Dont Buy Fuel on the 15th !!!!!

[4roses]

Let's hit 'em where it hurts! .... I know this was written for 4 wheelers, but it will work the same for big trucks too. :wink:




Let us agree. And if you can send this to as many as you know, then
even better. MARK THE DAY ON YOUR CALENDAR!!!! - MAY 15TH 2007


Don't pump gas on MAY 15th

In April 1997, there was a "gas out" conducted nationwide in protest of
gas prices. Gasoline prices dropped 30 cents a gallon overnight!

On May 15th 2007, all Internet users are to not go to a gas station in
protest of high gas prices. Gas is now over $3.00 a gallon in most
places.

There are 73,000,000+ American members currently on the Internet
network, and the average car takes about 30 to 50 dollars to fill up.

If all users did not go to the pump on the 15th, it would take
$2,292,000,000.00 (that's almost 3 BILLION) out of the oil companies
pockets for just one day, so please do not go to the gas station on May
15th and lets try to put a dent in the Middle Eastern oil industry for
at least one day.

[Malaki86]

There's a problem with that theory:

People still need gasoline/fuel to keep moving. So, that means everyone will either fill up on the 14th or the 16th. The same amount of money will be spent.

[ssoutlaw]

Let's hit 'em where it hurts! .... I know this was written for 4 wheelers, but it will work the same for big trucks too. :wink:




Let us agree. And if you can send this to as many as you know, then
even better. MARK THE DAY ON YOUR CALENDAR!!!! - MAY 15TH 2007


Don't pump gas on MAY 15th

In April 1997, there was a "gas out" conducted nationwide in protest of
gas prices. Gasoline prices dropped 30 cents a gallon overnight!

On May 15th 2007, all Internet users are to not go to a gas station in
protest of high gas prices. Gas is now over $3.00 a gallon in most
places.

There are 73,000,000+ American members currently on the Internet
network, and the average car takes about 30 to 50 dollars to fill up.

If all users did not go to the pump on the 15th, it would take
$2,292,000,000.00 (that's almost 3 BILLION) out of the oil companies
pockets for just one day, so please do not go to the gas station on May
15th and lets try to put a dent in the Middle Eastern oil industry for
at least one day.

So we just give them the money the next day when we NEED the fuel to go to work, a 1 day thing just dosent work! No matter what the internet told YOU....lol

[4roses]

ok ok ok .. I just thought the idea sounded good .... I knew there would be someone or a few who would find a way to cut it down . .... There are a few people that believe if the amount of fuel bought on one certain day was cut back - it would send a message ... it would make a difference in the total amount sold for that 1 day ... which would get the attention of those who's making the big bucks off of us who have to buy fuel often in order to work............... If you do nothing to make a 'stand' ..... then nothing will change and prices will continue to go up................... Do whay YOU feel is best. ... :wink:

[Windwalker]

ok ok ok .. I just thought the idea sounded good .... I knew there would be someone or a few who would find a way to cut it down . .... There are a few people that believe if the amount of fuel bought on one certain day was cut back - it would send a message ... it would make a difference in the total amount sold for that 1 day ... which would get the attention of those who's making the big bucks off of us who have to buy fuel often in order to work............... If you do nothing to make a 'stand' ..... then nothing will change and prices will continue to go up................... Do whay YOU feel is best. ... :wink:

The idea does sound good on the surface. It's just not enough. It isn't enough just to avoid buying gas or fuel. "EVERYBODY" needs to stop "EVERYTHING". Take one day and don't go ANYWHERE or do ANYTHING. Actually shut down the whole country for one day.

Now, the problem with that idea is that more than half the people in this country live an "HAND TO MOUTH" existance. Don't go to work one day and they can not afford the reduced paycheck. It's just like shuting down the trucks for a "WEEK LONG STRIKE", or even a "THREE-DAY STRIKE". More than half the drivers across the country will be looking at truck payments, mortgage payments, rent, car payments, groceries, and they can't afford it either. You won't get the participation to make it effective. On paper, the idea looks good. But putting it into practice is far more difficult.

What do you say to someone when his response to you is: "MY KIDS GOTTA EAT".

[Rev.Vassago]

There's a problem with your logic.

If I don't buy fuel today, then I'll likely have to buy it tomorrow. What the oil company "loses" from me today, they'll get tomorrow anyway. It won't send any message, as they aren't losing anything. The only way to truly have an impact is to reduce the fuel you use overall.


Some light reading:

http://www.snopes.com/politics/gasoline/nogas.asp

[Mack2]

Frankly I like the oil companys. :wink:

[shyykatt]

I think everyone should not go to work for a day- do ya think that would affect anything? Or, how about we all stop paying taxes- the Govt cannot arrest everyone.

[Sheepdancer]

I thought the 15th was the Trucker Strike Part II

[Fozzy]

Just slow down to a reasonable speed, stop driving when you do not have to and youd be amazed what COULD happen.. of course everytime you talk about slowing down, there are far too many people who have head spinning, bed wetting fits and decree that driving at high speeds is some sort of "right" and that there is no way to make any money if they do not run 75-80 down the highway.. logic and fact of course makes this totally absurd

[Uturn2001]

Well said Fozzy.

If just 50% of the people in this country would reduce their fuel consumption by 2 gallons a week, a lot more would happen than simply not buying fuel for one day. Of course this is assuming the other 50% does not increase their consumption by the same amount.

[GMAN]

Reducing speed and idling will help, but the only thing I see as really helping is to either start drilling oil in and around this country or come up with a viable alternative. I prefer the second alternative. Until there is something we can use in lieu of diesel and gasoline, we are at the mercy of these oil companies. And don't think it is only the Arabs who are price gouging. There isn't any serious competition within the oil industry any more. Competition will get prices down faster than anything. The government isn't going to do anything to help. They make more money when oil prices go up. I think the technology is there, I am not sure about the will to get it to the marketplace.

