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Gasoline prices are subsidized by killing children in bloody wars in foriegn nations: There is no such thing as "cheap" gas.

Furthermore, low-priced gas means that wind power, solar power and other alternative energy sources will NOT be developed. High gas prices are a burden of progressive societies. - Capitol P , posted 04/21/06

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gas waR AN IDEA THAT WILL WORK
GAS WAR - an idea that WILL work
> >
> >This was originally sent by a retired Coca Cola
> >executive It came from one of his engineer buddies
> >who retired from Halliburton. It's worth your
> >consideration.
> >
> > Join the resistance!!!! I hear we are going to hit
> >close to $ 4.00 a gallon by next summer and it might
> >go higher!! 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 on and join with us!
> >
> >By now you're probably thinking gasoline priced at
> >about $1.50 is super cheap. Me too! It is currently
> >$2.79 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 c! ome down is if we
> >hit someone in the pocketbook by not purchasi ng 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, 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 wimp
>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 30 people. If each of us
> >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 group 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 e-mail out to ten more people within one day of
> >receipt, all 300 MILLION people could conceivably be
> >contacted within t! he 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. I suggest that we not buy from EXXON/MOBIL UNTIL
> >THEY LOWER THEIR PRICES TO THE $1.30 RANGE AND KEEP
> > THEM DOWN. THIS CAN REALLY WORK.
> >
> >Kerry Lyle, Director, Research Coordinator
> - Unsubscribed , posted 04/21/06

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