[AT] Fwd: Want cheaper gas to keep the old iron running? Sorry, I forgot the attachment (see below)

John Wilkens jwilkens at eoni.com
Thu May 17 18:44:07 PDT 2007


>Date: Thu, 17 May 2007 18:41:42 -0700
>To: ATIS
>From: John Wilkens <jwilkens at eoni.com>
>Subject: Want cheaper gas to keep the old iron running?
>
>My wife just got this message from a friend.  Seems like a simple 
>plan that just might work.  Take a look, but don't send it on to the 
>to the ATIS list!    John W.


>    Gas prices
> >
> >THIS IS NOT THE 'DON'T BUY' GAS FOR ONE DAY, BUT IT WILL SHOW YOU HOW
> >WE CAN GET GAS BACK DOWN TO $1.30 PER GALLON.
> >
> >This was sent by a retired Coca Cola executive.  It came from one of
> >his engineer buddies who retired from Halliburton.  If you are tired
> >of the gas prices going up AND they will continue to rise this
> >summer, take time to read this please. Phillip Hollsworth offered
> >this good idea. This makes MUCH MORE SENSE than the "don't buy gas on
> >a certain day" campaign that was going around last April or May! It's
> >worth your consideration.  Join the resistance!!!!
> >
> >I hear we are going to hit close to $ 4.00 a gallon by next summer
> >and it might go higher!!  Want gasoline prices to come down?
> >
> >We need to take some intelligent, united action.  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.  Please read on and
> >join with us! By now you're probably thinking gasoline priced at
> >about $1.50 is super cheap.  Me too!  It is currently $2.79 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 act! ion.
> >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 30 people.  If each of us 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
> >group 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.  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 e-mail 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.  I suggest
> >that we not buy from EXXON/MOBIL UNTIL THEY LOWER THEIR PRICES TO THE
> >$1.30 RANGE AND KEEP THEM DOWN.  THIS CAN REALLY WORK
> >


                    In the wide-open spaces of NE Oregon
   





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