gas day. Do not buy gas on may 15th. to protest the price of gas. last time we did this the price of gas went down 30 cents. Please make sure you have what you need and do not buy gas may 15th.
2007-05-02 09:39:22 · 18 answers · asked by Shelly t 6 in News & Events ➔ Current Events
yes united we stand. The guys pumping the gas don't make squat. I know i pumped gas. 4.50 and hour. and the jack azz ceo gets 1 million per day. Its the working guy doesn't make any money
2007-05-02 12:22:20 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes I got my email about it. Three days ago
> Sent: Friday, April 27, 2007 1:45 PM
> Subject: Don't pump gas on May15th
>
> NO GAS...On May 15th 2007
> Don't pump gas on may 15th
> in April 1997, there was a "gas out" conducted nationwide in protest of
> gas prices.
> Gasoline prices dropped 30 cents a gallon overnight.
> On May 15th 2007, all Internet users are to not go to a gas station in
> protest of
> high gas prices. Gas is now over $3.00 a gallon in most places.
> There are 73,000,000+ American members currently on the Internet
> network, and the average car takes about 30 to 50 dollars to fill up.
> If all users did not go to the pump on the 15th, it would take
> $2,292,000,000.00 (that's almost 3 BILLION) out of the oil
> companies pockets for just one day, so please do not go to the gas
> station on May 15th and lets try to put a dent in the Middle Eastern oil
>
> industry for at least one day.
> If you agree (which I cant see why you wouldn't) resend this to
> all your contact list. With it saying, ''Don't pump gas on May 15th"
>
2007-05-02 10:27:58 · answer #2 · answered by Wonka 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Do you honestly believe that the gas companies were so worried about a tiny portion of the population not buying gas on a certain day, that they called an emergency meeting with the movers and shakers who set the gas prices and formulated a brilliant strategy of lowering the price by 30 cents to somehow lure you folks to buy gas again?.....Please. They did get together alright, they had to figure out what to do with their record profits for the last two quarters.
2007-05-02 10:09:13 · answer #3 · answered by fuuunybone 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No, the last time people did this, gas did not go down 30 cents. Gas is actually planned out 1-2 weeks in advance, sometimes further. So delaying fuel consumption one day will not cause the oil companies to choke on their reserves nor to have a flood of excess gas.
A single day freeze-out of gas, if it were even possible, would amount to around 0.3 % of our fuel consumption at best. But for even that to be accurate, you would have to ignore things like airline fuel consumption (good luck getting the airlines to shut down for a day with anything less than a Presidential order). And since everyone who skipped getting gas on the 15th would just go get it on the 16th, it wouldn't even amount to anything above an odd blip on the radar screen of the oil companies.
To get gas prices down, the demand curve needs to move down or the supply curve needs to move up. Either people need to make actual consumption changes that result in less fuel consumed, thus moving the demand curve down, or the oil producers must supply more oil, pushing the supply curve up. Skipping one day of purchasing fuel won't make a difference.
2007-05-02 09:48:08 · answer #4 · answered by rawrwg 2 · 6⤊ 1⤋
Real smart. Let them know they do not have to work every day of the week to stay in business. Pretty soon you will have gas stations closed one or more days a week. Imagine not being able to buy gas on Tuesdays and Fridays? Think of how much more money the gas industry can make if they do not have work so much and STILL take our money. Showing them they can survive not selling gas one day a month is a big mistake.
2007-05-02 10:10:41 · answer #5 · answered by forgivebutdonotforget911 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Sorry but boycotts NEVER work! Besides, the gas companies will sell a huge amount on the 14th and little on the 15th. That proves and accomplishes nothing. We are still buying gas from those greedy morons!
2007-05-02 10:03:35 · answer #6 · answered by JessicaRabbit 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I think I'll start a survey and see how many people actually think this is a useful exercise. I won't rehash the facts stated by those who point out the futility of this exercise. And I'm sure that the fact that they're right won't sway the uninformed group that believes this nonsense will actually accomplish something. I'd guess that 50% of those support such a boycott are under 25 and therefore have a rather utopian view of how the world works. Let me think about how I'll word my question.
2007-05-02 10:22:29 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
What a load of BS. Doing this doesn't change anything. If the people buy on the 14th or 16th, gas companies still make their money. You want to show a proper boycott, don't ever buy gas again! Find other means of transportation. That's the only way to do it. I'll fill up both my cars on the 15th just to counteract this old wives' tale.
2007-05-02 09:47:28 · answer #8 · answered by vnlathndr775 4 · 6⤊ 2⤋
I stopped driving back in Oct 1989.
I got my first license when gas was about .25 - .30 a gallon and we complained then also aabout the price.
2007-05-02 12:25:39 · answer #9 · answered by Robert W 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
This is a great idea. I would like to see our county no longer dependent on foreign sources for fuel and preferably see us make use of electric cars for our daily in-town driving. I will not buy gas on May 15!
Send emails out to everyone so they can be forwarded. Lots of people don't read Answers.
2007-05-02 09:48:46 · answer #10 · answered by martinmagini 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