did the may 15 gas strike work?

Answer 1

No! And I didn't believe it would work either. We have become so dependent on gas in the U.S. that even if we could collectively control our demand one day, we would fill up our tanks with a vengeance the next day (or have already done it the previous day), since we all have to carry on with our day-to-day chores. And we DRIVE to do most everything in most parts of the U.S., unlike in other countries (and New York City and a handful of other metros in the U.S.) where they use the subway, bus, bike or walk to work.

I analyzed prices at gasprice.com before and after the strike and except for a very slight drop in San Diego, CA, where the prices were already sky high, prices in 16 other states increased by an average of 14c/gallon after the strike, from 5c/gallon in Connecticut to 22c/gallon in Tennessee. Personally, I believe the best way to bring prices down is to continue to fill up ONLY at the lowest-priced stations in your neighborhood by doing some comparison-shopping first. Over time, the other high-priced stations would watch and be forced to bring their prices down to stay in business.

Answer 2

NO!!! Look, wether you buy your gas two days earlier or a week later, or on May 15, the amount of gasoline you use is determined by your driving habit. We are not going to hurt the dealer, the big oil companies, or the refinery, until we change our habits. I have bought a 150 cc motor cycle, and fill a 5 gal. container to fuel at home. It saves me hundreds over my Ford Explorer. I used maybe the 5 gals. a month, so $18 maybe? I also top of the explorer as price goes up, and wait as the price comes down, hoping at that time to get better prices. If you can, shop at the Costcos and Sams for the best price, avoid the Chevrons that add 10 cents in our area. And check out www.gasprice.com for the area you live in.
The bad news is that some day when you need heart medications, the Rx companies will see what the Oil companies did for profit, and will charge us $400 a pill to live. Will you buy it?

Answer 3

Nope. Not at all. People just top off their tanks the day before and went to fill up May 16th. May 15th may have lower gas sales, but, increase sales from May 14th and May 16th even it out. Gas strikes don't work and did not even put oil companies a dent in their profits at all. What will work, however, is less and less dependency on oil in the long run. Without the demand, oil companies will then lose money, if that is our goal.

Answer 4

I don't know. Seems prices are still going up. I think it's probably going to take alot more than just a day of not buying gas or oil products. As suggested by another person on answers, a month of really cutting down might make a difference.

Answer 5

not unless it was supposed to make gas prices go up. and to have a gas strike t would have to be for more than a day before the company's really saw any effects from it and then the prices would go up even higher because they would be losing money.

Answer 6

Snopes is the best place I have found to debunk emails, internet hoaxes and therories.

No the strike did not work. See the link below.

http://www.snopes.com/politics/gasoline/nogas.asp

Answer 7

Get the cops out on the freeways and start slowing people down...came back to Milwaukee from North Carolina and so many trucks and SUV's are doing 80-85 mph. Some people don't care what price it is...so long as they can get it, they'll buy it. High speed = high fuel consumption.
It's back to carpooling again..........

Answer 8

doesn't look like it. maybe if it was supposed to make the prices jump 30 cents.

Answer 9

no okc's gas price is $3.30 and still going up