I got an Email saying don't buy gas on May 15. Do you think it will affect the Gas Companies at all?

Question

Sounds like a good idea but will it work. and why isn't more well known

THE ONLY STUPID ? IS THE UNASKED QUESTION THAT IS Y ANYTHONY WILL REMAIN STUPID.

Broham as much as i agree with the stay at home idea, I think would hurt the american economy worse than the gas price already are.

Answer 1

Yes,if everyone does it. I would fill up before May 14 though as you may get caught waiting in a line that day.

Answer 2

No.

The reason:


The way the gas prices are climing are a planned process.

Step Result

1. People complain to the politicians
2. The politicians start getting overloaded with complaints
3. The politicians start saying they will investigate
4. The prices drop to .40 higher then the last low
5. The price stays stable for a short span of time.
6. Some event like a spill, or explosion, or OPEC nations reducing output initiates the price climb.
7. The price keeps rising, breaking the last high.
8. the cycle goes back to step 1.


Only one thing can break this cycle. Buy diesel powered vehicles, and start switching to Bio-Diesel fuel. the oil industry does not control any part of Bio-Diesel and that is why there is a push to find a more exotic alternate fuel. Switch to a bicycle or horseback when ever possible.

Answer 3

If you want to do something that will make a difference in big oil projected profits for the year, STAY HOME MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND!!! If you stay home instead of doing EXTRA travel for the weekend, it will make a difference on the bottom line and it will send the message. As many have said, one day won't make a difference because everyone will fill up the day before/after the 15th. A holiday weekend of lost profits will be noticed. If you want to make a difference, do it this one time, one holiday weekend of your entire lifetime, this is your chance...spread the word. Thanks.
EDIT: While it may in some ways hurt the economy, we need to realize two things...1) the high fuel prices are also hurting the economy and 2) we are all contributing to the problem by using oil. The gov't, car co's, and oil co's are not going to solve the problem, only the people themselves will. We need to get alternatives such as E100 (100% ethanol) or biodiesel into place immediately. If America can work together on Memorial weekend, then we know we can also begin to solve this fuel issue together as well.

Answer 4

I'm a little late reading this, but my answer is still the same. Not buying gas for one day will have little or no effect. The same amount of gas will still be sold, just on different days. One answer said buy only the gas you need. $5 a day. What's the difference between buying $5 a day and $35 a week. Same amount of gas used. The ONLY way to control gas prices is to use less. I drive 1000 miles a week for my job. I drive no more than 65 mph. EVERYONE passes me at 70-80 maybe faster. THAT is a big waste of gas. Try it. Slow down to the speed limit for 1 week. Check the difference in your mileage. For me it's about 2mpg. That's 10%. Makes the price of gas effectively drop by about 30cents. If we all slow to 65, gas use drops. If use drops, supply goes up. If supply goes up, prices go down. It's never going to happen though because people want lower prices without sacrificing anything. Grow up. We hold the power. USE IT.

Answer 5

yess ... they'll choke on thier stocks, if every car/truck used an average of only 10 gallons a fill, and if there was 100 cars that filled up, thats 1,000 Gallons per gas station NATION wide that will not get pumped that day. furthermore that will put off shipping fuel to thse stations for a day or two, thus causing a muti million or billion LOSS. 1,000 gallons times an average of the fuel stations across the nation a few million gallons??? I thnk these numbers are VERY generous too,
stick that gas pump where the sun don't shine for gouging us with a gas hike before a long weekend. Like it would happen any other time.
Did you know that ON AVERAGE americans pay 60 cents a gallon to much>?

ON THAT SAME NOTE

if you fill up on the 14 you are just driving sales up for that day. You will have to get that same amount of gas at any other date,... if you want to make any kind of difference get a fuel efficient car, Gas is going up not because of a shortage, because the government taxes it to sh*t so you will use less, Gas will hit record highs if you like it or not, remember as gas goes up so does everything else, transportations costs are added and factored into everything you buy. the HYBRID you buy to help save the environment cost fuel to build, transport, test etc. get what you need while you can.

Answer 6

While I appreciate the attention the act of not purchasing gas on May 15th will bring, I believe this would be more effective:

What if everyone who uses gasoline, only purchased what they needed, every time they use their car. So, for me, that would be $5 per day to get to and from work.

The theory: When you are filling your gas tank, you are paying in advance for the option of storing the gasoline for future use. Why not let the supply build up in the many levels of distribution between the refinery and the gas station? Let them store the gas.

The entire chain of the distribution process would go mad, because the process is lengthy.

I will not fill my tank ever again. I will let someone else store the gas that I might use next week. The inconvenience is not that great, but the outcome could be positive. I am willing to give it a try.

Answer 7

I got a text message saying this...it said not to buy gas on may 15 because in 1997 they did this and the gas companies lost like 2 billions dollars profit and the next day it went down 30 cents..and i'm planning on not buying any lol

Answer 8

I got the same email. In the email I received, it said that sometime in the 90's the same boycott occured. According to the email, gas companies started to lose so much money that they decided to cut gas prices by about a dollar. Who knows if it will work this time?

Answer 9

I received the same e-mail and no one that I know is buying gas on that day. It will cost the gas companies 3 billion dollars if everyone who uses that Internet does not buy gas on May 15.

Answer 10

This old urban legend gets passed around every time the price of gas hits a milestone high. There is no truth to it, and even if you did it, it wouldn't matter to the oil companies. You would only be hurting your local convenience store owners.