Can we all form a gas boycott, or someother purchase paln to throw the gas companies for a loop?
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My husband and I gave up having a car four years ago. At times this has been a problem in getting from point A to point B but we've managed quite well without the car. When we absolutely MUST have one we rent one for a day or two.\n\nWe rely on public transportation, even though we live on a farm out in the country. A bus comes near us 5 times per day and we plan our lives around the bus schedule. We shop for our weekly groceries using a cart with 2 wheels and very rarely buy extraneous items. \n\nIn other words... we got off the merry-go-round of contemporary lifestyle trends based on gas-guzzling vehicles and mindless consumerism. \n\nThe first year or two was like withdrawing from a drug for me. It was tough. Now I can't think of living any other way and I greatly appreciate pure living, modest living, Eco-friendly living.
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Sounds like a plan. People here do need to get involved in this. The country is in total chaos right now, over so many things: Irag, immigration, oil, deficits, educations, etc. \n\n6 years, hundreds of biliion dollars, millions of illegal immigrants, $3:50/ gallon later, Bush is still an idiot. Selling the country out!
754845
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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Well with the look at gas prices rising every year...   Yeah I know sad..  I would say yes\n\nExxon Mobil  these money grabbing corporation is not going anywhere. Even if we change to a differnt kind of fuel... They will still be using oil... for the next couple of hundered years...\n\nI pray that judgment comes before... that happens..
1113920
Let's organize a boycott of stupidity while we're at it.
469545
Definitely sounds like a scam... gas 'snakeoil' if you will.\n\nWhat are the other things you can do to save gas?
1114543
Not sure , they may show up ,but $5 isn't much for gas ! So some will have to car pool ! Good luck , if you can afford $5 a person , then I'll take the $5 .I'll need cig . before morning ! LOL
612711
That is a good point. I think most people would be greedy. I think personally I would take into account how much of that product people would need and wither people would be able to afford it. With gas it is used so much and by so many that they can afford to make it cheap and still get rich.
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If we do, it will be chump change aimed at getting us off his back. \n\nFact remains - Bush has ties to the Oil Industry. He isnt going to bite the hand that has fed him. He will talk a big game, but in the end, there will be no change.\n\nAlthough I am upset with the prices, I also must add that we do live in a capitalist society. The companies can charge whatever they want to charge us for gas, and the govt shouldnt be allowed to tell them to charge otherwise. This infringes on the rights of the companies under the free law of capitalism. IT IS OUR FIGHT TO FIGHT! We dont need to by gas from them if they are going to charge ridiculous prices. I understand that not everybody can take Pub Trans, but we can do our part to conserve gas and boycott companies. As a group (consumers) we need to organize and protest/boycott the companies that are raping our wallets. We cant expect the Govt to do a damn thing about it - they are in on it! Dont think for a moment that your (cuz he aint mine! I didnt vote for him!) President isnt getting rich from the price of oil right now too.....
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I think that's a question that we all need to consider.  Many people are aware of our pollution problems and horrible conservation policies, but are unwilling to do anything about it, even spread awareness.  But, to answer the question, I'd give up my gas-guzzling car in a heartbeat.
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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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I read tonight that if you and all people cut back for 30 days on gas use, it would hurt the industry bad enough to make changes.. Just hope that everyone cuts back, what choice do we have?
270497
we were lied to.\n\nWhat is the price of gasoline today?  Who is making record profits from these prices?(not me)\n\nSeems pretty silly to have investigated Clinton's Whitewater losses when you look at Haliburton's gains.....
405992
#7, one one hand we are powerless, EXCEPT to conserve! I am doing my part by changing out lightbulbs and everything I can to save water even...Water will be a problem soon too, watch and see.  We gotta use less gas and that will happen only by having alternatives...Bring the alternatives on!
385207
Yeah.  Hope they remembered to buy KY before the boycott, otherwise, it will just be that much worse.\n\nAnd I just LOVE how the person above misspelled COMMON SENSE.  ha ha!
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Find Some Way to Contact the Right Person[s] not Obsessed with Greed and Money that could Help Me get the Word Out that We are ALL being Ripped Off. How ? I've Found a Way to Convert Regular Pump Gasoline into Propane. My Unit is very Compact, Safe, and Mixes in Low Pressure Air, Within Most any Vehicle. This Produces 100 Parts of Air to 1 Part of Fuel. You Want Numbers ? 50 + MPG with even the largest Gasoline Powered SUV ! Here's the Problem, all Vehicles in the U.S.A. are Required by Law to Conform to the EPA-OBD II Law. That Law Explicitly States that all Vehicles Made from 1996 to the Present must Run at 14.7 Parts of Air to 1 Part of Fuel. Even if Fuel Economy is Improved, and Emissions are Lowered, any Alteration of any OBD-II Vehicle will Result in a Failed Inspection. Then, it's Illegal to Operate! When that "Big-Brother" Machine gets Hooked Up to any '96 on Up Vehicle, it must be Factory Original.This is Insane! I can Understand a Maximum Limit on Emissions for the Good of the Environment, but to Fail Inspection for not Emitting enough Pollution ? I've been to the US Patent Office, and Looked at other Units that have been Bought  Out, and Kept off the Market, so, for This, don't even go There! If I'm Wrong, then how is it that Engines do Run on Propane? By Conventional, Legal Means this involves using a Large, Expensive, Cumbersome Tank that has to be Hauled in the Vehicle, Expensive Metering Equipment, and the Hassle of Refilling the Tank. So Much Hassle that even with Gas going back up to $3.OO Per Gallon, it's just not Worth it. Hybirds? Great, in Town, but on the Highway, the Gas Engine takes over, plus Heavy, Expensive Batteries have to be Hauled. What I would Like to do Today is to get the Word out that all Petroleum is essentially the same. Only the Molecular Dispersal is Altered.It all comes from the same Place.If Gasoline to Propane Conversion were Legal, it would go a long way toward ending Dependency on Imported Oil, and Reducing Air Pollution, and Global Warming.Cheap, and Safe Hydrogen is the Ultimate Answer. Until the Big Profit is taken out of Big Oil, nothing will ever Change. Also http://energy21.freeservers.com/bookrep.html gives even more Insight. If I at least got the "Word" out to You, then I did what I wanted to do Today ! Thanks!
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Not really.  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