[Dialogue] gas prices - we can do

[George Holcombe]

The difficulty in this is that gas stations do not necessarily get  
their gas from an Exxon or Mobil "gas truck," even if they are a  
branded station. I've seen gas trucks deliver gas to independents and  
branded stations within blocks of each other.   If you are buying gas  
the oil industry is getting their money.  The price of crude and  
refinery costs are so manipulated from futures markets to local  
pricing that it would take more of a genius than I've met so far to  
explain how gas gets priced.  As Adam points out the U.S. has had some  
of the lowest prices in the world over the years, and it would seem  
the devaluation of the dollar that is causing the price of crude to  
rise.  If Oil begins to be sold using another currency such as the  
Euro (right now US dollars are the currency for buying oil in world  
markets) the price of gas in the U.S. will go much higher.

The only answer I've seen is don't drive so much, get a Prius if you  
have the money, push and use public transport, use and push for green  
energy.  The world's economy is an oil economy.  It's not just gas, we  
use oil products in just about everything that's manufactured, grown,  
etc.  Getting people educated as to how oil economy works might be a  
more important component than we think.  I am always surprised at  
learning a little bit of how this thing works, and I'm not sure I know.

George Holcombe
14900 Yellowleaf Tr.
Austin, TX 78728
Home: 512/252-2756
Mobile 512/294-5952
geowanda at earthlink.net


On Mar 18, 2008, at 12:36 AM, Kay Fulkerson wrote:

> This will work—we must stick to it.  The one thing that 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 the 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 action.  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 to 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 this 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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