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Boycott Exxon / Mobil? Better than not buying gas on 1 day!
#4592224 - 08/28/05 08:01 PM (18 years, 6 months ago) |
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This makes MUCH MORE SENSE than the "don't buy gas on a certain day" campaign that was going around last April or May!
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 it and join with us!
By now you're probably thinking gasoline priced at about $1.50 is super cheap. Me too! It is currently $2.75 for regular unleaded in my town.
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 all act together to force a price war.
Here's the idea:
For the rest of this year, 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 whimp (sic) out on me at this point... keep reading and I'll explain how simple it is to reach millions of people!!
I am sending this note to about thirty people. If each of you send it to at least ten more (30 x 10 = 300)... and those 300 send it to at least ten more (300 x 10 = 3,000) ... and so on, by the time the message reaches the sixth generation of people, we will have reached over THREE MILLION consumers!
If those three million get excited and pass this on to ten friends each, then 30 million people will have been contacted! If it goes one level further, you guessed it..... THREE HUNDRED MILLION PEOPLE!!! Again, all you have to do is send this to 10 people and DON"T purchase ANY gasoline from EXXON and MOBIL. That's all.
How long would all that take? If each of us sends this email 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.
PLEASE HOLD OUT UNTIL THEY LOWER THEIR PRICES TO THE $1.30 RANGE AND KEEP THEM DOWN. THIS CAN REALLY WORK
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Re: Boycott Exxon / Mobil? Better than not buying gas on 1 day! [Re: Fospher]
#4592267 - 08/28/05 08:13 PM (18 years, 6 months ago) |
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What gas stations get their gas from ExxonMobil? Is it just Mobil?
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Re: Boycott Exxon / Mobil? Better than not buying gas on 1 day! [Re: DNKYD]
#4592358 - 08/28/05 08:32 PM (18 years, 6 months ago) |
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heh, this is like "pay it froward" but ya I'm down.. i need more info on what stations not to go to though.
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Re: Boycott Exxon / Mobil? Better than not buying gas on 1 day! [Re: LethalX5]
#4592409 - 08/28/05 08:39 PM (18 years, 6 months ago) |
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Re: Boycott Exxon / Mobil? Better than not buying gas on 1 day! [Re: DNKYD]
#4592439 - 08/28/05 08:42 PM (18 years, 6 months ago) |
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well its a good think i use gas city or bp =)
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Re: Boycott Exxon / Mobil? Better than not buying gas on 1 day! [Re: LethalX5]
#4592490 - 08/28/05 08:51 PM (18 years, 6 months ago) |
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bp is an exxon product. i work in the refinery business. boycotting gas won't do shit. refineries make their competitors gas so not buying their gas will only increase their compeditors sales, think about it. besides that, nolead gas sales only make up a small fraction of sales revenue. if yall want to hurt the oil suppliers, we need to convert to diesel engines. diesel can be made from vegetable oil. small scale refineries are already popping up, even home refineries. this is the easiest way to kick the gas habit. it'll cost some money but save many farms, build new refineries, and free us of opec. or we can wait on the hydrogen car, like that'll happen soon.
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Re: Boycott Exxon / Mobil? Better than not buying gas on 1 day! [Re: iateshaggy]
#4592516 - 08/28/05 08:55 PM (18 years, 6 months ago) |
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yeah seriously. buying gas from elsewhere wont do anything. all the oil companies are probably owned by one entity in the first place so it wouldn't even matter. The cheapest long term and most immediate solution is to convert to biodiesel.
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Re: Boycott Exxon / Mobil? Better than not buying gas on 1 day! [Re: iateshaggy]
#4592518 - 08/28/05 08:55 PM (18 years, 6 months ago) |
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I'm about ready to trade somebody my car for their diesel.
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Shroomism
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Re: Boycott Exxon / Mobil? Better than not buying gas on 1 day! [Re: DNKYD]
#4592532 - 08/28/05 08:58 PM (18 years, 6 months ago) |
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smart move. clean vibes has a biodiesel F450 truck and they get their fuel from Chinese restaurants for free.
you know what they're saying here? hahahaha suckers pay for gas
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Re: Boycott Exxon / Mobil? Better than not buying gas on 1 day! [Re: Shroomism]
#4592545 - 08/28/05 09:01 PM (18 years, 6 months ago) |
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Bad thing is I still owe a whopping $8000 on my car
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Re: Boycott Exxon / Mobil? Better than not buying gas on 1 day! [Re: Shroomism]
#4592557 - 08/28/05 09:04 PM (18 years, 6 months ago) |
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how do they clean it?.....
you have to really clean that shit out before you use it...and you have to break down and clean the motor like once a year(that could get annoying for people that don't love doing it(like me,haha))
i'd certainly do it,though...just need a nice engine to rebuild,for a try...
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Re: Boycott Exxon / Mobil? Better than not buying gas on 1 day! [Re: CaptainH13]
#4592568 - 08/28/05 09:07 PM (18 years, 6 months ago) |
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Where'd you hear this, captain?
From what I read here that doesn't seem to be the case.
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Re: Boycott Exxon / Mobil? Better than not buying gas on 1 day! [Re: CaptainH13]
#4592592 - 08/28/05 09:11 PM (18 years, 6 months ago) |
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Re: Boycott Exxon / Mobil? Better than not buying gas on 1 day! [Re: DNKYD]
#4592593 - 08/28/05 09:12 PM (18 years, 6 months ago) |
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i don't remember an article years ago...
it was about running on straight oil from places such as McDonalds and shit....
it was just saying it needed to be very filtered to clean it up...and that it will gum shit up after a while,like if you drove it in very cold climates,becuse the oil would get all goopy or whatever word it is...
but it was years ago....i suppose it could be different....
if i can find an old VW motor for free,i'd rebuild it and give it ago...
