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In article <2gdn339rthpnreab52vhkvarh5bj0rcnjq@4ax.com>, email_me@mts.net 
wrote:

: NO GAS...On May 15th, 2007 
: 
: 
: ...in April 1997, there was a "gas out" conducted nationwide in
: protest of gas prices.  Gasoline prices dropped 30 cents a gallon
: overnight.
: 
: On May 15th 2007, all internet users are asked not to go to a gas
: station in protest of high gas prices. Gas is now over $4.00 a gallon
: in most places.

Except apparently in Winnipeg, where it's more like $3.52 to $3.80 usd per us 
gallon.


:    There are 73,000,000 persons  currently on the internet, and the
: average car takes about 30 to 50 dollars to fill up.
: 
: If all users did not go to the pump on the 15th, it would take
: $2,292,000,000.00 (that's almost 3 BILLION) out of the oil companys
: pockets for just one day, so please do not go to the gas station on
: May 15th and lets try to put a dent in the Middle Eastern oil industry
: for at least one day.

Actually, it won't be noticed at all. Putting aside the fact that maybe only 10 
of those 73 million people will actually change their fillup schedule, you have 
to recall that gas stations buy their gas by the tanker, and if you're still 
driving the same amount you'll have to fill up the day before or the day after, 
if you would have normally filled up that day.

So even if you did get all 73 million to participate, it would be nearly 
impossible to measure any difference in sales by the time you get back to the 
refinery, never mind the oil field.

And what exactly would you be protesting, anyway? It's not like there's a bunch 
of fat old men sitting around a smoky board room chuckling between themselves as 
they turn a dial up another notch to raise global gas prices, just to annoy you.


If you really want to spend less money on gas, the solution is simple: stop 
driving so much.


Cheers - Tony 'Nicoya' Mantler :)

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