gas prices are getting annoying. and i think it is time to do something. is there any way to get a boycott started?
2007-04-05 10:43:41 · 14 answers · asked by hooah89d 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Civic Participation
There's no way you can boycott gas. What will you do, one day's worth? That won't affect anything. The prices are set by weekly consumption. And I dare you to try and get people to stop buying gas for a week.
The better answer would be to promote e85 (ethanol fuel), basically cutting 85% of our need for oil. When the buyers start setting the price again, we'll see it go down.
2007-04-05 10:56:03 · answer #1 · answered by Burger Boy 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
As everyone else has pretty much stated a boycott on gas will do little good only because Americans will not part with their private modes of transport. Most of us need our cars to get to work to pay the rest of our bills.
That being said it does not stop Americans from boycotting certain oil companies which will cripple those particular companies if done on a mass scale, the downfall is that you'll just be contributing to another which may or may not defeat the purpose of your boycott. Personally I am boycotting Mobil/Exxon and Citgo gas. I have personal reasons for boycotting them and encourage everyone I know to do the same.
Of course Mobil/Exxon and Citgo are of the largest organizations on the planet so my boycott is no more than symbolic unless a much larger percentage of consumers do the same, but it's the principle of the matter.
Good luck on your boycott!
2007-04-06 10:54:29 · answer #2 · answered by Sonoffun1 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
this one would be self evident. Spread the word, make it a cause. Use alternative products.
except of course you can't boycott oil industry. driving isn't necessarily a commodity, any longer. Yet with the high prices on the gas station, that is a boycott in of itself. People don't have the money to do what they would like to do, from fiscal hardship. the gas is used sparingly for most for the necessities of life.
But to start a boycott is to not use the product. And if you find it a cause for boycott the word will get out.
2007-04-05 20:07:38 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Start a web site and Simply print up flyers announcing the dates of your boycott. Pass them out in malls, churches, synogoges and street cornerss. Send the News media your information for contact person and get the backing of your local government officials to participate. It's an election year, they need exposure for causes that concern you
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2016-11-26 21:12:43 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Propaganda is the best method to get the people incited. Then organize a protest rally against the increase of gas prices.
2007-04-06 15:52:12 · answer #6 · answered by FRAGINAL, JTM 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Easy, stop buying and pass the word.
AFA started one against Ford, and its working like a charm.
Look up their site, for why they are boycotting. American Family Assoc.
And good luck!
2007-04-05 18:58:44 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Boycott democrats!!! They're the ones who have stopped us from drilling off our own shores (while cuba drills from the same areas), they're the one making it difficult to drill in Alaska, in New Mexico and elsewhere.
Dude, go where the problems exists!!!
2007-04-05 13:33:21 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Good Luck getting Americans to part with their cars.
2007-04-05 11:38:24 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
what are you going to boycott? gas?
2007-04-05 10:50:09 · answer #10 · answered by monet 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