Boycotts on certain days dont work, cause no one does it. Eliminateling specific brands (ie ExxonMobile) probably wont work. What are we going to do.?? For washington state residents i found washingtongasprices.com it lists the cheapest gas in the state, and also the cheapest per area code or town. For other states there is a link for the remaining states. maybe this can help. i dont know. But somethings gotta give!!!!!
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Gas prices will never go down.  You might see a small reduction after a massive increase, but $3 a pop is now the price.  I bet you will see $4 a gallon by the end of summer.\n\nWith your suggestions I believe you think American corporate price gouging is the cause for high prices.  Most of the other answers point to supply and demand.  But if price gouging is a factor, I fear there is no solution.\n\nMost of middle America hates the prices, but loves the profits they are accruing with stocks in their 401K.  ExxonMobile made $10 million in one month, made $1 billion last quarter.  ConnocoPhilips made about 1/3 that in profits as well.\n\nThere just aren't enough people in the country that don't profit from selling gas to go beyond complaining about the price.
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Good idea, I think it is a time for a march on Washington. Congress seems to be getting weak on what they started. Letters and e-mail you congressmen and senators and let them know how you feel.
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I noticed that you left out any sort of specifics regard the situation in this "small town in east Tennessee."  How can you actually confirm that their "gross sales are down trememdously."  They could be selling their fuel to the next gas station over for the same price that you would have paid originally.  That's the whole reason why boycotts don't work.  Because all gas stations around the country are in cahoots with each other.\n\nAnyway, here's the mythbuster for this urban legend: http://www.snopes.com/politics/gasoline/gasout.asp
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Not that I am for this--But dear it wouldn't matter and why you ask---well here is an article--this is starting to open up a new can of worms--please understand--Anyone in the world could have all the oil in the world..and it really wouldn't matter at this point...\n\n$3-a-gallon gas: Blame Washington, not Big Oil\nWhat's driving up gas prices? It's not just higher crude costs; it's new regulations.\nNelson D. Schwartz\nMay 3, 2006: 2:20 PM EDT\n\n\n(FORTUNE Magazine) - With gas prices roaring past $3 a gallon and consumer fury rising even faster, Congress and the White House are engaged in a Kabuki-like ritual: pointing fingers at each other over who's to blame, while furiously attacking Big Oil for reaping gargantuan profits - as drivers get hosed at the pump.\n\nIf the politicians really want to figure out who's responsible for the latest round of price increases, though, they'd be better off looking in the mirror. That's because the rise isn't only due to higher crude costs. It's also fallout from some little-noticed provisions in the energy bill passed by Congress and signed into law by President Bush last summer.\n\nBuried in the 551-page energy bill - which was supposed to ease energy shortages, not worsen them - were new regulations governing what additives go into gasoline and how it's refined. Corn-based ethanol is replacing the petroleum-derived additive MTBE, but Congress timed this logistically tricky switchover to occur just as demand for gasoline peaked ahead of the summer driving season - right about now.\n\nThe end result is an extra strain on the refining and distribution system when it can least afford it.\n\n"It's too late now, but Congress has consistently failed to sequence regulatory requirements in a responsible fashion," says Bob Slaughter, president of the National Petrochemical & Refiners Association.\n\nAdds Larry Goldstein of the Petroleum Industry Research Foundation: "The gasoline crisis is made in the U.S.A., not in Iran or Venezuela or Nigeria. At least half the increase in gasoline prices is due to unintended consequences of the energy bill, but no one in Washington wants to admit that."\n\nIndeed, while crude prices have risen 21% since the end of 2005, gasoline is up 37% - a sign of just how stretched the system is. Congress's mistake, says Goldstein, was setting the new law to go into effect 270 days after it was signed - May 5 - rather than waiting until fall, when gas demand is typically on the downswing.\n\nNow the big question is, How high can gas go? Well, perhaps the only good thing that can be said about paying three bucks per gallon is that it seems to be slowing consumption - which should, in turn, reduce prices. Over a four-week period in April, says oil analyst Jamal Qureshi of consulting firm PFC Energy, U.S. gasoline demand dropped by half a percent, to just over nine million barrels a day. That may not sound like much, but it's a reversal from the 1.7% average annual increase in gas consumption the U.S. has experienced over the past decade. If $3 is indeed the tipping point at which consumers change their behavior and alter their driving habits, it's the one silver lining in an otherwise very dark cloud for drivers.\n\nThe wildcard in this scenario, of course, is the increasing risk of a military confrontation with Iran. If that happens, says Qureshi, "all bets are off." Given that crude oil accounts for 55% of the cost of each gallon of gas (refining accounts for 22%, taxes for 19%, and distribution and marketing for 4%), an upward spike in crude oil would push gas up even if the bottlenecks caused by the energy bill ease this summer.\n\nThat's why Red Cavaney, president of the American Petroleum Institute, says the answer in the short term is conservation. Washington is indeed being turned upside down when it's left to Cavaney, Big Oil's chief lobbyist, to talk conservat
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Whole Foods Market (WFMI)  Had a big pullback recently\nWild Oats (OATS)\nUnited Natural Foods (UNFI) Distributor to places like WFMI and OATS.  Hard to go wrong with that as long as people eat more "natural" and organic food.\nHain Celestial (HAIN) The only organic food mfg. I know to trade.  Would love to hear about others.\n\nYou are smart to get on this megatrend, and there's plenty of time and easy money left for it if you stick around (have you ever heard anybody say there's still easy money in any stock market or sector????).  Anxiety about our poisoned environment will only increase, and Americans with money can only do one thing about it--insulate themselves as best they can with water purifiers and safer food and such.  With the Bush administration attacking environmental protections every day, "natural" and organic foods are getting free advertising worth billions.  The only down side is these stocks are not recession resistant like agribusiness food stocks.  If things get bad, people will go back to ingesting dangerous chemicals to save money.\n\nAnother related megatrend that head-in-the-sand Republicans are missing out on is the earth's population is systematically destroying its supply of usable fresh water.  The companies that can purify, move, desalinate, or control potable water are going to profit massively from endless demand for shrinking supply.
