water for the ?straight out the fossett? price, so ha, ha! I do not think that the average American uses White Out, Pepto Bismal or Nyquil by the gallon, or for the most part on a daily basses for that matter, so such comparisons have little logical effect on us poor people paying big dollars to get to work. I do use Scope however, once in the morning and once at night. That is 2 ounces a day. You can get a 50oz bottle for $6.49 at
http://www.drugstore.com/qxp15742_333181_sespider/scope/mouthwash_original_mint.htm, so the price has to be similar at the local Wal-Mart. So 50oz divided by 2oz per day, that would take me 25 days to use at that price. That is about 50 days per gallon at a price of about $13.00. A month and a half of driving on $13.00 worth of Scope, sounds good to me! Maybe some people should do a little more research before another ?idiot? or fact post. Who wants to help me invent a mouth wash powered vehicle?
Michael
 
>LAST EDITED ON May-17-04
>AT 05:24?AM (MST)
>
>I drink my water for the
>?straight out the fossett? price,
>so ha, ha! I
>do not think that the
>average American uses White Out,
>Pepto Bismal or Nyquil by
>the gallon, or for the
>most part on a daily
>basses for that matter, so
>such comparisons have little logical
>effect on us poor people
>paying big dollars to get
>to work. I do
>use Scope however, once in
>the morning and once at
>night. That is 2
>ounces a day. You
>can get a 50oz bottle
>for $6.49 at
>http://www.drugstore.com/qxp15742_333181_sespider/scope/mouthwash_original_mint.htm, so the price has to
>be similar at the local
>Wal-Mart. So 50oz divided
>by 2oz per day, that
>would take me 25 days
>to use at that price.
> That is about 50
>days per gallon at a
>price of about $13.00.
>A month and a half
>of driving on $13.00 worth
>of Scope, sounds good to
>me! Maybe some people
>should do a little more
>research before another ?idiot? or
>fact post. Who wants
>to help me invent a
>mouth wash powered vehicle?
>Michael

Hey Bonehead,

It was a little levity on the situation, note the last sentence of my post

"So, the next time you're at the pump, be glad your car doesn't run on water, Scope, or Whiteout, or God forbid Pepto Bismal or Nyquil. "


Mike
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Dude, you do not have to repost my post to get your point across, that just makes you look arrogant. I also like the use of bonehead at the start of your paragraph. It shows you have respect for other people?s opinions and points of view. Were you neglected, or are you still, because you sure do get PO?s right quit over some pretty light conversation.
Michael
 
"Were you neglected, or are you still"

But I guess its ok for you to take stabs huh? I guess its ok if its you who is having the light conversation, just not somebody else. Lighten up Michael, its the internet for heavens sake.


Mike
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Sorry bout' that. But it seems as though the rich a? holes think "what's an extra penny" while I am here licking up everything I can find to feed my family. If tacking money out of a bunch of corporate gas stations chains pockets is the only way for people to cut the cost or pay attention then I am for it. I need that extra penny in most cases, for survival and for recreation (hunting). I am not a welfare junky, nor a rich brat, am I working for my money, so I respect it. No offense to you. My apologies.
Michael
 
Michael,

No hard feelings, I understand how you feel, believe me, it hits my pocketbook as well everytime I pull in and put 44 gallons into an F-350. Yes I do work for an oil company as well. I am mostly sick of (this is not your fault) every single forum on the internet revolving around the high price of fuel, that is in part my reason for saying dont complain, DO SOMETHING. And I dont think taking money out of the pocket of the guy who runs the mini-mart on the corner is "doing something". There are 400 million people visiting the net each day complaining but not impacting the price of fuel. So, none of my statements were meant to inflict hard feelings at you either.

Mike
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So a gas boycott will make Big oil wake up, You are a fool, being lead by other fools. Yes, it is a case of not having the refining capacities we once had. Even some small independant Oil companies had refineries, not anymore, why build it and let the liberals regulate you out of business? Most of us do drive a vehicle that should get better gas mileage, ever thought of stopping by a friends house and car pooling, $2 gas just dropped in half! we can't always do this, but I know that when I fill up, that gas is gone, they don't grow it in a field. There is just so much and thats it! If you think prices are high now, just elect a panty waist like Kerry and see what happens. All we need is a weak president and then a revolution in a couple of oil exporting countries to really make you pass out at the gas pumps. Forget about us producing our own, you would'nt want a oil well near your Mountain Home, just get the price of gas down, yeah, well if my nephew does'nt get hurt in Iraq, maybe he can get you some cheap gas. Which do you want $2 gas or our boys over in Iraq! That's the way it is, you can ##### about high priced gas, not let the oil companies explore for oil and then we only have one alternative, protect some oil field where even the people that want to help get their heads cut off! BOYCOTT MY BUTT!!!!!
 
LAST EDITED ON May-17-04 AT 09:10AM (MST)[p]decodakid, 95% of the country get water free----- Rain fall.
we have all heard to story about a guy about 50 or sixty years ago who invented a simple idea, to convert the gas to water burner. so simple you could make in your back yard.
tried to market it .
his idea was lost and he was misteriously killed,
they are trying to foremat a new hyd. system,
but now way are they going to keep it simple.
where's the money in that for them.
 
Elkmaster,

Im not sure about you but I know I dont drink rain water. I drink city water that runs through a treatment plant that then runs through a complex system of pipes under the streets then comes out of my faucet. That all come to me via taxes I pay to maintian the system and a monthly city water/utility bill that my local paper said is to go up by 40% this summer. So unless you are catching 8000 to 10,000 gallons of H20 a month (thats average to LOW usage for a family of 4 a month) dont give me this rain water theory. The price of everything is going up guys, have you checked out the price of a 4x8 sheet of plywood at the lumberyard lately? I dont see any boycotts on the logging companies. Oh, and the guy that figured out how to make water work in a combustion engine, he wasnt mysteriuosly killed. Its a well known fact in the oil industry that guys like him get contracts put out on thier lives. Gimme a break.

But I'll tell you what. You can make an impact, get your car tuned up, buy one that gets better fuel mileage. Check the air pressure in your tires. I am seriously considering switching over to a bio-fuel or a WVO for my pickup. I have already taken measures to increse my fuel efficiency by nearly 25% over what it was doing last fall. So therein lies my gripe, dont just log onto the internet, read an e-mail or a post on a message board and complain about the price of fuel. DO SOMETHING.

Mike
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I think that the internet site that Nemont posted is right. There has to be a drastic and long-term reduction of fuel usage inorder for the prices to come down. It is a simple lesson on the difference between necessities and wants. As the price goes up for necessities, the demand stays the same. As the price of necessities goes down, demand remains the same. As the price of wants goes up, the demand decreases. As the price of wants goes down, we buy more. In our case, the price for a necessity (gas) went up, but demand hasn't changed. To make the price go down, it has to be shown that demand has decreased. The idea behind the boycott is right on target (decrease demand), but one day isn't enough. It has to be a long-term solution. 8 months to a year of decreased demand for gas will show the oil companies that gas is a want, not a need, and as a result they will have to lower prices to generate sales (i.e. entice people to buy more gas). It is all simple economics. It is the law of supply and demand mixed with "elastic" and "inelastic" goods.
 
Here's another way all
Convert your vehical to propane
propane is alot cheaper than gasoline now
gasoline today $2.17
propane today $1.55
 
or maybe we should have a call to arms and take over the oil industry ourselves...

mp
 

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