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From: Marilyn <>
Subject: Re: Fwd: High Gas Prices
Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 13:47:35 -0400
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Soounds like a good idea. What do you have to lose?

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> Subject: Fwd: High Gas Prices
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> Subject: High Gas Prices
> Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 22:51:28 EDT
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> Dear Folks,
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> We seldom forward emails but believe this one may be worth the
> time
> and effort to circulate. If you believe in it, please forward it
> to your
> friends.
> But act promptly ... in time for results before your summer travel
> and
> our
> summer trip north. :-) Here it is as it came to us:
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> High Gas Prices
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> Want gasoline prices to come down? We need to take some
> intelligent, united action. Phillip Hollsworth, a buddy of mine,
> offered
> me
> this good idea:
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> 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!
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> By now you're probably thinking gasoline priced at about $1.50
> is super cheap. Me too! It is currently $1.97 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?
>
> 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:
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> 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 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 about 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
> 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. (If it
> doesn't, please contact the person who sent it to you ... maybe
> they can
> breath some life into you!)
>
> PLEASE HOLD OUT UNTIL THEY LOWER THEIR PRICES TO THE $1.30 RANGE
> AND
> KEEP THEM DOWN. THIS CAN REALLY WORK.
>
> If you're not outraged by what the oil companies are doing to us,
> go
> see your doctor, you may be suffering from terminal apathy!
> Perhaps
> he/she can prescribe something for you.

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