Subject: AVOID major oil companies!
This makes MUCH MORE SENSE than the "don't buy gas on a certain day"
The novelist George Eliot once said that "it is never too late to become what you might have been."
Subject: AVOID major oil companies!
This makes MUCH MORE SENSE than the "don't buy gas on a certain day"
The novelist George Eliot once said that "it is never too late to become what you might have been."
That's not how Snopes sees it, and I agree - it would only make the situation worse:
A little thought might help.
If you boycott the major oil brands, they will sell their refined gas to the minor oil distributors.
just business, you know.
The only ones you hurt will be the franchisees who own the local filling stations.
j
And they'll laugh at this one too, the oil all comes from the same few places, the only way to hurt the oil companies is to consume less of the product. Don't like the price of gas, don't drive a car, it's that simple.
what you might have been."
Still HALF the price of petrol in the UK so whats your worry?
the only way to "exercise our muscle" as consumers, is to pick carefully what, where, and how much of a product we buy...If everyone cuts back, say 25% (on gas)...we could put a real "dent" in the demand for oil....Its about the only power folks have in a oil based economy.....imho...
We tend to think of America's cars, small trucks and SUVs as being the lion's share of oil consumption. Although it is the largest single category, it is less than half the US oil consumption.
What a bunch of idiots. If enough people reduce their consumption of fuel the cost will come down, but selective purchasing from particular companies or on particular days is not going to due a darn thing.
John
Except drive prices up across the board due to increased overhead in shifting resources around to fuel stations people are buying from.
Of course in the real world only a small percentage of people are stupid enough to try to attempt such a scheme so there'll be no real effect.
A note to the real idiots, The real morons are those who sit by and accept oil company price rip offs without question. President Bush said he would have zero tolerance for price gougers as a result of the storm, guess Oil Company's and energy providers in general are exempt?
Dale P.........
The oil companies gouge, no question about it, but what's anyone to do? Seriously, they know people need oil, they'll laugh at any silly schemes that people come up with because they know they'll have no effect. Government regulation is the only way to make a difference and that won't happen because so many in the upper government made their fortunes from oil.
Hmmm, supply goes down, price goes up. Economics 101.
The problem isn't the oil companies, the problem is that people keep increasing their consumption.
John
Correct, and our bargain gasoline is one reason why the roads are infested with 3-ton 15 MPG unstable fatmobiles. Personally, I wouldn't mind if gas prices climbed to around $4.00 per gallon, and stayed there, which should reduce consumption.
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"The problem isn't the oil companies, the problem is that people keep increasing their consumption. "
i agree...demand must drop before prices will change.....conservation, new technology, whatever....if demand drops say 25%...the prices will retreat...imho.....(easy to say, hard to do).........
As we have an expanding economy, demand can't go down - it will only go up. The problem isn't the amount of oil (imho) the crude oil price have been driven up by speculators. The challange is refining capacity and the hundred different gas formulations that the too few refineries have to produce.
Dano,
Maybe the stock speculators make up for the energy costs with their dividends. Maybe a reduction in energy stock trading would slow down the escalating price of energy. Just a thought?
Dale P..........
Dano..>>
"As we have an expanding economy, demand can't go down - it will only go up"....
are you sporting a pair of crystal balls??
A better, similar idea is the "buycott" currently in progress. Instead of just avoiding the two biggest companies and buying from smaller ones that are often as bad, liberals and progressives are buying gas from CITGO only, because CITGO is owned by Venezuela. The government of Venezuela, while not ideal, is doing a lot to help the poor not just in their own country, but in Latin America in general. If this isn't enough for you, the Bush administration hates them. So if you aren't a "Bushie", consider 'buycotting' CITGO.
And yes, I realize that some CITGO stations buy oil from other sources. Most don't. We do what we can.
They all will if nobody else buys the oil, it's a valuable commodity in a free market, it will be sold wherever people are buying it from the least expensive source.
Of course as I said earlier, most people can plainly see that this whole joke will accomplish nothing so the vast majority will get gas at the same places they always do for whatever reason they choose them, be it location, price, or some other silly preference.
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