[Dialogue] gas prices - we can do

[Adam Thomson]

 From Adam Thomson, Dover UK

Concerning the price of gas (petrol) and fossil 
fuels in general, I am sorry but from a 
across-the-pond perspective I have to stick my oar in here.

Consumer campaigns to reduce the price of 
particular products are all well and good. 
However this particular case of fossil fuel 
consumption and the resulting endangerment of the 
planet (pointed out by Al Gore no less, and 
others) is something special. Surely, don't we 
have to direct our efforts - globally - to 
looking for alternatives to consuming fossil 
fuels? Don't we have to get to the point of being 
less dependent) on (fossil fuel) automobiles and planes?

In the UK Gayle and I count ourselves lucky that 
we cannot afford a car, and of course we have 
much enjoyed using the public transport systems 
that are available here. And as it happens, at 
this moment the price of fuel is in the order of 
one GBP per litre. That is one British pound per 
litre. And at roughly 3.8 litres to a US gallon 
that means 3.8 GBP to a US gallon, or nearly 8 USD (Eight dollars a gallon).

On a slightly broader point, in her posting Kay 
asserts that "the buyer controls the market". 
Well, that has been OK but it is a reflection of 
the "Economic" dominance of the Social Process 
Triangle - and we surely have to go back to our 
roots and recall what we said we had to do to 
change things: push on the Cultural and the Social.

We all on this planet must look for ALTERNATIVES, 
not try and resist change, especially exclusively 
by using the obsolete tools of market pressure.

Yes, I know that in the US there's a problem of a 
virtually non-existent public transport system 
outside the big cities. But that's one area where 
we (you all) need to push (develop public transport).

Sure we can do - but we must do something else.

 From Adam & Gayle Thomson

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At 05:36 18/03/2008, you wrote:
>This will work—we must stick to it.  The one 
>thing thatt will make it fail is when they drop 
>prices 25 cents, everyone may go to them because 
>it is cheaper.  Please Don't!  Hold your ground 
>and force it down more.  You will pay more this 
>month, but the long term benefit will drive it 
>down permanently.  The long term goal will 
>outweigh the short term pain.  LET’S STICK 
>WITH IT! This was sent by a retired Coca Cola 
>executive. It came from an engineer 
>buddy—retired from Halliburton. I f you are 
>tired of tthe gas prices going up AND they will 
>continue to, read this please. This makes MUCH 
>MORE SENSE than the "don't buy gas on a certain 
>day" campaign!  Join the resistance!!!!  I hear 
>we will hit close to $ 4.00 a gallon by next 
>summer—or higher!! We need to take intelligent, 
>united acction.  The oil companies and OPEC 
>nations conditioned us to think the cost of a 
>gallon of gas is CHEAP at $1.50 - $1.75.  We 
>need to take aggressive action and teach them 
>BUYERS control the marketplace—not sellers. The 
>way too see the price come down is to hit the 
>pocketbook by not purchasing their gas! And, we 
>can do that WITHOUT hurting ourselves.  Since we 
>all rely on our cars, we can't stop buying.  We 
>CAN have an impact on prices with a price war. 
>For the rest of this year, DON'T purchase ANY 
>gasoline from the two biggest companies, EXXON 
>and MOBIL.  If they are not selling gas, they 
>will be inclined to reduce their prices. If they 
>reduce their prices, the other companies will 
>follow suit. We need to reach millions of Exxon 
>and Mobil buyers—it's simple to do! I’m 
>sending thiis to 30 people. If each of us send 
>to at least ten more (30 x 10 = 300) ... and the 
>300 send it to at least ten more (300 x 10 = 
>3,000), by the time the message reaches the 
>sixth group of people, we have reached over 
>THREE MILLION consumers. If those three million 
>pass it on to ten friends, then 30 million 
>people will be contacted! If it goes one level 
>further—THREE HUNDRED MILLION PEOPLE!!!   Please 
>send to 10 people.  The math when you simply 
>repeat the 
>process. 
>  acumulative number     total I sent it to 30 
>people                        30 
>   30 They all send it to 10 
>people           300                 330 They 
>all send it to 10 
>people         3000               3330 They all 
>send it to 10 
>people       30000             33330 They all 
>send it to 10 people      300000          333330 
>They all send it to 10 
>people    3000000        3333330 If we all send 
>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 we had such potential!  Let us 
>make a difference. If this makes sense to you, 
>please pass this on.  Suggest not to buy from 
>EXXON/MOBIL UNTIL THEY LOWER THEIR PRICES TO THE 
>$2.00 RANGE AND KEEP THEM DOWN.   Keeping in 
>mind, they will lower the prices if NO ONE BUYS, 
>BUT we must continue not to buy.  Don't give in 
>when it falls lower than $3, or $2.50, hold 
>steady until it falls below $2.00 Let’s really 
>unite and serve each other and ourselves! 
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