Don't Buy Gas on May 15th - Please ....

delta_b_me · 05-01-2007, 08:18 PM

NO GAS .. In May 2007.

In April, 1997, there was a "gas out" conducted nationwide in protest of
gas prices. Gasoline prices dropped 30 cents a gallon overnight.

In May 2007 all Internet users are asked to not go to a gas
station and pump gas in protest of high gas prices. Gas is now over
$3.00 a gallon in most places.

There are 73,000,000+ American members currently on the Internet
network, and the average car takes about 30 to 50 dollars to fill up.

If all users did not go to the pump on the 15th, it would take

$2,292,000,000.00 (that's almost 3 BILLION) out of the oil companies
pockets for just one day, so please do not go to the gas station on May
15th and lets try to put a dent in the middle eastern oil industry for
at least one day.

''Don't pump gas in May"! It sure can't hurt!

**bruiser** · 05-01-2007, 08:28 PM

Oh jeeze, here we go again. You didn't check Snopes, did you?

**40sondacurb** · 05-02-2007, 01:51 AM

The hostages are back and demand is down from last year. Why still $3.++? If this keeps up I'll be in support of regulation.

yustr · 05-02-2007, 05:22 AM

This is really just email clutter - but I left it here to spur a discussion of oil and politics.

The US gets only about 25% of our oil from the Middle East. Europe is much more dependent; although Russian supplies may be gaining (I don't have time this morning to do the research). We get the rest from domestic sources, Mexico, Canada and yes, that bastion of neo-conservatism - Venezuela. So clearly not buying gas on one day is unlikely to have much impact on the ME.

If you recall last year as gasoline climbed over $3 /gal and approached $4.00 in some places, how loud the protests were. But then they dropped and the oil companies were not such greedy <TWIBAT> bad after all. Now it’s back up there and not much is being said about gouging or record profits. Ghee, you think it could have been the plan all along? The days of $3/gal gas are here for good. And maybe that’s not such a bad thing. It hurts the factory worker driving the 82 Dodge more than the Lawyer driving the BMW but over all it might begin the push to higher efficiency…

**40sondacurb** · 05-02-2007, 05:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by yustr

And maybe that’s not such a bad thing. It hurts the factory worker driving the 82 Dodge more than the Lawyer driving the BMW but over all it might begin the push to higher efficiency…

I love it when technology advances only to keep pace. High speed trains are looking very good right now.

bry623 · 05-02-2007, 07:15 AM

I love all of the reasons that we get why prices are so high. They raise them simply because they can. Oil in ANWAR may not even make a big difference

cstr20cstr · 05-02-2007, 11:18 AM

I agree, in that I think there's price fixing and price gouging going on.
Something needs to be done about it soon.

**Spatcher** · 05-06-2007, 12:13 PM

This is just MySpace garbage.........

**Fox** · 05-06-2007, 12:19 PM

People are so gullible... if people don't buy gasoline one day, they'll buy it another. The demand is relatively inelastic.

**40sondacurb** · 05-06-2007, 01:08 PM

If you really want to see a drop in demand have a put sugar in you neighbors gas tank day.

**superflysmith** · 05-06-2007, 09:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fox

People are so gullible... if people don't buy gasoline one day, they'll buy it another. The demand is relatively inelastic.

Exactly what I was thinking.

The only way to make a statement is to not drive your car and ride a bike. Then the prices will go down but only because demand went down.

~~Girderman~~ · 05-22-2007, 10:12 PM

Socialize the Oil Industry, like Venezuala did to Telecomm.

Send a world-wide wake-up call to these multinationals AND their "conservative" stooges.

**Fox** · 05-22-2007, 11:22 PM

Hey, how about instead of having a 'national don't buy gas day', we have a 'national don't drive day'.

Now who's asking a lot? :P

**Real_Bullet** · 05-23-2007, 12:21 AM

I think alot of this is oil companies price gouging, and they getting by with it because people like Bush and all is not saying anything or attempting to stop them.

I think the U.S. also needs to set limits on cars now and manufactures included to where they are required to get a certain mileage per gallon, like 20-25 since I see alot of cars these days that are just flat out gas guzzlers. I mean aside from oil companies being the rip off here, theirs needs to be limits on how gas and oil is used. Both of those problems solved would come out to cheaper gas prices in the end, alot of cheaper.

**DumberDrummer** · 05-23-2007, 04:20 PM

this was pretty big on my college campus, making the school paper..... the only way a boycott like this makes sense is if you don't drive for an extended period of time... and that's asking for a lifestyle change from America, not just a token feel-good effort from people who want to feel like they are accomplishing something.

**Real_Bullet** · 05-23-2007, 05:56 PM

Plus 1 day I doubt it helped any, heck after it happened if nothing else, it went up twice as much. I think gas was like 2.85 a gallon on avg and then after that Tuesday it went to 2.99 and over 3.00

Someone needs to do something about these oil companies, this is where the problem is and I just dont believe its lack of oil and refineries having problems which is causing this.

