In April 1997, there was a “gas out” conducted nationwide in protest of gas prices. Gasoline prices dropped 30 cents a gallon overnight.
On Tuesday, June 5th 2007 all Americans who are sick of high gas prices are not to go to a gas station in protest of high gas prices. Gas is now anywhere from $3.50 to $4.00 a gallon in most places. It takes about 40 to 70 dollars to fill up the tank.
If all Americans do not go to the pump on June 5th it would take more than 3 Billion dollars out of oil companies pockets for just one day, so please do not go to the gas station on Tuesday, June 5th 2007. Let’s try to put a dent in the Middle Eastern oil companies for at least one day.
If you agree (which I can’t see why you wouldn’t) mark you calendars & tell everyone you know.
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I'll do it.
I'll do it.
Not only because I hate the price for gas, but because of the risk you'd be taking to get gas. I imagine there will be protestors who might actually be willing to kill all those who get gas.
Not only because I hate the price for gas, but because of the risk you'd be taking to get gas. I imagine there will be protestors who might actually be willing to kill all those who get gas.
I don't post much anymore, but occasionally I come across some things that I feel like I want to contribute to.
It's important to note that this will do absolutely nothing. Why? If you don't pump on June 5th, that means you'll be pumping on June 6th. The money will still be going to the oil companies, just on a different day. If you really want to make a difference and try to impact the price of gas to go down, stop driving your car completely, or ride a bike, or take a bus, or invest in a hybrid car. Not pumping gas on one day will make absolutely no difference.
edit: read this: http://www.snopes.com/politics/gasoline/nogas.asp
It's important to note that this will do absolutely nothing. Why? If you don't pump on June 5th, that means you'll be pumping on June 6th. The money will still be going to the oil companies, just on a different day. If you really want to make a difference and try to impact the price of gas to go down, stop driving your car completely, or ride a bike, or take a bus, or invest in a hybrid car. Not pumping gas on one day will make absolutely no difference.
edit: read this: http://www.snopes.com/politics/gasoline/nogas.asp
You should also realize that this is to do with the WAR, mainly. Get up and protest your president instead.
As much as one would love to remove President George W. Bush from office, we simply can't and to protest him would be pointless. Pretty soon new elections will take place and his presidency will be over. I will admit that I have sensed Bush to have been leading our country in an obsequious manner, however that doesn't mean he was. I do feel rather penitent on the last few years though.
There's still impeachment: he's lied, there's more corruption in his inner circle than in the whole of Russia, there are more war criminals there than in Nuremberg '46 and all you need is a couple of congressmen who are not castrati.
I think you're over exagerating just a little bit. Do you have any substantial evidence of what you are telling us?
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]<b><font color = "crimson"> ThomasQuinn wrote: [/QUOTENAME]You should also realize that this is to do with the WAR, mainly. Get up and protest your president instead.[/QUOTE]
Gas has been going up consistently in America since 9/11. All the oil companies, the travel industry, everyone used 9/11 as an excuse to raise prices.
Gas has been going up consistently in America since 9/11. All the oil companies, the travel industry, everyone used 9/11 as an excuse to raise prices.
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Lisser wrote: [/QUOTENAME][QUOTE][QUOTENAME]<b><font color = "crimson"> ThomasQuinn wrote: [/QUOTENAME]You should also realize that this is to do with the WAR, mainly. Get up and protest your president instead.[/QUOTE]
Gas has been going up consistently in America since 9/11. All the oil companies, the travel industry, everyone used 9/11 as an excuse to raise prices. [/QUOTE]
And the oil companies still proudly announce record profits, quarter after quarter after quarter...
Gas has been going up consistently in America since 9/11. All the oil companies, the travel industry, everyone used 9/11 as an excuse to raise prices. [/QUOTE]
And the oil companies still proudly announce record profits, quarter after quarter after quarter...
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Lester Burnham wrote: [/QUOTENAME]I don't post much anymore, but occasionally I come across some things that I feel like I want to contribute to.
It's important to note that this will do absolutely nothing. Why? If you don't pump on June 5th, that means you'll be pumping on June 6th. The money will still be going to the oil companies, just on a different day. If you really want to make a difference and try to impact the price of gas to go down, stop driving your car completely, or ride a bike, or take a bus, or invest in a hybrid car. Not pumping gas on one day will make absolutely no difference.
edit: read this: http://www.snopes.com/politics/gasoline/nogas.asp[/QUOTE]
you stole my words :-p
some of us cant just ride a bike to all of our destinations. i live in a town where literally i live 45 minutes from everywhere. i cant move because i dont have a job and cant afford a place of my own, (which would probably go to gas money anyway with how pay works) and buses dont come out to my area.
there should be monorails or something.
.....and yes, bush should be impeached, i dont know why he isnt. i never keep track of politics but im sure theres some stupid reason we 'shouldnt'. supposedly one of the candadates for the next election is investigating the gas prices, but i dont believe it. someone should though.
It's important to note that this will do absolutely nothing. Why? If you don't pump on June 5th, that means you'll be pumping on June 6th. The money will still be going to the oil companies, just on a different day. If you really want to make a difference and try to impact the price of gas to go down, stop driving your car completely, or ride a bike, or take a bus, or invest in a hybrid car. Not pumping gas on one day will make absolutely no difference.
edit: read this: http://www.snopes.com/politics/gasoline/nogas.asp[/QUOTE]
you stole my words :-p
some of us cant just ride a bike to all of our destinations. i live in a town where literally i live 45 minutes from everywhere. i cant move because i dont have a job and cant afford a place of my own, (which would probably go to gas money anyway with how pay works) and buses dont come out to my area.
there should be monorails or something.
