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Learyfan
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Exxon/Mobil boycott
#5534288 - 04/19/06 04:50 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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Will the Exxon/Mobil boycott work? Why or why not?
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Re: Exxon/Mobil boycott [Re: Learyfan]
#5534302 - 04/19/06 04:55 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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No, because they don't set the price of oil - the market sets the price of oil.
And you can't just boycott the entire oil market, unless you like not having anything modern 
Plus no one ever goes along with these things anyway.
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Re: Exxon/Mobil boycott [Re: Learyfan]
#5534306 - 04/19/06 04:56 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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It won't work because enough people won't boycott them.
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Re: Exxon/Mobil boycott [Re: Learyfan]
#5534400 - 04/19/06 05:20 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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Learyfan said: Will the Exxon/Mobil boycott work? Why or why not?
These sorts of things will never work because people these days don't have the balls. They just like to whine.
Edited by Deadmaker (04/19/06 05:21 PM)
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Re: Exxon/Mobil boycott [Re: trendal]
#5534440 - 04/19/06 05:30 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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Quote:
trendal said: No, because they don't set the price of oil - the market sets the price of oil.
And you can't just boycott the entire oil market, unless you like not having anything modern 
Plus no one ever goes along with these things anyway.
i dont buy any gas!! 
cause i dont drive
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Re: Exxon/Mobil boycott [Re: Deadmaker]
#5534447 - 04/19/06 05:31 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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It's not so much a question of not having the balls, as it is the balls being directly supported by the cushion of oil.
Most people (99.9999%) couldn't survive in today's world without oil. It's a fundamental part of our lives. Most people don't want to be reminded of that fact, I think, so they avoid any decrease in consumption because even a small or short one might remind them of the truth.
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Re: Exxon/Mobil boycott [Re: eligal]
#5534457 - 04/19/06 05:34 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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eligal said: i dont buy any gas!! 
cause i dont drive
Neither do I, but we're still causing the use of gas.
Everything you buy is brought to where you buy with gas or diesel.
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Re: Exxon/Mobil boycott [Re: trendal]
#5534464 - 04/19/06 05:35 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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Quote:
trendal said:
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eligal said: i dont buy any gas!! 
cause i dont drive
Neither do I, but we're still causing the use of gas.
Everything you buy is brought to where you buy with gas or diesel.
well that answers the question of this thread doesnt it...
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Re: Exxon/Mobil boycott [Re: trendal]
#5534567 - 04/19/06 05:54 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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Not to mention pretty much everything we buy contains something composed of petroleum products.
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Re: Exxon/Mobil boycott [Re: trendal]
#5534581 - 04/19/06 05:57 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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trendal said: No, because they don't set the price of oil - the market sets the price of oil.
And you can't just boycott the entire oil market, unless you like not having anything modern 
Plus no one ever goes along with these things anyway.
It's not about boycotting all oil companies. We're only talking about Exxon/Mobil. Supposedly, if you boycott Exxon/Mobil they will have to lower their prices.
I do not believe that oil companies have no control over the price of oil. That seems like an excuse they use to justify gouging everyone with sky high gas prices.
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Re: Exxon/Mobil boycott [Re: Learyfan]
#5534598 - 04/19/06 06:00 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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Won't work. Not enough people care, and even less will actually participate.
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Re: Exxon/Mobil boycott [Re: daimyo]
#5534606 - 04/19/06 06:03 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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I think the people care, there's just not enough organization.
If it became more widely know then I think it could work.
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Re: Exxon/Mobil boycott [Re: Learyfan]
#5534634 - 04/19/06 06:10 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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Supposedly, if you boycott Exxon/Mobil they will have to lower their prices.
Even if you could get the whole country to stop buying gas at Exxon/Mobil stations, they would find other buyers at the market price. It would also raise the price everywhere else, because there would be less gasoline to go around to the same number of people.
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Re: Exxon/Mobil boycott [Re: Learyfan]
#5534635 - 04/19/06 06:10 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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Macro economic theory disagrees with you.
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Re: Exxon/Mobil boycott [Re: trendal]
#5534715 - 04/19/06 06:29 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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Why would it raise gas prices and why would there be less gas to go around? It's like getting everyone to buy RC Cola in order to get Pepsi and Coke to lower their prices, right?
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Re: Exxon/Mobil boycott [Re: Learyfan]
#5534729 - 04/19/06 06:31 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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I think he is saying...If we don't buy it, someone else will. If they buy it, we don't have it. If we don't have it, price goes up.
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Re: Exxon/Mobil boycott [Re: Learyfan]
#5534735 - 04/19/06 06:32 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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Less people buying gas = exporting it at a greater cost to compensate for said lost money?
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Re: Exxon/Mobil boycott [Re: Learyfan]
#5534741 - 04/19/06 06:34 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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Exxon/Mobile is the largest transnational corporation. its good to see some people interested in taking part against what they do, but they own the second largest oil reserve in the world. I'm sorry, but a couple of days of boycotting isn't going to help.
There will have be a huge shift in the way we do business as a world, especially since oil reserves will reach their peak in the next 5-10 years. This means half of the world's oil supply will be exhausted. when this happens, the increasing demand will meet decreasing supply. this is detrimental since everything will be more expensive, since demand will outstrip supply.
Inflation at this state will take over. food will be more expensive, clean water will be more expensive, transportation will be more expensive; this means GDP will go down, since the value of imports and exports will go up. Even the shipping of materials (ship and plane) are going to be more expensive which has an impact on global GDP and GNP.
At this point, wages will have to go down in order for businesses to keep their profits afloat, and then what? these are some serious issues that go well beyond a simple boycott
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Re: Exxon/Mobil boycott [Re: kaiowas]
#5534779 - 04/19/06 06:40 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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Just to clarify once again. No one is suggesting boycotting ALL oil. ONLY Exxon/Mobil will be boycotted.
Also, this is NOT a one day thing. We're talking about buying oil from competitors of Exxon/Mobil for the rest of the year (at least).
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Re: Exxon/Mobil boycott [Re: Learyfan]
#5534811 - 04/19/06 06:48 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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but does anyone ever buy gas from them anyway? they are always the two most epxensive gas stations around me.
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