[Insight-users] FW: Help reduce the cost of gasoline

[Wesley Smith]

Hi Frank,
No offense, but these email mass mailings have no credibility whatsoever.
Mass action doesn't happen because everyone gets some kind of call to action
ovr-inflected email.  There are tons of these floating around.  Real action
happens because people are active in their communities and have real
physical contact with people.  Please don't send these to mailing lists
which aren't really intended for this kind of thing.  Personally, I get
enough of this kind of stuff as it is.

thanks for understanding,
wes

On 4/24/06, Frank Gao <gao at mdimaging.com> wrote:
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>   I am sorry this is not related to the topic of this two forums, but
> promise this is the only time, and an idea for all.
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> *Subject:* Very interesting Gas Plan Idea!!!
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> GAS WAR - an idea that WILL work  (or at least get forwarded around a
> lot...)
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> This was originally sent by a retired Coca Cola executive It came from one
> of his engineer buddies who retired from Halliburton. It's worth
> your consideration.
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> Join the resistance!!!! I hear we are going to hit close to $ 4.00 a
> gallon by next summer and it might  go higher!! Want gasoline prices to come
> down? We need to take some intelligent, united action.
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> Phillip Hollsworth offered this good idea. This  makes MUCH  MORE SENSE
> than the "don't buy gas on a certain day" campaign that was going around
> last April or May!   The oil companies just laughed at that because
> they  knew we wouldn't continue to "hurt" ourselves by refusing to buy gas.
> It was more of an inconvenience to us than it was a problem for them. BUT,
> whoever thought of this idea, has come up with a plan that can really work.
> Please read on and join with us!
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> By now you're probably thinking gasoline priced at about $1.50 is super
> cheap. Me too! It is currently $2.79 for regular unleaded in my town. Now
> that the oil companies and the OPEC nations have conditioned us to think
> that the cost of a gallon of gas is CHEAP at $1.50 - $1.75, we need to take
> aggressive action to teach them that BUYERS control the marketplace..not
> sellers.  With the price of gasoline going up more each day, we consumers
> need to take action. The only way we are going to see the price of gas come
> down is if we hit someone in the pocketbook by not purchasing their gas!
> And, we can do that WITHOUT hurting ourselves.  How?
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> Since we all rely on our cars, we can't just stop buying gas. But we CAN
> have an impact on gas prices if we all act together to force a price war.
>
> *Here's the idea: For the rest of this year, DON'T purchase ANY gasoline
> from the two biggest companies (which now are one), EXXON and MOBIL. If they
> are not selling any gas, they will be inclined to reduce their prices. If
> they reduce their prices, the other companies will have to follow suit. But
> to have an impact, we need to reach literally millions of Exxon and Mobil
> gas buyers. It's really simple to do! Now, don't wimp out on me at this
> point...keep reading and I'll explain how simple it is to reach millions of
> people!!
> *
> I am sending this note to over 30 people. If each of us send it to at
> least ten more (30 x 10 = 300) ... and those 300 send it to at least ten
> more (300 x 10 = 3,000)...and so on, by the time the message reaches the
> sixth group of people, we will have reached over THREE MILLION consumers.
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> If those three million get excited and pass this on to ten friends each,
> then 30 million people will have been contacted! If it goes one level
> further, you guessed it..... THREE HUNDRED MILLION PEOPLE!!!
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> Again, all you have to do is send this to 10 people. That's all!   (If you
> don't understand how we can reach 300 million and all you have to do is send
> this to 10 people.... Well, let's face it, you just aren't a
> mathematician.   But I am. so trust me on this one.) :-)
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> How long would all that take? If each of us sends this e-mail out to ten
> more people within one day of receipt, all 300 MILLION people could
> conceivably be contacted within the next 8 days!!! I'll bet you didn't think
> you and I had that much potential, did you! Acting together we can make a
> difference.
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> If this makes sense to you, please pass this message on. I suggest that we
> not buy from EXXON/MOBIL UNTIL THEY LOWER THEIR PRICES TO THE $1.30 RANGE
> AND KEEP THEM DOWN. THIS CAN REALLY WORK.
>
> Kerry Lyle, Director, Research Coordinator
> Thanks for your support.
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