To help move along the gas-lowering-plan, America is supposed to boycott the purchasing of gasoline on Friday, May 11. Please buy you gas the day before so that you will not have to purchase any on this Friday. Pass along the word. Everyones help is needed here. Post if you plan to help out! 8oP
2007-05-09 16:10:30 · 9 answers · asked by LovemyBebe 4 in Business & Finance ➔ Careers & Employment ➔ Other - Careers & Employment
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2007-05-09 16:18:34 · answer #1 · answered by (A) 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This concept could work, but it won't for a variety of reasons. For one, even if you boycott gas what will happen is that people who commit to this sort of superstition will either purchase gas the day before or after the boycott. Two, alot of people simply won't do it for their own sake.Three, the potential backlash in all this is that prices could go up even at a higher pace than projected to make up for lost revenue as a consequence. Four, simply put it, gas is a staple much like food and water and the general public heavily relies on it to sustain everyday living.
While the logical choices as far as reducing consumption would be to either drive less or don't fully blast the A/C during times of heavy traffic, the problem is, is that people to this very day are still buying and driving gas-guzzling type of vehicles and as a result the supply can't keep up with the demand. We as American people can make better choices as far as choosing more fuel efficient type of vehicles to drive or to get around altogether, but the problem is, is that many people sit on their hands expecting the government to come through and save the day when historically that has never really worked. A one day boycott is not going to be of any long-term solution and changes by the overall public has to made long-term starting with reassessing ourselves and breaking counterproductive habits.
2007-05-10 00:33:04 · answer #2 · answered by Josha S 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is a crock! So don't buy gas on Friday so everyone can line up on Saturday for it doesn't make a whole lot of sense. These so called gas boycotts are the stupidest thing and are completely ineffective.
Call your congressman, senator, state politicians, etc. and tell them that you are pissed about gas prices and if enough people were to do that, you might get a response. But for goodness sakes, stop with this gas boycott nonsense already.
2007-05-09 23:19:30 · answer #3 · answered by John Y 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, these one day boycotts are ineffective. If we want to see prices drop, then we must reduce our consumption. One of the interesting things during this recent price increase is that we Americans are pretty much using the same level of gasoline. With production levels the lowest in several decades, this just drives the price up even more. One thing I do to reduce gas consumption is to use a catalytic additive. It improves gas mileage and saves me money. But there are many ways we can reduce, car pool, use a bicycle, etc.
2007-05-09 23:18:29 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
The whole idea is absurd. Buying gas the day before or after is still buying gas. So if you want to make a statement, ride the bus for a month and leave the car in the garage for every single thing from work to going to the store to going to dinner.
2007-05-13 01:42:01 · answer #5 · answered by banananose_89117 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree with the first responder, but I plan to follow the boycott anyway.
The best way to drop the price of fuel, is to save the initial resource.
Ask GM why they killed the EV1...
I will no longer support GM or any of its dealers, simply because of what they did to C.A.R.B and the EV1.
I am on the verge of telling Ford and Chrysler to Kiss my *** also. Each of the U.S. makers have the ability to put out a reliable and desireable electric vehicle, and yet they refuse to let go of the antiquated business practices from the '30's.
Even if the "big 3" decided to not pursue alt. means, they can still design the engines for 4X the fuel mileage that we have now.
My questions for GM and any others is simply "Why do you wonder why you're losing market share to the imports?" and
"why complain about it?"
Considering that they have not supported the American people, Why should we support them?
2007-05-09 23:28:15 · answer #6 · answered by wi_saint 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bottom line is that ultimately gasoline is a neccessity in our culture, so boycotting it for one day is not going to be effective, or even matter if everyone fills up the day before in order to do this! A sale is a sale, doesn't matter what day it occurs on. This is not truly an effective boycott
2007-05-09 23:19:51 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
So if you buy the same amount of gas, only buy it a day early, you actually think this will make a difference. Not much of a mathematician, are ya?
2007-05-09 23:23:54 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, it's a stupid idea.
2007-05-09 23:18:42 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