Don't pump gas on May 15th ....

[JasonKey]

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CNN is now mentioning this, recommending solutions that actually have a greater impact.

Who would have thought ..

[Shadow_Hunter]

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Quoting EXACTLY what you said and posting it on other forums right now. I will participate too.

[lightdarkness]

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Uhh, they're just gonna make it back on May 16th...

Sorry to burst your bubble It's been tried before

[JasonKey]

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Uhh, they're just gonna make it back on May 16th...

Sorry to burst your bubble It's been tried before

You should read the rest of the discussion before you try and fondle my bubble ..

:P

Think outside of the bubble you discuss The fact that its being discussed on CNN makes it clear that it served a purpose.

[Tasselfoot]

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please. we all know that the Aliens control the mass media, as well as the White House.

they're only going to try and further their own nefarious plans via this "scheme", not ours.

[nathanj]

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me = NO GAS

no more burritos!!!!!

lol

now thats a sad bit

[tn5421]

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Spite.

That's how.

Oil prices are a monopoly. They can make something up to put the blame of the price hike, then go ahead and do whatever they want with it.

Hooray for elasticity. 'Nobody will buy gas less. Take economics.' Gas prices are the one thing people care about, but can't do anything about. It's not like McDonalds starts charging $4 for a burger, so you go across the street to Burger King. No. It's Exxon charges $4.50. Mobil charges $4.50. Sunoco charges $4.50. BP charges $4.50. Shell charges $4.50.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elasticity_%28economics%29

Oil companies are evil. Empires are evil. Kingdoms are good. Democracy is good.[/joke]

I have taken economics, and this is discussed in the first month.

[Specforces]

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I'm sorry Jason, but this will have little to no effect and is basically stupid.

[nforcer06164]

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I'm sorry Jason, but this will have little to no effect and is basically stupid.

I think it's been argued enough, don't you think?

I think it's pretty well-established that this is going to happen. It wasn't Jason's cunning plan; it's been circulating across the nation. If it has an effect, that yay for us. If it doesn't, then I guess we learned a lesson: Day-long boycotts do not work. It's not much of a sacrifice, so what do we have to lose? It's not like abstaining from oil for a day is going to make the situation we're already in any worse.

[Specforces]

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Oh, I know he didn't mastermind it cheeky one. Also, I'm well aware that this has been argued against effectively, la la la, whatever. I don't even use gas every single day, so it doesn't matter to me one bit.

[nforcer06164]

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Spec, I wasn't trying to be a smartass. I don't really think there's any reason to argue this any further.

[madmatt621]

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Hey guys. Just got back from posted up fliers about not pumping gas on May 15th. I only had time to drive in and around southeast, south central, and southwest Houston. I almost got bitched at by HPD. I'll see about getting across downtown Houston to the north side of town.

[crazymagicician000]

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*posts myspace bulletin*

[DinsFire]

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I'm going to say something that has probably been said many times before in this thread already. However, I'm too lazy to look through the five pages (even though it was probably said somewhere early in the first one).

NOT PUMPING GAS FOR ONE DAY WON'T DO A FREAKING THING TO HURT THE OIL COMPANIES!!!

You know why? Because if no one were to pump gas on that day, the people who participated would pump extra the day before and the day after. That's like 1+(-1)+1. Maybe you can't do the math yourself, but that's not hurting them at all. Heck, they may even profit off of it. So, good luck with putting your "dent" in oil companies.

Buying gas is inevitable. Rising prices are inevitable. No one wants to pay 50+ to fill their car, but it's gonna happen. You're gonna have to deal with it. Can't get over it? Build a car that runs off of water or something.

And to those who participate: kick yourself.

EDIT AFTER READING:

Ah, so the only point is the oil companies .. ok. We could always covert this to a Buy At McDonalds day .. or camp out at Walmart day ..

Stretchy, you are focusing on the corporate direct impact, which isn't really the only point. Think about it, if for 1 day, consumers change their behavior, it does send a message. It IS a manipulation.

Rarely do consumers actually speak up with anything significant. This is an easy one to do.

Will it actually save consumers $? No .. will it hurt the oil companies in any significant way? .. No. Will it send a message throughout the participating countries .. possibly. Is it stupid and participated by only idiots? Wow .. I suppose this really gets you going emotionally. You must avoid TV a lot.

The beauty of something like this is .. this an is easy statement. Easier than getting folks to pile in and buy on the same day

Oh. Right. Because the countries who participate in the oil buisness are going to say "oh noez we hurt our customers feelings and now we'll have to lower the prices so they don't cry or something!" [sarcasm]Of course. I mean, there is no possible way that the companies would KNOW that we don't appreciate the high prices, because obviously, if they DID know, they would drop the prices. Right? Of course. So yeah, we better not buy gas on may 15th. That way they will understand that we don't like paying high prices for gas. [/sarcasm]

[madmatt621]

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Dude! What the ****?!