Are you participating on May 15 by not buying any gas for the whole day?

Question

Because of the rise in gas prices we decided not to buy gas for one day about $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 let's try to put a dent in the Middle Eastern oil industry for at least one day.

Answer 1

Good luck on getting that to work.

Answer 2

If you believe that the oil companies are gouging us, then here is a perfect opportunity for them to do so even more.

A smart oil executive will realize that if no one is buying gas on the 15th, then those who would ordinarily fill up on the 15th will either do so on the 14th, or maybe stretch it to the 16th.

So what if on the 16th, prices suddenly go up a dime a gallon? Those who were stretching to make it to the 16th are now forced to pay an even higher price.

Say 10 million people who would normally fill up on the 15th decide not to do so. Let's say 5 million of those decide they can wait until the 16th. Say average fill up is 15 gallons. So on the 16th, if the oil companies all go in cahoots with one another and raise prices a dime a gallon, they'd make an extra $7,500,000 off of this stupid protest.

That's what I'd do if I were an evil oil executive. If I can figure it out, I'm sure the smart executives can too. Maybe they are actually the ones promoting this worthless protest to gouge us even more??? And the best part is, they get the useful idiots like yourself who think this protest is a good idea to promote it for them.

Wow! What a conspiracy!

Answer 3

Bull.

1. There was no nationwide "gas out" in 1997. There was one in 1999, but it didn't cause gas prices to drop 30 cents per gallon overnight. In fact, it didn't cause them to drop at all. Despite the popularity of the email campaign, the event itself attracted scant participation and was completely ineffectual.

2. There are over 205 million Internet users in the United States, far more than the 73 million claimed.

3. If, say, a hundred million drivers refused en masse to fill up their tanks on May 15, the total of what they didn't spend could amount to as much as $3 billion. However, it doesn't follow that such a boycott would actually decrease oil companies' revenues by that amount, given that the average sales of gasoline across the entire U.S. is under $1 billion per day in the first place.

4. Whether the total impact was a half-billion, 3 billion, or 10 billion dollars, the sales missed due to a one-day consumer boycott wouldn't hurt the oil companies one bit. Think about it. Every single American who doesn't buy gas on Tuesday is still going to have to fill up their tank on Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday, making up for Tuesday's losses. Sales for the whole week would be normal, or very close to it.

A meaningful boycott would entail participants actually consuming less fuel -- and doing so in a sustained, disciplined fashion over a defined period of time -- not just choosing to wait a day or two before filling up as usual.

Answer 4

Yes, I will not buy gasoline on 15 May. At best, it will register only as a mild protest; Big Oil knows that people need to buy, or they can't go to work, go to school, buy their groceries, or what ever.

The problem is, this also means that the local people who own the gasoline station where people buy will experience a decline in their income. It isn't their fault that Big Oil raises the prices.

Another consideration: people should stop driving gas-guzzlers, stop making unnecessary trips, stop running around in ATV's and other sport-recreation vehicles. They should walk whenever they can, or take public transportation or ride a bicycle. Even "combining" trips helps; that is, do as much shopping, bill paying, etc., in one trip instead of making several trips.

Answer 5

No. that is unnecessary. It not efficient. It would not artwork. It hasn't ever worked. "a million. there develop into no nationwide "gasoline out" in 1997. there develop into one in 1999, besides the indisputable fact that it did not reason gasoline prices to drop 30 cents per gallon in one day. in reality, it did not lead them to drop in any respect. regardless of the popularity of the e-mail marketing campaign, the shape itself attracted scant participation and develop into thoroughly ineffectual. 2. There are over 205 million internet shoppers contained in the USA, a thoughts better than the seventy 3 million claimed. 3. If, say, 100 million drivers refused en masse to proper off their tanks on might want to 15, the completed of what they did not spend might want to volume to as a lot as $3 billion. besides the indisputable fact that, it would not follow that the kind of boycott might want to really shrink oil businesses' sales through that volume, on condition that the perfect sales of gas by the completed U.S. is less than $a million billion per day contained in the first position. 4. no matter if the completed outcome develop right into a nil.5-billion, 3 billion, or 10 billion money, the sales neglected by using a one-day customer boycott would not damage the oil businesses one bit. imagine about it. each American who would not purchase gasoline on Tuesday continues to be going to ought to proper off their tank on Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday, making up for Tuesday's losses. sales for the completed week might want to be time-honored, or very close to to it. A significant boycott might want to entail members really ingesting a lot less gasoline -- and doing so in a sustained, disciplined style over a defined era of time -- not merely determining on to attend an afternoon or 2 beforehand filling up as regular."

Answer 6

Yes, let's all go fill up our cars on May 14th, so we won't have to on May 15th.

Answer 7

YES!!!!!! Everyone should