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Gas Prices	Petesharky	05/20/04
I am positive that I am posting this in the wrong place but couldn't find a business board that I thought was appropriate. So here goes. I received this email the other day about Gas prices here it is. Any suggestions would be appreciated. YES it is copied and pasted so now that we have that out of the way please continue to read. There is a question at the bottom I promise. IT HAS BEEN CALCULATED THAT IF EVERYONE IN THE UNITED STATES DID NOT PURCHASE A DROP OF GASOLINE FOR ONE DAY AND ALL AT THE SAME TIME, THE OIL COMPANIES WOULD CHOKE ON THEIR STOCKPILES. AT THE SAME TIME IT WOULD HIT THE ENTIRE INDUSTRY WITH A NET LOSS OF OVER 4.6 BILLION DOLLARS WHICH AFFECTS THE BOTTOM LINES OF THE OIL COMPANIES. THEREFORE MAY 19TH HAS BEEN FORMALLY DECLARED "STICK IT UP THEIR behind DAY AND THE PEOPLE OF THIS NATION SHOULD NOT BUY A SINGLE DROP OF GASOLINE THAT DAY. THE ONLY WAY THIS CAN BE DONE IS IF YOU FORWARD THIS E-MAIL TO AS MANY PEOPLE AS YOU CAN AND AS QUICKLY AS YOU CAN TO GET THE WORD OUT. WAITING ON THIS ADMINISTRATION TO STEP IN AND CONTROL THE PRICES IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. WHAT HAPPENED TO THE REDUCTION AND CONTROL IN PRICES THAT THE ARAB NATIONS PROMISED TWO WEEKS AGO? REMEMBER ONE THING, NOT ONLY IS THE PRICE OF GASOLINE GOING UP BUT AT THE SAME TIME AIRLINES ARE FORCED TO RAISE THEIR PRICES, TRUCKING COMPANIES ARE FORCED TO RAISE THEIR PRICES WHICH EFFECTS PRICES ON EVERYTHING THAT IS SHIPPED. THINGS LIKE FOOD, CLOTHING, BUILDING MATERIALS, MEDICAL SUPPLIES ETC. WHO PAYS IN THE END? WE DO! WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. IF THEY DON'T GET THE MESSAGE AFTER ONE DAY, WE WILL DO IT AGAIN AND AGAIN. SO DO YOUR PART AND SPREAD THE WORD. FORWARD THIS EMAIL TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW. MARK YOUR CALENDARS AND MAKE MAY 19TH A DAY THAT THE CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES SAY "ENOUGH IS ENOUGH" To me all this will do is make May 20th pay day for the oil companies. This really won't solve anything except the oil companies will have to wait 1 day before they are raking the cash again. I think a more intelligent idea would be instead of filling up every time you get gas only go half way. If it takes $20 to fill up the tank at $2.00 a gallon only buy $10.00 worth. Yes I know eventually over time this leads to more frequent trips to the gas station and the company gets their money anyway. Just slows down the pace of how they get it, decreases their daily sales by half considering everyone complied. If a gas station on a regular day takes in $5,000 (relax it's just a number) in Gas sales, and all of a sudden it's taking in $2,500 That still means it's weekly GAS sales would be cut from $35,000 to $17,500 assuming it's open 7 days a week. Not to mention it leaves their underground tanks half full which means that the gas trucks will only be able to refill only half the amount of gas on a daily basis. Which to me is a more direct hit on oil stock piles. Assuming the average person only drives 5 to 10 miles to work daily this could be done. My truck goes 2 weeks before I buy gas if it's a full tank. Not only does it effect the amount of money made in 1 day. Now the oil companies are only distributing half the amount of gas on a daily basis. Meaning that if a truck delivers to 1 station every other day now it will only have to deliver every 4th day. Station owners will take a direct hit and not be able to meet pay roll based on gas sales and not on donut and coffee sales, repairs etc. Oil companies stock piles will stack up. Leaving them holding more oil in their tanks and not able to move it as quickly. Although eventually it will sell they have to hold it longer therefore decreasing their daily weekly and monthly profit. Half the amount of delivery trucks will be needed to deliver which means half the company fleet sits in the yard or each truck goes out half full and makes half the money. The amount of oil bought by these companies would also decrease meaning oil distributing nations would also suffer a daily weekly and monthly loss. Their stock piles will also stack up. Question (finally): Although in the long run the oil companies are going to sell the gas and make the money wouldn't this be a better way to get the point across? Keeping in mind that it would take everyone to do this and meaning if the price drops we keep on doing it.
Clarification/Follow-up by Petesharky on 05/20/04 8:13 am: You seem to fail to answer the question infact I don't quite understand why I would be an idiot considering I don't have your email address, infact I don't even know you. Since I am the one asking the question that must mean that you could only be referring to me. Not to mention I drive about 300 miles every 2 weeks. My Mini van suits my needs considering I am an electrician and have to drive to different sites on a daily basis. Seems to me that the idiots that you are referring to are the idiots that you call friends and family maybe you should use the bcc option on your email copy and paste your statment here and forward it to them.
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labman		05/20/04
If you idiots are going to forward junk to everyone, at least use bcc or undisclosed recipients. Somebody did foreword it to me, giving about 50 people my email address, many of whom I don't know. Likely they will forward my address on and on. With all the spam and viruses on the net, I just don't want my address broadcast like that. If you really want to do something about the price of gas, trade your guzzler on something else, and adopt a life style where you aren't driving 50,000 miles a year. Note, price controls cause shortages.

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