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"Glen" <ghallick@mts.net> wrote in message 
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> On May 4, 5:53 pm, "Mr Frederick" <fpedit...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> God, people believe fucking ignorant crap.  If you still drive, you still
>> use the gas, and buying it the day before or the day after means the 
>> dollars
>> are just shuffled from one day to the other.  Christ this is pre-school
>> economics!   If people don't park the cars for one extra day, not buying 
>> the
>> gas on a particular day doesn't make any difference, except attendants 
>> get
>> to play cards for a day.  Of course, if enough people fall for this shit,
>> the rest of us will get quick service at the pumps.
>
>
> I used to think like that too Mr. Fred, but then I realized the level
> of ignorance it entails. A day not to buy gasoline is really about
> showing the gas companies that consumers can organize themselves. Yes
> people will still buy gas and not buying it on a specific day will
> only shift to another. But that it the point. The real point is a
> little demonstration of consumer influence on the marketplace. If you
> desire to remain in the weak and helpless camp then that's your
> choice. I for one won't buy gas on May 15.

More power to you, Glen, but it doesn't do anything other than show that (a) 
people who do this don't realise it's a big freaking hoax, and (b) the oil 
companies don't lose CLOSE TH THREE BILLION DOLLARS as claimed. They dont' 
lose a dime by this action even if it was an actual event based on actual 
results.

Me, I'll continue to buy gas using my Petro/Citi Card on Fri-Sun so that I 
get 9c/litre discount. I'll continue to go easy on the accelerator. I'll 
continue to keep my car tuned. I'll continue to organize my driving to make 
max use of the least mileage. And I'll continue to point out to any 
politician who will listen that the Feds have a vested interest in higher 
prices at the pump because we don't pay a flat tax per litre (like we 
should), we pay a % tax. So the higher the price, the more tax we pay, and 
the more money the government gets to spend on silly-arsed projects.