Send a Message to the Oil Companies

If we stop buying, the price comes down. Here’s proof.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080625/ap_on_bi_st…

“The pullback came in response to news from the Energy Department that U.S. supplies of fuel and oil rose more than expected last week. The buildup indicates Americans are balking at higher prices and cutting their use of fuel; a resulting drop in prices could relieve some of the inflationary pressures in the economy.”

http://www.adn.com/anwr/story/414808.html

Check out this report my friend Dave sent me. Its a fair assessment of where ANWAR might become useful. But in the end Oil is a limited resource—Here’s an exerpt.

Anchorage Daily News—By ERIKA BOLSTAD
"Still, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday that the Paris-based International Energy Agency is projecting that worldwide oil supplies will struggle to keep up with demand.

The Journal reported that the IEA is expected to release a report in the fall that says worldwide demand for oil will exceed 116 million barrels a day, up from the current 87 million. Some analysts suggest that the IEA report will spur more interest in previously off-limits domestic prospects."

GAS WAR – an idea that WILL work

This was originally sent by eired Coca Cola executive. It came from one of his engineer buddies who retired from Halliburton. It’s worthy of your consideration.

Join the resistance! I hear we are going to hit close to $4.00 a gallon by summer and it might possibly go higher! Want gasoline prices to come down? We need to take some intelligent, united action. Phillip Hollsworth offered this good idea.

This makes MUCH MORE SENSE than the “don’t buy gas on a certain day” campaign that was going around earlier! The oil companies just laughed at that because they knew we wouldn’t continue to “hurt” ourselves by refusing to buy gas. It was more of an inconvenience to us than it was a problem for them.

BUT, whoever thought of this idea, has come up with a plan that can really work. Please read on and join with us! By now you’re probably thinking gasoline priced at about $1.50 is super cheap. Me too! It is currently $2.79 for regular unleaded in my town.! mp;nb s p; Now that the oil companies and the OPEC nations have conditioned us to think that the cost of a gallon of gas is CHEAP at $1.50 – $1.75, we need to take aggressive action to teach them that BUYERS control the marketplace….. not sellers. With the price of gasoline going up more each day, we consumers need to take action. The only way we are going to see the price of gas come down is if we hit someone in the pocketbook by not purchasing their gas! And, we can do that WITHOUT hurting ourselves. How? Since we all rely on our cars, we can’t just stop buying gas. But we CAN have an impact on gas prices if we a ! ll act together to force a price war.

Here’s the idea:

For the rest of 2007, DON’T purchase ANY gasoline from the two biggest companies (which now are one), EXXON and MOBIL. If they are not selling any gas, they will be inclined to reduce their prices. If they reduce their prices, the other companies will have to follow suit.

But to have an impact, we need to reach literally millions of Exxon and Mobil gas buyers. It’s really simple to do! Now, don’t wimp out at this point…. keep reading and I’ll explain how simple it is to reach millions of people.

I am sending this note to 30 people. If each of us sends it to at least ten more (30 × 10 =3D 300) … and those 300 send it to at least ten more (300 × 10 =3D 3,000)…and so on, by the time the message reaches the sixth group of people, we will have reached over THREE MILLION ;

Again, all you have to do is send this to 10 people. That’s all. (If you don’t understand how we can reach 300 million and all you have to do is send this to 10 people…. Well, let’s face it, you just aren’t a mathematician. But I am, so trust me on this one.)

How long would all that take? If each of us sends this e-mail out to ten more people within one day of receipt, all 300 MILLION people could conceivably be contacted within the next 8 days!!!

I’ll bet you didn’t think you and I had that much potential, did you?

Acting together we can make a difference. If this makes sense to you, please pass this message on. I suggest that we not buy from EXXON/MOBIL UNTIL THEY LOWER THEIR PRICES TO THE $1.30 RANGE AND KEEP THEM DOWN.

Ok, maybe if we augment this so it has people not just forward, but sign up it could have an impact. The problem with just emailing it is visibility. The oil companies might hear that an email is flying around, but without a single place to point to and see the action, it is a thin threat.

I agree… there needs to be a way to capture people’s energy.

Orville, maybe you could try starting your own chain email with a link to the campaign?

Happy 4th, suckers!

http://money.cnn.com/2008/07/02/news/economy/ga…

How about a sale on gas starting tomorrow?

Actually, I think those that stay home will win. I’m the sucker, as I’ll be motoring up the state this weekend, while my wallet will be bleeding. Here’s to the staycation Still, shame on McCain for condemning the vacation.

Here’s the URL for the campaign.

Copy and paste it into your emails when you want to let friends know about the campaign.

http://www.thepoint.com/campaigns/send-a-messag…

Make sure they click the link in the verification email, so their name gets added to the list.