Please do not pump gas on May 15th?

Question

Do not pump gas on May 15th. I had seen other people posting the same thing, let's do it and see what happens. just pass it on.

Answer 1

We know that one day will make very little to no impact. I am proposing that people stay home this Memorial Day Weekend!!! This calls for not using EXTRA fuel for holiday travel the ENTIRE WEEKEND which in turn cuts into oil co's projected profits. This sends the message. We also need to get into alternatives such as 100% ethanol, the system used in Brazil, no oil needed! If you want to make a stand this is how it must be done to get results. So spread the word, STAY HOME MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND!!!

Answer 2

Yeah because one day of revenue will actually make a difference. Considering: 1. The gas stations have paid for this gas, or a bar minimum are going to be invoiced at a certain price. 2. The oil companies get their money from so many sources. Do you really think that companies so large would not be diverse enough to ensure that these Blips would be mere inconvenience, rather than business shaking event 3. Think about your stupid idea. North American is so reliant on Fuel that instead of lowering prices, the gas companies could jack up the price by 20 cent (or more) just because demand will have increased; because millions of people didn't fill up one day, and will have to do it the next day. Stupid morons, that think this could actually work. Why don't you try something more impactful: 1. Ride a bike to work for a week - thus taking a weeks worth of gas consumption out of the equation 2. Buy a hybrid - again lower your gas consumption 3. Take public transit - hmm look at that lowering gas consumption 4. Move to the mountains, and come up with some good ideas!

Answer 3

Like I sain in another answer It might sound like a good idea, however if you read the whole email it says ..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 let's try to put a dent in the Middle Eastern oil industry for at least one day.

If you agree (which I can't see why you wouldn't) resend this to all your contact list. With it saying, ''Don't pump gas on May 15th"
The thing is in 1997 the gas prices were below $1.50 a gallon so why would there be a gas out then. I don't think it will help. the only thing that will help is to get Bush out of office

Answer 4

Thank you for posting the info. The message must ought to be passed on to friends community as fast as possible. But it's not avoiding the pumping of gas that matters. It's a day of avoiding the use of gas that matters. If you can, apply for the day off and stay at home! A day with the majority of the population, avoiding the burn up of gas, is what will affect the oil industry.

Answer 5

http://www.snopes.com/politics/gasoline/nogas.asp

Claim: Participating in one-day boycott of gasoline on May 15 will help lower gas prices.

Status: FALSE.

This year's e-mails (proposing a one-day "gas out" in May 2007) is yet another recasting of similar messages that have been circulating since 1999. All of them are reminders that "protest" schemes that don't cost the participants any inconvenience, hardship, or money remain the most popular, despite their ineffectiveness. A one-day "gas out" was proposed in 1999, and a three-day-long event was called for in 2000, but both drew little active participation and had no real effect on retail gasoline prices.

The premise behind all these messages is inherently flawed, because consumers' not buying gasoline on one particular day doesn't affect oil companies at all. The "gas out" scheme doesn't call upon people to use less gasoline, but simply to shift their date of purchase and buy gas a day earlier or later than they usually would The very same amount of gasoline is sold either way, so oil companies don't lose any money.

By definition, a boycott involves the doing without of something, with the renunciation of the boycotted product held up as tangible proof to those who supply the commodity that consumers are prepared to do without it unless changes are made. What the "gas out" calls for isn't consumers' swearing off using or buying gasoline, even for a short time, but simply shifting their purchases by a couple of days at most. Because the "gas out" doesn't call on consumers to make a sacrifice by actually giving up something, the threat it poses is a hollow one.

Not buying gas on a designated day may make people feel a bit better about things by providing them a chance to vent their anger at higher gasoline prices, but the action won't have any real impact on retail prices. An effective protest would involve something like organizing people to forswear the use of their cars on specified days, an act that could effectively demonstrate the reality of the threat that if gasoline prices stayed high, American consumers were prepared to move to carpooling and public transportation for the long term. Simply changing the day one buys gas, however, imparts no such threat, because nothing is being done without.

Moreover, the primary potential effect of the type of boycott proposed in the "gas out" messages is to hurt those at the very end of the oil-to-gasoline chain: the independent service station operators, who have the least say in setting gasoline prices. (Independents are at the mercy of a very volatile oil market and operate on thin profit margins, and even a single day's disruption of supply or demand can wipe out many days' worth of hard-earned profits.) As such, the "gas out" is a punch on the nose delivered to the wrong person.

Answer 6

How does this, in any way, address the deeper problem of our over-reliance on petroleum?

At this point in time, it's nearly as idiotic as boycotting food. What is the average person going to do? Not all cities have an infrastructure that supports other forms of transit. I sure as hell know mine doesn't.

Right now, they're holding us hostage-- they can charge whatever they want (to a degree) and we can't do anything about it unless we make alternative forms of energy penetrate the market further. A temporary "gas-out" solves nothing.

Answer 7

OK, so business doubles on the 14th and 16th, when people fill up? Doesn't make sense. The only thing that would work would be to get people to commit to public transportation for one day, so they wouldn't use the gas for their own cars, but no one wants to be inconvenienced.

Answer 8

Waste of internet resources.

Please tell us you have better things to do.

What goes isn't bought in the 15th will be bought on the 14th or 16th.

Answer 9

Bottled water from a convience store is around $6.00 a gallon..Should we also not drink water??

Answer 10

It won't make a damn difference. The idiots promoting this whole idea need to be punched in the face.