This looks like it could work reasonably well. I'll all for it. Kathy > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > Subject: lower gas prices needed > Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2001 07:52:47 -0700 > From: "Kevin Pritchard" <res03ppo@gte.net> > To: "Abby MacLelland" <a_mclelland@yahoo.com> > References: <79AC3F057EABD411B50D00D0B7883DF1147594@MED_EXCH01_ARC> > > Why not try this? This was forwarded to me by a retiree of Phillips > Petrolueum Company but I don't mind using Chevron, Fina, Shamrock, > Texaco, Cisneros or ... Phillips. > > GASOLINE > > > This makes more sense than the don't buy gas on a certain > day routine that was going around in April or May. Gasoline Prices! > Whoever started this has a good point. > > By now you're probably thinking gasoline priced at about > $1.49 is cheap. Me too! As it is now $1.58 for regular unleaded. 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 less than $1.50, we need to try an > > aggressive response. 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 don't buy it. But, that's not really > a > practical option since we all > have come to rely on our cars. But we CAN have an impact on gas prices > > if > we all act together. > > Here's the idea - > For the rest of this year, don't purchase gasoline from the > two biggest companies (which now are one), EXXON and MOBIL. If they > are > not selling, they should be inclined to reduce their prices - and if > they reduce their prices the other companies will too. But to have an > impact, we need to reach literally millions of users. But it IS... > doable! > > I am sending this note to 42 people. If each of you send it to at > least > 10 more ...and those 10 send it to at least 10 more ... and so on by > the time the message reaches the sixth iteration we will have reached > over one million consumers. Acting together we can make a difference. > If > this makes sense to you, please pass this message on, or one you > compose, to at least 10 more E-mail addresses! . > > PLEASE HOLD OUT UNTIL THEY LOWER THEIR PRICES TO$1.28 - $1.29 AND KEEP > THEM > DOWN. THIS CAN REALLY WORK. > > Katherine Doyle > WASHTENAW COUNTY ROAD COMMISSION > IS Department > 555 North Zeeb > Ann Arbor, MI 48106 > 734.327.6679 > If you're not outraged, you're not paying attention!