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If you're going to do a strike, maybe you should also contact taxi drivers too, if they have to buy their own gas (that's how it works in China, anyway). That'd really get the attention in a dramatic way of city-based bureaucrats and business-leaders.
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Mickey was rude to you. Ignore him.  Yes, woohoo and hiphip hooray, it is true..house and senate and governor..here I got all my issue as I voted too and we got minimum wage raised after gathering about 1/2 million signatures.  $1.70 more for the poor families and people in our state..so gratifying.  There [probably will be a recount wit this much at stake..if they spent billions on attack ads, they won't flinch to recount it even though they upped the price ten tiems to make it harder for people to do them..but maybe ithin a certain perfcentage it is free..not sure.\n\nDon't know about Rummy..but this is a good week for our side...May they be brave and do some real change--I wish they'd reverse that 50 billion they took from social programs and reinstate that 70 Billion for tax cuts to the rich..I prefer giving to the masses more than the few..and we'd still save 20 billion..
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From basic economics, a price ceiling would just cause massive shortages and gas lines just as you saw in the 1970s.  It's trading one problem for another problem.  Whether this is desirable is debatable.  There are price ceilings for various things out there, such as rent.  There's some info here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Price_ceiling\n\nYour other solution about boycotting just one company is just another urban legend floating around.\n\nBoycotting Exxon isn't going to work to bring down prices.  If everyone stopped buying from Exxon and used the other providers, then the other providers would run out of gas pretty quickly due to supply and demand chain effects.  What would happen is that they would buy their gas from Exxon and overall all prices would go up, not down.\n\nFull mythbuster at Snopes.\n\nhttp://www.snopes.com/politics/gasoline/gasout.asp\n\nTo lower gas prices, you have to lower demand, which includes things like carpooling, public transportation, alternative sources of energy, and better milage vehicles.
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By now i think every one is as riled up for their own cause as it gets,  some of us are tired of the same old attack adds as we see very little real differences in those running since they all authorise attack and mudd slinging, its like chose the lesser of two evils. I made my decisions a couple of months ago on all the issues. While gas prices may influence some only history will tell if it was connected to the elections or not. I think OPEC looks for excuses to exploit us, anyway.
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all over gas stations and everyone has a different price. just like in ga where I live. they each have different prices. also everyone in a hurry to go places
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I am a sales rep in the Midwest.  I cover both types of plants and sell equipment to each.  There is zero activity in gas turbine plants right now due to the high gas prices.  Utilities in our area are building new coal burning capacity and trying desperately not to fire their gas turbines.  This could change at any time, but I see clean coal technologies and renewables   taking the lead.
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No, you are not the only one.  I thought that it was horrible that our government would allow that to happen. Perhaps because of the stake Bush has in oil...?\nTaking advantage of a national crisis like that is disgusting to me, and completely morally wrong.  But who is to blame? I say the government- they need to monitor and control gas prices better.\n\nIn response to the other answer, bottled water is an option for people.  People do not need bottled water to get to and from their jobs so that they can make money to feed their families.
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some of it is necessary since the PEC nations are not sending us as much oil as before, but i'd say most is gouging. The easiest way to convince lawmakers would be to vote them out of office in the next elections. if they know their seat will be replaced if they don't solve the problem, im pretty sure we will see more action on their part.
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Most anylists are predicting that the currrent price is the peak for the summer and that may drop slightly before the end of summer.\n\nFor info on finding cheap gas go to:\nhttp://www.gasbuddy.com/
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can you lower the gas prices then please?!?!?! lol
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This is just another plan by government to make people more dependent on government.  Why don't they eliminate the $0.50 tax on gas if they were really looking out for the price of gas?\n\nThe goal of this plan is so Senator A and Representative B can say that they were behind a plan to give you $100 even while voting down tax and spending cuts.\n\nAnd people who want a Windfall profits tax don't understand supply and demand.  It is the job of company's to make money and create jobs.  Shell makes 8 cents a gallon the government makes 50 who is the criminal!
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None. don't want to litter. I thought the best protest would be purchasing cigarettes from a state which doesn't have a smoking ban. Have to travel about an hour but gee at least that other state without smoking bans will be getting my cigarette taxes. Imagine if every smoker did that? Might have to purchase a few cartons at a time but let the state feel the lack of smoking dollars.