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Hey Moe! <newsgroupstuff@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> No

Actually YES, but not as extreme as the original poster suggests. We will
not go back to the gas lines of the 70's ... but I expect California will be
paying $2+ for a gallon of gas this summer and we will be about $1.60!!! We
are paying over 40 cents more a gallon from this time last year. Let's see
that's a 50% rise is prices ~80 cents to ~1.20. Let's see the government
claims inflation is under 4% ... hmmm someone IS "lower(ing) production
levels to drive up prices".  I'll stay off the "government's artificial
control of inflation" soap box today;-)

The poor gas stations get hosed because their profit margins are less, but
Big Oil makes 50% more. (figure it this way they build in a 10% profit
margin ... the price goes up 50%, their 10% profit margin is now 50% larger
per gallon sold ... I guess that helps the stations also but the consumer
who now drives SUV's which get half the mileage suffer!!)

It IS being manipulated to get more profit ... you're fooling yourself
otherwise. The only way to stop this is a massive boycott ... which is
unrealistic. But if someone could pick a day say February 29th and no one
buy gas that day (or consume it) ... than the last day of every month do
this until prices return to reasonable levels ... or a targeted boycott of
one chain ... QT or Chevron or whomever ... I say BP and Chevron ... or one
with "company owned" stations (don't know if any exists anymore??) since
their convenience stores are just so so, can't do QT they have good fountain
drinks;-)

BUT AN EFFECTIVE BOYCOTT WILL NEVER HAPPEN, SO WE MUST BEND OVER AND TAKE
IT!!!

You could check out: http://gasout.tntspace.com/ they are trying to do just
that ... maybe??

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