what?....you mean the gas ban yesterday didnt put exxon out of business?

Question

you dopes

Answer 1

people fail to realize that not everyone needs gas every day, and that those who skip for one day will only get it the next day, or the day before. the gas companies would never be so stupid to fall for a ridiculous concept like this. even "we'll only buy from company A, and never from company B" (ie only buying, say, sunoco gas, or boycotting exxon/mobil) won't work, as the rising increase of the ones people DO buy from will only require them to purchase gas from the ones they won't (yes, gas companies do buy gas from each other's refineries).

if people want gas prices to go down, or want to clean up the environment, ride a bike. or walk. idiots.

Answer 2

The best way to drop gas prices is to tell the government to stop regulating refineries, to eliminate the gas tax (which is usually between 40-50 cents, depending on your state), and stop fooling around in the Middle East (of course, that would be a good way to make us safer as well).

A gas boycott is not going to have any positive results. If we force gas prices down without helping the gas companies cut costs, we are going to cause a shortage. If we stick "windfall profit" taxes on the oil industry, we are going to raise prices even more.

Exxon's profits are not the problem. The problem is that we've let the government run Exxon's costs through the roof. We can change that with a popular campaign demanding that the government keep its hands off the oil industry.

Answer 3

Even if everyone were to not buy gas for one day, it wouldn't make a dent in gas prices. If everyone is so caught up and bent out of shape regarding gas prices, everyone should start taking alternative transportation to where they need to go. That would be the first step, then they would need to continue the trend until the oil companies recognized a reduce in profits (which would take at least a quarter of the year).

It doesn't help that people are still willing to pay these prices either.

Answer 4

That idea was too short term to be successful. Think long term. Cut down on the trips to the store for one thing -- do without for a day or two. Plan circuits to complete necessary errands. Carpool. Don't drive to a vacation destination. Stop all unnecessary trips anywhere! If half of us actually did this, then it would have an impact. Drop use by a few percentage points and the price will go down.

Answer 5

Here's a better way to go about it, although I'm not sure how to organize it. Get everyone to start slowly buying stock in oil companies. Even if 100,000 people only buy 10 shares each over a year it will add up. Then next year, wake up early in the morning on the same day and sell them all first thing. They may not care about a scattered boycott, but they'll pay attention to a dip in their stock value!

Answer 6

I don't know why people want to try to hurt the oil companies, they don't set the price of gas. Oil/gas are commodities traded on the open market, just like orange juice or wheat. The price is what the market says it is, the oil companies have nothing to do with it. Nobody gets mad at the ketchup producers when ketchup gets expensive, or coffee producers, but let it be oil and joe-six-pack is up in arms. Fools.

Answer 7

Ha, agreed. So people bought gas the day before or the day after. They still made their sales at the end of the week. Gas prices are high due to lack of refineries and high demand. A boycott only raises the prices in the long run because lost revenue impedes the building of new refineries.

Answer 8

At least they got involved in attempting to change their world rather than just sitting on YAnswers like the rest of us.

The real impact on the oil companies as well as the environment would be for each of us to do things like carpool, combine our errands to one trip, etc. But I guess it will take really hard times before we get a conscience.

Answer 9

anyone that actually participated in that obviously didnt have an education. Oil is a global market and U.S companies sell oil in other countries besides the U.S. Countries that by the way did not participate in such a stupid idea.

Take a basic business/ economics course before you organize a pitiful little protest like this again.

Answer 10

gas bans never work... you dont fill up on gas everyday so it doesnt affect the gas companys.. you most be the dope