I just got this forward that there will be a protest regarding the gas prices on May 15th. No one is to purchase gas on this day. If people comply, then the oil industry will lose up to 2 billion dollars. What do you guys think? Is anyone sick of paying 3 dollars and then some for gas? I think we should do it.
2007-05-04 08:33:27 · 11 answers · asked by Summer 5 in News & Events ➔ Other - News & Events
this wont work. they'll make up the money from you guys filling up your tank on may 14 so you don't have to get gas on the 15th or they'll make the money on the 16th when you have to refill your tank from all the driving you did on may 15th. you cant boycott something once a year and expect it to work. you have to be persistent.
2007-05-04 10:54:11 · answer #1 · answered by madman8718 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Been debated since 2002; Never worked and never can. What you don't buy 15th you'll need the 16th.
Spend the day getting a tune up so the car you do drive uses less gas and creates less pollution; make a real difference.
Urban legend from a failed boycot in 2002 from one that didn't work in 97
Comments: Wrong, wrong, wrong.
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.
Source(s):
http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/governm...
2007-05-04 15:37:48 · answer #2 · answered by wizjp 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
A one-day boycott won't make any difference. Even the people who supposedly support such a boycott will 'cheat' and buy gas on May 14 (which will offset any losses the oil companies will see on the 15th).
A month-long boycott of gasoline would make a difference, but it's almost impossible to get enough motorists to give up their addiction to gasoline for a whole month. If you could persuade several million people to do it, though, it would have a dramatic impact - and you would see prices at the pump drop immediately. -RKO- 05/04/07
2007-05-04 17:44:38 · answer #3 · answered by -RKO- 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hahaha! BobbyR...I have to admit I love your answer. It's too funny.
I just posted this around the same time you did not bother to look if other posted this as well. But I must admit....this would work if we all rode motorcycles. I just bought one and plan to use it as much as possible to avoid the pumps. If everyone did this...it just might work. It would cost me alot less to ride my harley back and forth to work than to drive my suv. It's not rocket science but if it's true about Kissinger and his agreements with middle eastern countries to pay into our deficite everytime we import their oil...then we are screwed if we try to use our own oil in alaska. The value of the dollar will plumit. So I am confused as to what would help bring down prices without screwing up the economy. I know companies like BP and such are making billions of dollars at this price hike. I think the Government needs to step in and regulate how much they are allowed to play with prices to get thier cut. That is a start.
2007-05-04 17:21:22 · answer #4 · answered by Joanzin 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its a start, But by not filling up on The 15th your only gonna make up for it on the 14th or 16th.
So my suggestion to do is boycott a certain station indefinitely like Mobil or Shell this will force them to cut there prices which will start a chain affect with the others thus bring gas prices down.
2007-05-04 15:40:48 · answer #5 · answered by jon a 2 · 4⤊ 0⤋
It would work better if no one USED gas on that day. They'll just make up for what they didn't buy on one day the next day.
2007-05-04 15:38:49 · answer #6 · answered by tttplttttt 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
there is another post about this. It will not hurt the oil companies...just the gas station owners.
2007-05-04 15:37:00 · answer #7 · answered by timsdca2003 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think we should to but I will bet that more won't than will.I will not buy gas on the 15 of may !!!!!!!
2007-05-04 15:45:44 · answer #8 · answered by sandyjean 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
um, unless someone is going to drive my 100 mile round-trip commute to work, I have no choice but to buy gas :(
2007-05-04 15:36:37 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
gee, the 43 other people who posted this exact same thing are hurt that you didn't respond to them instead of posting a new topic.
I never knew people were so gullible.
2007-05-04 15:36:22 · answer #10 · answered by BobbyR 4 · 0⤊ 4⤋