**bruiser** · 05-23-2007, 06:19 PM

Well, the democrats are gonna try to sue OPEC.

Zazula · 05-23-2007, 09:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fox

Hey, how about instead of having a 'national don't buy gas day', we have a 'national don't drive day'.

Now who's asking a lot? :P

Fox, we do have this in Europe (actually, every year on September 22nd). Oops, sorry, forgot that we Europeans are "commies".

http://www.mobilityweek-europe.org/
http://www.worldcarfree.net/wcfd/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Car_Free_Day

**jen56** · 05-23-2007, 09:19 PM

Perhaps you should come to South Australia and pay for fuel the prices we pay..Ours goes up every week...At the moment today it is $1.45 a litre for unleaded.......

Zazula · 05-23-2007, 09:39 PM

In Greece it's at an all-time high: just over one euro per litre.

05-01-2007, 08:18 PM	#1 (permalink)
delta_b_me Registered User Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Maine Posts: 5 OS: xp	Don't Buy Gas in May - Please .... NO GAS .. In May 2007. In April, 1997, there was a "gas out" conducted nationwide in protest of gas prices. Gasoline prices dropped 30 cents a gallon overnight. In May 2007 all Internet users are asked to not go to a gas station and pump gas in protest of high gas prices. Gas is now over $3.00 a gallon in most places. There are 73,000,000+ American members currently on the Internet network, and the average car takes about 30 to 50 dollars to fill up. If all users did not go to the pump on the 15th, it would take $2,292,000,000.00 (that's almost 3 BILLION) out of the oil companies pockets for just one day, so please do not go to the gas station on May 15th and lets try to put a dent in the middle eastern oil industry for at least one day. ''Don't pump gas in May"! It sure can't hurt! Last edited by STINEHART; 05-25-2007 at 07:00 PM.

05-01-2007, 08:28 PM	#2 (permalink)
bruiser TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,973 OS: xp	Re: Don't Buy Gas on May 15th - Please .... Oh jeeze, here we go again. You didn't check Snopes, did you?

05-02-2007, 01:51 AM	#3 (permalink)
40sondacurb Don't be a menace Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 6,285 OS: Vista sp2	Re: Don't Buy Gas on May 15th - Please .... The hostages are back and demand is down from last year. Why still $3.++? If this keeps up I'll be in support of regulation. __________________ Donate to keep the forum running

05-02-2007, 05:22 AM	#4 (permalink)
yustr Asst. Manager, The Conversation Pit Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Connecticut shore Posts: 6,049 OS: XP Pro My System	Re: Don't Buy Gas on May 15th - Please .... This is really just email clutter - but I left it here to spur a discussion of oil and politics. The US gets only about 25% of our oil from the Middle East. Europe is much more dependent; although Russian supplies may be gaining (I don't have time this morning to do the research). We get the rest from domestic sources, Mexico, Canada and yes, that bastion of neo-conservatism - Venezuela. So clearly not buying gas on one day is unlikely to have much impact on the ME. If you recall last year as gasoline climbed over $3 /gal and approached $4.00 in some places, how loud the protests were. But then they dropped and the oil companies were not such greedy <TWIBAT> bad after all. Now it’s back up there and not much is being said about gouging or record profits. Ghee, you think it could have been the plan all along? The days of $3/gal gas are here for good. And maybe that’s not such a bad thing. It hurts the factory worker driving the 82 Dodge more than the Lawyer driving the BMW but over all it might begin the push to higher efficiency… __________________ If there are lawyers or politicians involved, logic may be a very poor tool for reaching a conclusion.

05-02-2007, 07:15 AM	#6 (permalink)
bry623 Manager, The Conversation Pit/Analyst, Security Team Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: NW Territory circa 1787 Posts: 11,692 OS: winxp pro sp2	Re: Don't Buy Gas on May 15th - Please .... I love all of the reasons that we get why prices are so high. They raise them simply because they can. Oil in ANWAR may not even make a big difference __________________ "If you aren't a liberal when you're 20, you have no heart. If you aren't a conservative when you are 50, you have no brain"

05-02-2007, 11:18 AM	#7 (permalink)
cstr20cstr Registered User Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 309 OS: xp	Re: Don't Buy Gas on May 15th - Please .... I agree, in that I think there's price fixing and price gouging going on. Something needs to be done about it soon.

05-06-2007, 12:13 PM	#8 (permalink)
Spatcher Henry Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 3,484 OS: Mac OSX	Re: Don't Buy Gas on May 15th - Please .... This is just MySpace garbage......... __________________ JohnThePilot: Cenedl heb iaith, cenedl heb galon (a nation without a language is a nation without a heart) John Butler Trio: Go take a step outside, see what's shakin' in the real world - Good Excuse Paul Kelly: Just add a dollop of tomato sauce for sweetness and that extra tang - How to Make Gravy

05-06-2007, 12:19 PM	#9 (permalink)
Fox TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: NJ Posts: 7,752 OS: XP Pro, CentOS My System	Re: Don't Buy Gas on May 15th - Please .... People are so gullible... if people don't buy gasoline one day, they'll buy it another. The demand is relatively inelastic. __________________ Antec Neo Power 500W, ABIT IP35-E, Intel E2180@2.66Ghz, Corsair XMS2 2x1GB DDR2-800, PNY 8800GT, 320GB Seagate * lazy college student alert *- If I've inadvertently ignored a thread, please Let me know about it Have I helped you solve your problem? Donate to Techsupportforums Klart Skepp!

