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From: Joshua Rosenthal

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Subject: FW: Fwd: Outrageous Gas Prices

 

>From: NucEng1991@...

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>Subject: Fwd:  Outrageous Gas Prices

>Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2004 22:28:00 EST

>

>MAYBE THIS GUY'S GOT SOMETHING.

>

>Dear friends & family,

> >

> >I hear we are going to hit close to $3.00 a gallon by the summer. Want

> >gasoline prices to come down? We need to take some intelligent, united

> >action. 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 it and join with us!

> >

> >

> >

> >  By now you' re probably thinking gasoline priced at about $1.50 is super

> >cheap. Me too! It is currently $1.77 for regular unleaded gas in

> >Riverwoods, IL.   We all know that we're being screwed by the oil

> >companies.  Does everyone remember how they drove up the prices way past a

> >dollar and got the gas prices to where they wanted them, claiming there was

> >a shortage of oil.  Well, there isn't any shortage now, and the oil is more

> >abundant than it was 35 years ago when the price of a gallon of gas was 29

> >cents!!!

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >  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

> >market  place....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?

> >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, DO NOT 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 whimp 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 at least thirty people. If each of you 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 generation of people, we will have reached over THREE MILLION

> >consumers! 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!!!

> >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.)

> >

> >

> >

> >How long would all that take? If each of us sends this email 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 I didn't

> >think you and I had that much potential, did you! Acting together we can

> >make a difference. If this makes sense to you, please pass this message on.

> >PLEASE HOLD OUT UNTIL THEY LOWER THEIR PRICES TO THE $1.30 OR LESS RANGE

> >AND KEEP THEM DOWN.  THIS CAN REALLY WORK!!!!!!!

> >

> >

> >

> >PLEASE take a few minutes and pass this on to everyone you know!!  If you

> >can't e-mail it to at least ten people, please print out a bunch of copies

> >and hand it out to your family and friends!!

> >

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