Found this post from Thu Feb 8, 2001 3:52 am over on the yahoo groups page thought it was funny.
Gas Prices
This makes more sense than the don't buy gas on
a
certain day routine that was going around in
April or
May. Gasoline Prices! Whoever started
this has a good
point.
By now
you're probably thinking gasoline priced at
about $1.49 is cheap. Me too! As it is now $1.58
for
regular unleaded. 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 less than
$1.50,
we need to try an aggressive response. With
the
price of gasoline going up more each day, we
consumers
need to take action. The only way we are going
to
see the price of gas come down is if we don't buy
it.
But, that's not really a practical option since
we all
have come to rely on our
cars.
But we CAN have an impact on gas prices
if we all
act together.
Here's the idea -
For the rest of this
year, don't purchase gasoline
from the two
biggest companies (which now are one),
EXXON and
MOBIL. If they are not selling, they should
be
inclined to reduce their prices-and if they
reduce
their prices the other companies will too.
But to have an impact, we need to reach
literally
millions of users. But it's doable!
I am sending this note to 42 people. If each of
you
send it to at least 10 more ...and those 10 send
it to
at least 10 more ... and so on by the
time the
message reaches the sixth iteration
we will have
reached over one million
consumers. Acting together
we
can make a
difference. If this makes sense to you,
please pass
this message on, or one you compose, to
at
least 10 more E-mail addresses.
****
PLEASE HOLD OUT UNTIL THEY LOWER THEIR PRICES TO
$1.28 - $1.29 AND KEEP THEM DOWN. THIS CAN
REALLY
WORK.
Katherine Doyle
WASHTENAW COUNTY ROAD COMMISSION
IS
Department
555 North Zeeb
Ann Arbor, MI
48106
734.327.6679
[mailto:doylek@...
If you're not outraged, you're not paying
attention!
http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/jee ... &var=0&l=1