Not buying gas for a day is not going to do anything, besides, people have to go to work. Maybe if nobody bought gas for years it would change things, but not buying gas for one day is the dumbest idea ever, agree?
2007-05-15 03:17:41 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Commuting
Boycott all week and don't drive anywhere you don't HAVE to. I have to drive my little one to school and baseball because he can't walk across town, but I don't have to go see my mom or take any other trips out of town. If we do nothing we change nothing.
2007-05-15 03:23:00 · answer #1 · answered by kyeann 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I kind of agree. Even if EVERYONE participated, this has NO impact on the oil companies or gas stations, because it doesn't change how much gas they sell. All that happens is that people buy their gas a day earlier or a day later. That said, you CAN make a difference. If you really, really want to help lower gas prices, you have to STOP USING GAS. Period. If you are not willing to walk or take the bus more, then you are going to be wasting your time bothering to "boycott" by not buying gas. Changing the day you get gas makes no difference. Snopes.com covered this subject very well. The link is below.
2007-05-15 03:50:06 · answer #2 · answered by Mr. Taco 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
okay this isn't going to work because it does nothing in the way of using less gasoline. Either you are going to by it before today or skip today and buy it tomorrow, either way you are using the same amount of gas and the big companies get their money. The real solution is to use less gasoline and to stop our dependence on the big oil companies, then and only then will the prices come down. I read today that there hasn't been one new oil refinery built in this country since the 70's despite the fact that oil companies have had record earnings forr several years now. It is about greed. It makes me sick that the top few companies, including utilities are out for more money ending the middle class in this country. I feel it is only a matter of time until we have another great depression.
2007-05-15 03:36:34 · answer #3 · answered by michelle R 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I agree. People need gas for what ever reason on a daily basis and it is just unreasonable for the majority to think this has any chance of succeeding. We cannot elect the president of the United States, for Gods' sake. The only way for any kind of boycott to truly work, I think, would be for the gas stations to close for a day. But then again, that won't happen either.
2007-05-15 03:28:11 · answer #4 · answered by I see dumb people 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The only way we’re going to have any impact on demand and price - is to reduce the amount of gasoline consumed per person. The best way to do that is to improve the efficiency of cars on U.S. roads. Not buying gas today won't mean a hill of beans in the grand scheme of things.
I suggest all the 'boycotters' read this article:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18492185/page/2/
2007-05-15 03:39:15 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
anything done to try and get the gas prices down are worth the shot.
The premise of not buying gas today is to put a dent in the oil industry. there is no reason for prices to be so high.
The "no gas on the 15th" has been the talks for weeks. I am sure that people who has to go to work would have filled up over the weekend, or maybe yesterday.
DUH
2007-05-15 03:23:08 · answer #6 · answered by Honeyluv 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
the last time there was a sucessful boycott of gas for 1 day, the price of gas went down 30 cents the next day. Don't think we as consumers can't make a difference!
2007-05-15 03:27:21 · answer #7 · answered by Daybreak 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I'm not buying gas.... I have my classic truck sitting in the garage... cars in the driveway. Pedal bike is oiled up and ready to go though, backpack filled with bottles, I think I'm ready to go to the store. Gas at 3.29 a gallon. Too broke to drive to work....
2007-05-15 03:26:31 · answer #8 · answered by GuitarJammer 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It makes no difference which day you purchase your gasoline. yet once you prefer to do some thing functional; keep away from burning gasoline on at some point each and each week. you may fairly much easily shrink the time-honored volume of gasoline you're burning. If many human beings did this the help interior the quantity of gasoline being burned might save human beings funds, save the cost from increasing as quickly, shrink time-honored intake of ability, help our environment, shrink our dependence on distant places oil, and advance our stability of money subject.
2017-01-09 21:46:44 · answer #9 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Agree
2007-05-15 04:00:58 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I wanna know who thought up this idea? And Im not buying gas todya cuz I dont need any and won't need anymore until the weekend
2007-05-15 06:59:51 · answer #11 · answered by MedTq367 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