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Re: Boycott Exxon / Mobil? Better than not buying gas on 1 day! [Re: Shroomism]
#4592603 - 08/28/05 09:13 PM (18 years, 6 months ago) |
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thanks,man....
i suppose what i read that long ago,had not been developed into the "kits" and was just dumping oil in it...
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Re: Boycott Exxon / Mobil? Better than not buying gas on 1 day! [Re: CaptainH13]
#4592627 - 08/28/05 09:16 PM (18 years, 6 months ago) |
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You don't even have to rebuild the engine. It really doesn't look that hard to do, if you know cars.
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Re: Boycott Exxon / Mobil? Better than not buying gas on 1 day! [Re: peeper]
#4592636 - 08/28/05 09:18 PM (18 years, 6 months ago) |
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well ,i mean if i could find an old VW diesel,that had turn to shit,Hence getting it for free...
then i could rebuild it,and give it a whirl...
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Re: Boycott Exxon / Mobil? Better than not buying gas on 1 day! [Re: CaptainH13]
#4592645 - 08/28/05 09:20 PM (18 years, 6 months ago) |
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I would. Any diesel car would work so I'm not sure what kind I would want. A VW would be cool.
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Re: Boycott Exxon / Mobil? Better than not buying gas on 1 day! [Re: peeper]
#4592655 - 08/28/05 09:23 PM (18 years, 6 months ago) |
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i was talking about just an engine...
although,i've been looking for a Karmann for a while,they can look awesome with some Kustom treatment,from back in the day...
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Re: Boycott Exxon / Mobil? Better than not buying gas on 1 day! [Re: CaptainH13]
#4592745 - 08/28/05 09:40 PM (18 years, 6 months ago) |
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I'm pretty sure they just filter the used vegetable oil through a few strainers and it's pretty much good to go. Of course there are more refining methods but it works. And since biodiesel is becoming a much more viable option there are more and more biodiesel suppliers popping up.
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Re: Boycott Exxon / Mobil? Better than not buying gas on 1 day! [Re: Shroomism]
#4592765 - 08/28/05 09:43 PM (18 years, 6 months ago) |
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wasn't it "outlawed" to actually be driving on the road wiht biodiesel....
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Re: Boycott Exxon / Mobil? Better than not buying gas on 1 day! [Re: CaptainH13]
#4592781 - 08/28/05 09:47 PM (18 years, 6 months ago) |
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hahahaha.. I wouldn't put it past them to try some shit like that. Yes, it was outlawed. Biodiesel has been around for at least a hundred years. The prototype model T was built with a lot of plastics made from hemp cellulose, and it was a diesel engine that ran on vegetable oil. That didn't make it to the production line. But it's 2005, and we have a lot more information readily available. They cannot control it for much longer.
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Re: Boycott Exxon / Mobil? Better than not buying gas on 1 day! [Re: Shroomism]
#4592808 - 08/28/05 09:51 PM (18 years, 6 months ago) |
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well that's cool...
if i can ever come across an old seized VW motor,i'll keep you guys posted...
i got some '32 frame rails at a Friends barn...haha,maybe a bio diesel hotrod is needed to prove something,haha...
of course i have no money to do this,haha...but maybe soon...
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Re: Boycott Exxon / Mobil? Better than not buying gas on 1 day! [Re: CaptainH13]
#4593476 - 08/28/05 11:36 PM (18 years, 6 months ago) |
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it's veg oil filtered and cut w/ ethanol. have any of you seen the hemp car prototype from canada. the hemp car team says the can fuel america with weed and only use up 7% of our ag. land. and i don't think it's illegal b/c a 1,000,000 gal/yr. unit just started construction here in louisiana. 1,000,000/year, what a little number. where i work we do that in a day.
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Re: Boycott Exxon / Mobil? Better than not buying gas on 1 day! [Re: Shroomism]
#5528937 - 04/18/06 10:53 AM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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Quote:
Shroomism said: yeah seriously. buying gas from elsewhere wont do anything. all the oil companies are probably owned by one entity in the first place so it wouldn't even matter. The cheapest long term and most immediate solution is to convert to biodiesel.
How sure are you guys that the boycott won't do anything?
How sure are you guys that Exxon/Mobil (or some entity) owns every other company? I don't see any evidence of this.
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Re: Boycott Exxon / Mobil? Better than not buying gas on 1 day! [Re: Fospher]
#5528967 - 04/18/06 11:04 AM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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Dont buy gas from the more expensive stations in town. If its 2 cents cheaper across the street, make an effort to go to the cheaper place. Instead there are idiots that dont care about an extra 2 cents a gallon, and that is what is hurting us.
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Re: Boycott Exxon / Mobil? Better than not buying gas on 1 day! [Re: MadSeasonAbove]
#5529049 - 04/18/06 11:35 AM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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All the gas stations here in Panama City (Beach) get their gas from the Chevron oil refinery. It's weird knowing that all the gas stations here get their gas from the same place and the prices vary by 10-15 cents around town.
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Re: Boycott Exxon / Mobil? Better than not buying gas on 1 day! [Re: Fospher]
#5529053 - 04/18/06 11:37 AM (17 years, 10 months ago) |
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I never buy any gas from Exxon or Mobil as it is. They're almost always 10-30 cents higher a gallon.
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