[Sheepdancer]

Here is the best solution. Instead of "being at the mercy" of oil companies and playing the victm card. Learn to partner with those oil companies and make money with them. A small investment in a good oil company stock will make you far more money than you are paying extra at the pump for your 4 wheeler. If you are an owner op paying for your own fuel, perhaps a larger investment would suffice. Its really that simple.
Example: my cars get really crappy gas mileage, on average i use about 15 gallons of gas a week. If the price of fuel goes up a dollar that costs me obviously 15 bucks more a week or 780 bucks a year. Now, I will use exxon in this example because its well known. If I own 100 shares of Exxon stock, just the stock price alone would have made me around $1644.00 on that 100 shares. So gas prices go up.... $1644 in stock returns - the 780 a year im spending in gas = An increase in net worth of $864.00.....Nothing to whine about.

Sheepdancer not ALL of us have the option of playing the market. There are quite a few of us that have a hard time getting by. I myself am on SSDI for my Epilepsy and do not have the income to by any stock at all. You try burning ALL AND I MEAN ALL your life savings up getting an uncurable medical condition under control then having to wait 3 long years for the goverment to finally decide that you are disabled. The only reason I finally got my SSDI was the stress of the hearings threw me into a GTC which for those who do not know anyone is a Grand Mal Seizure or full body convulsion then 6 months later after my ex-wife had spent every last dime I did get in back benefits she left me leaving me high and dry.

I am now trying to put my life back together and know I will never feel the wonderful feeling of having 80K lbs under my control but I hear people like you saying work harder or save more some of us do not have that option. I look at the last 6 years and wonder what happend to the surplus that George W Bush was given by Bill Clintons policies when he took office then I remembered the tax cuts for the upper 1% and cry. That and the war in Iraq what is it now close to 3400 dead gas prices Double what they were when he took office. He came into office stating I will be the most ethical President in the History of this country SORRY HE FELL SHORT ON THAT ONE. HE WILL BE REMEMBERED AS THE WORST ONE IN HISTORY. Maybe if he had not used so many Regan and Bush 1 retreads t may have been different. To the Moderators sorry to have ranted but when the policies of this country are written by the compaines that the goverment is supposed to regulate we are in trouble.

[Sheepdancer]

Sheepdancer not ALL of us have the option of playing the market.

I disagree. Everyone has the ability to invest and save money, many just choose not to.

Fine try to live on what I bring home then I get 1213 a month in SSDI my rent on my house is 500 utilites are 200 insurance for my car 120 gas with it so high is another 100 meds even with help 60 a month food takes the rest were do I come up with money for the FREAKING MARKET. By the way I have tried to find a part time job to supplement my SSDI but my BODY will not let me do it anymore. I have no were I could cut back and I get to much for help on meds or anything like that I am the ultimate working poor I slip through every crack in the system.

[Sheepdancer]

Im not the one who can say what you can or cannot do. However I do believe if you didnt have the defeatist attitude you could find a way. About 7 years ago my father in law fell off his roof and broke his spine. He lost his job as a respatory theorpist and can barely walk now. He cant leave the house for long periods of time because of the nerve damage he might crap in his pants. However even with his SSI he does find away to invest. In his spare time because he is always at home he buys and sells things on ebay and makes a pretty good extra income doing that. And with that money he invests.
From your first post what i saw was someone saying "I cant I CANT" and then for some reason you went off blaming the president for your situation. As long as you keep telling yourself there is no way you can invest or save, I doubt you would be able to. However, if one day you wake up and look at yourself in the mirror and start telling yourself, Im going to figure out a way to succeed no matter what life throws at me, you might be surprised at what you can do.

[Sheepdancer]

If I were in a situation I would sit down and figure out a way to save money by making a complete list of expenses I really didnt need.
My Direct Tv Bill = 70 bucks a month or $840 a year.
My home phone bill 49 a month = 588 a year
My cell phone bill = 100 a month = 1200 a year
My internet access= 30 a month = 360 a year
I dip snuff ( I should quit) 1 can every 2 days = 912 a year.
I love my beer however I dont get drunk= about a 6 pack a week= 364 a year.
I bet if I really tried I could cut my electric bill in half by turning off lights and being smart. Right now I pay on average about 400 bucks a month for electric that would equate to 4800 a year....if I cut that in half I would save 2400 bucks.

Ok, lets total all of that up. If I ever found myself in financial trouble I could cut out all those things and save 6664 bucks a year. Use that money to buy clothing by the pallet wholesale. Reselling it, conbine that with any disability pay I had, invest some and snoball all of that to a pretty comfortable living. But hey, that is just me. I tend to shy away from a defeatist attitude.

[Sheepdancer]

Here is a great idea. You need money, you have all this free time on your hands and for some reason, even though you say you are poor and cant afford anything, you have internet access. Why not recruit drivers for me? Id be happy to split my commissions with you for any driver you send me and I get hired. Sure it would be hard. If you worked hard at it 8 hours a day, 5 days a week, if you are a smart enough guy to think outside the box and generate your own leads, you could make a very good living.

One small problem about that sheepdnacer I would only refer a driver to a company if I drove for them. Since I NEVER even if they were the last company left refer a driver to JB Hunt forget it. The reason I do have Internet access is simple called I bundled my cable package with my internet access and it is only 15 bucks a month. I get so sick of people saying pull yourself up or cut back I can not cut back anymore there is nothing left to cut. As for your E-bay no way will I do that my father was taken advantage of to many times by scammers and lost way to much money doing that. Called I live in my means yet the goverment of the LAST 6 YEARS could not and now my neices and nephews are going to be forced to pay for it.