05-06-2007, 01:08 PM	#10 (permalink)
40sondacurb Don't be a menace Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 6,285 OS: Vista sp2	Re: Don't Buy Gas on May 15th - Please .... If you really want to see a drop in demand have a put sugar in you neighbors gas tank day. __________________ Donate to keep the forum running

05-22-2007, 10:12 PM	#12 (permalink)
~~Girderman~~ Troubled Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 2,096 OS: XP Pro	Re: Don't Buy Gas on May 15th - Please .... Socialize the Oil Industry, like Venezuala did to Telecomm. Send a world-wide wake-up call to these multinationals AND their "conservative" stooges.

05-22-2007, 11:22 PM	#13 (permalink)
Fox TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: NJ Posts: 7,752 OS: XP Pro, CentOS My System	Re: Don't Buy Gas on May 15th - Please .... Hey, how about instead of having a 'national don't buy gas day', we have a 'national don't drive day'. Now who's asking a lot? :P __________________ Antec Neo Power 500W, ABIT IP35-E, Intel E2180@2.66Ghz, Corsair XMS2 2x1GB DDR2-800, PNY 8800GT, 320GB Seagate * lazy college student alert *- If I've inadvertently ignored a thread, please Let me know about it Have I helped you solve your problem? Donate to Techsupportforums Klart Skepp!

05-23-2007, 12:21 AM	#14 (permalink)
Real_Bullet TSF Enthusiast Join Date: May 2005 Location: Lumberton, MS Posts: 517 OS: Windows Vista Home Basic My System	Re: Don't Buy Gas on May 15th - Please .... I think alot of this is oil companies price gouging, and they getting by with it because people like Bush and all is not saying anything or attempting to stop them. I think the U.S. also needs to set limits on cars now and manufactures included to where they are required to get a certain mileage per gallon, like 20-25 since I see alot of cars these days that are just flat out gas guzzlers. I mean aside from oil companies being the rip off here, theirs needs to be limits on how gas and oil is used. Both of those problems solved would come out to cheaper gas prices in the end, alot of cheaper. __________________ I can speak Chinese, PPHUBK'YU. Last edited by Real_Bullet; 05-23-2007 at 12:23 AM.

05-23-2007, 04:20 PM	#15 (permalink)
DumberDrummer Cymru am byth Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Oregon Posts: 5,385 OS: Windows XP Pro SP2 My System	Re: Don't Buy Gas on May 15th - Please .... this was pretty big on my college campus, making the school paper..... the only way a boycott like this makes sense is if you don't drive for an extended period of time... and that's asking for a lifestyle change from America, not just a token feel-good effort from people who want to feel like they are accomplishing something. __________________ Living with Louie dog's the only way to stay sane _____________________________________________ ... and with those words so begins my lifetime of longing for the devil's warm embrace

05-23-2007, 05:56 PM	#16 (permalink)
Real_Bullet TSF Enthusiast Join Date: May 2005 Location: Lumberton, MS Posts: 517 OS: Windows Vista Home Basic My System	Re: Don't Buy Gas on May 15th - Please .... Plus 1 day I doubt it helped any, heck after it happened if nothing else, it went up twice as much. I think gas was like 2.85 a gallon on avg and then after that Tuesday it went to 2.99 and over 3.00 Someone needs to do something about these oil companies, this is where the problem is and I just dont believe its lack of oil and refineries having problems which is causing this. __________________ I can speak Chinese, PPHUBK'YU.

05-23-2007, 06:19 PM	#17 (permalink)
bruiser TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,973 OS: xp	Re: Don't Buy Gas on May 15th - Please .... Well, the democrats are gonna try to sue OPEC.

05-23-2007, 09:19 PM	#19 (permalink)
jen56 TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Elizabeth. South Australia. Australia Posts: 2,649 OS: XP My System	Re: Don't Buy Gas on May 15th - Please .... Perhaps you should come to South Australia and pay for fuel the prices we pay..Ours goes up every week...At the moment today it is $1.45 a litre for unleaded....... __________________ GO AHEAD MAKE MY DAY!!! Regards Jen

05-23-2007, 09:39 PM	#20 (permalink)
Zazula Manager Emeritus, I'm blond, James Blond Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Athens, Greece Posts: 7,667 OS: Win XP Pro SP2	Re: Don't Buy Gas on May 15th - Please .... In Greece it's at an all-time high: just over one euro per litre. __________________ "Time is the wisest because it discovers everything" Thales of Miletus (ca.624BC-ca.546BC) "Everything flows, nothing stands still." Heraclitus of Ephesus (ca.535BC-475BC) "One thing I know, that I know nothing" Socrates of Athens (ca.470BC–399BC)