Are still going to get gas on the 15th of May?

Question

The 15th day of May they are going to protest and not get gas, last year it was done and gas prices went down 30 cents over night because so many people went with out getting gas. I'm going to, thats for sure gas is over $3.00 a gallon. Please Help!!!

Answer 1

I'm down with it and I'm telling everyone I know. No gas on May 15th. I also wish we could stand together and boycott the gas companies. That is, boycott BP for a month, then boycott another gas company, and so on!

Answer 2

You have to boycott companies, like exxon/mobil and all gas stations linked to them. That will make a diff if everybody did that. Last year it did NOT drop at all, where do you get the 30 cent a gallon thing? If that was true we'd do it every month on the 15th or something. Not buying for one day doesn't change the weeks profits, you fill up a day early or later but still consume the same. The ONLY way it can make a diff is if everybody stayed home and no gas was consumed, then you truly skipped a day on gas.

Answer 3

It's a useless protest. Here's why:
The myth: A one-day national gasoline boycott in 1997 was so effective, prices dropped 30 cents a gallon overnight.

The pitch: "Don't pump gas on May 15."

The reality: An e-mail now in wide circulation has the year of the first gas boycott wrong: It was in 1999. And it was largely a bust: Few areas reported a substantial decline in sales and prices didn't drop.

Consumer advice: If gas sales were to fall during a one-day boycott, they probably would be better than ever the next day. The only effective way to curb on gas prices would be a long-term, nationwide conservation effort, experts say.

Final word: The 1999 boycott had no lasting effect. The average nationwide price for a gallon of regular back then was $1.17.

Answer 4

Boycotting the oil companies for a day won't produce any long-lasting result. It might get the price lowered for a week or two, but the oil companies will simply inch up the prices a little bit more to make up for any losses they incurred on May 15th. By mid-summer, we'll pay $4.00 a gallon.
The oil companies know we're dependent on gasoline, and they know that even the most ardent protesters will fill up on May 14th if they'll need gas on the 15th.
Now, if a national boycott could be organized for a month or more, THAT would have an impact - but few motorists are going to go without their gas-guzzling SUVs for that long. We're 'hooked' - and those 'drug dealers' that refine America's OIL know it! -RKO- 05/08/07

Answer 5

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.

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

Answer 6

I will be buying gas on the 15th as this protest will not help gas prices at all because people will either fill up on the 14th or the 16th. The only way this would work is if people were actually driving less rather than just skipping filling up their tank for one day.

Answer 7

The gesture is futile and is directed at the wrong people. The gas prices are so high due to market conditions created by goverment agencies who overstep their Constitutional authority. If we want oil prices to come down, we have to let the oil companies do their job, which the government will not allow them to do. We need to use our domestic supply of oil which the government has made impossible. We need more refineries to be built to help keep up with the ever increasing demand for fuel. No refineries have been built in 30 years due to stupid government interference. Any time you limit someones ability to produce a product that is in very high demand, like gas, there will be shortages and a resultant increase in price. Even still, the oil companies are subject to market conditions like everyone else is. Gas and other fuels are bought and sold on commodities markets.
While it is true that if everyone stopped buying fuel, the price would naturally come down because the demand has come down. If the American people were knowledgable about basic economic truths, there would be no silly gas boycotts. They would understand that the politicians who make political hay out of excoriating big oil companies are the very ones to blame for the high fuel prices to begin with by their insane regulatory policies that have this country on the brink of ruin.
Oh Americans! Please open your eyes to the truth! Big government is to blame for these high gas prices, NOT big oil! The oil companies do a great job and they could do an even greater job (as we ALL could) if unfettered by runaway BIG GOVERNMENT!

As for me, I plan on fueling up on the 15th the same as every day.

What a delight it would be to see more Americans looking at their Constitution and figuring out who the bad guys really are in this country. We would send Constitutional Patriots to Washington instead of the charlatans we now send. Do a google search and read about such men as Ron Paul. If we had a Congress and Executive and Judicial branch filled with men like Ron Paul, America would not be in war, there would have been no 9/11, there would have been no Oklahoma City bombing, there would be no gas prices at $3.359+ per gallon and there would be very little unemployment and we wouldn't see our jobs disappearing over our borders.

Do you want high fuel prices and a continuation of the deterioration of America? Just keep listening to the people who create the problems and keep boycotting big oil and keep on ignoring the real problem: Big Government.

Answer 8

This has to be the lamest idea yet. Do you realize that you'll only need to buy MORE gas the next day?
Now, if everyone were to boycott a single oil company like Exxon/Mobil for the rest of the summer, that might work.
Here's a even better idea: use less gas! That's right, get rid of your gas-guzzler and buy a Prius or something similar.
Less demand = lower price.

Answer 9

Dee, to effectively "get them in the pockets" you would need to have a large number of people (100,000 or more) to not purchase gas for weeks! Not getting gas for ONE day won't make a difference no matter how many people don't do it. You'll just get gas the day before or the day after so how in the world would it make them any difference?

As for me, if I need gas on the 15th I'll buy it.

Answer 10

Yes, because not pumping gas for one day does not do a thing.

Think about it: These companies do not collect profits on a daily basis. So you don't pump gas for one day, but everybody fills up the day before hand, or the day after. Ultimately this doesn't make a difference! It's a great try, but if you really want to be effective you have to not use as much gas all the time!!! Walk where you can, don't drive anywhere unnecessary, and purchase more fuel efficient vehicles.