.....and yes, bush should be impeached, i dont know why he isnt. i never keep track of politics but im sure theres some stupid reason we 'shouldnt'. supposedly one of the candadates for the next election is investigating the gas prices, but i dont believe it. someone should though.
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Lester Burnham wrote: [/QUOTENAME] edit: read this: http://www.snopes.com/politics/gasoline/nogas.asp
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What made the most impact on me from everything said on that page is how a day-long 'boycott' of gasoline would hurt not the big oil companies, but the individual service station owner.
If anything, I think we need to support our local merchants. While this might seem like a worthwhile statement, I have to agree that it would only serve to hurt the guy at the end of the line who's only trying to make a living.
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What made the most impact on me from everything said on that page is how a day-long 'boycott' of gasoline would hurt not the big oil companies, but the individual service station owner.
If anything, I think we need to support our local merchants. While this might seem like a worthwhile statement, I have to agree that it would only serve to hurt the guy at the end of the line who's only trying to make a living.
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]magicalfreddiemercury wrote: [/QUOTENAME][QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Lisser wrote: [/QUOTENAME][QUOTE][QUOTENAME]<b><font color = "crimson"> ThomasQuinn wrote: [/QUOTENAME]You should also realize that this is to do with the WAR, mainly. Get up and protest your president instead.[/QUOTE]
Gas has been going up consistently in America since 9/11. All the oil companies, the travel industry, everyone used 9/11 as an excuse to raise prices. [/QUOTE]
And the oil companies still proudly announce record profits, quarter after quarter after quarter...[/QUOTE]
Exactly. Mother F'ing exactly.
Gas has been going up consistently in America since 9/11. All the oil companies, the travel industry, everyone used 9/11 as an excuse to raise prices. [/QUOTE]
And the oil companies still proudly announce record profits, quarter after quarter after quarter...[/QUOTE]
Exactly. Mother F'ing exactly.
**shakes her head** When is this crap going to stop?
These one day gas outs, as mentioned before, do absolutely NOTHING, except hurt the owner of the station, who is held by the oil companies as to how little he can charge for gas. A one day gas out just means people fill up the day of or the day after. For there to be a substantial impact on Big Oil, there would have to be at least a three month boycott....and that is never going to happen because of the American mantra that we have cars and drive them, damn it!
And the prices on gasonline, contrary to what people think, aren't tied too closely to the import cost of the oil...it's tied to refining. We haven't built any new refinaries in the US since 1976...Michigan has only one in operation. So, that means we have to import gasoline that is ready for distribution, which means whatever country refined it jacked up the prices.
Why haven't we built any refinaries, which would ease the cost of gas, you ask? Two simple reasons:
1) Profit. Big Oil owns all the refinaries, and it's basic supply and demand. Keep the supply low when demand spikes, you make money. It would be against their best interest to open more refinaries.
2) The Red Tape. Environmentalists scream about the pollution, people in the area complain about the noise and the truck traffic, and because the government is trying to regulate pollution there are so many laws and ordinances that have to be put into place you spend four years just trying to get all the permits and everything in line. Even IF Big Oil was interested (which they aren't) they wouldn't do it because it's too much of a headache.
More refinaries would help the price problem, but since no one wants that (The Environmentalists, the Neighbors, Big Oil) than the only other option is for people to stop driving.
Oh, and before I'm accused of being anti-environment, I'm not. I'm very pro-environment...I just recognized a long time ago that this is a case where people want it both ways. Can't have it that way. Either you've got to quit driving or build more refinaries...you decide.
These one day gas outs, as mentioned before, do absolutely NOTHING, except hurt the owner of the station, who is held by the oil companies as to how little he can charge for gas. A one day gas out just means people fill up the day of or the day after. For there to be a substantial impact on Big Oil, there would have to be at least a three month boycott....and that is never going to happen because of the American mantra that we have cars and drive them, damn it!
And the prices on gasonline, contrary to what people think, aren't tied too closely to the import cost of the oil...it's tied to refining. We haven't built any new refinaries in the US since 1976...Michigan has only one in operation. So, that means we have to import gasoline that is ready for distribution, which means whatever country refined it jacked up the prices.
Why haven't we built any refinaries, which would ease the cost of gas, you ask? Two simple reasons:
1) Profit. Big Oil owns all the refinaries, and it's basic supply and demand. Keep the supply low when demand spikes, you make money. It would be against their best interest to open more refinaries.
2) The Red Tape. Environmentalists scream about the pollution, people in the area complain about the noise and the truck traffic, and because the government is trying to regulate pollution there are so many laws and ordinances that have to be put into place you spend four years just trying to get all the permits and everything in line. Even IF Big Oil was interested (which they aren't) they wouldn't do it because it's too much of a headache.
More refinaries would help the price problem, but since no one wants that (The Environmentalists, the Neighbors, Big Oil) than the only other option is for people to stop driving.
Oh, and before I'm accused of being anti-environment, I'm not. I'm very pro-environment...I just recognized a long time ago that this is a case where people want it both ways. Can't have it that way. Either you've got to quit driving or build more refinaries...you decide.
Oh stop complaining you Americans.
Over here we pay 1,50 euro for a single liter. That would be something like 7 dollars/gallon. Instead of complaining, Americans should start driving more efficient cars. This increase in prices is the only way this can be realized (apparently).
Over here we pay 1,50 euro for a single liter. That would be something like 7 dollars/gallon. Instead of complaining, Americans should start driving more efficient cars. This increase in prices is the only way this can be realized (apparently).