View Poll Results: Are you going to boycott the purchase of gasoline on Wednesday?
Yes, we need to show the oil companies who's boss
12
42.86%
No, a one-day boycott doesn't accomplish a thing
16
57.14%
Voters: 28. You may not vote on this poll
Anyone else doin that gasoline boycott thing tomorrow?
05-18-2004, 02:05 PM
#16
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if you don't get gas tomorrow, u'll need it the next day...not liek u can avoid getting gas...If this really were to happen, the gas stations would just be twice as busy on the following day.
If you really wanna boycott then just buy gas at 1 gas station and boycott the rest until they drop...
If you really wanna boycott then just buy gas at 1 gas station and boycott the rest until they drop...
05-18-2004, 02:17 PM
#18
Originally Posted by 02BlackWRX
if you don't get gas tomorrow, u'll need it the next day...not liek u can avoid getting gas...If this really were to happen, the gas stations would just be twice as busy on the following day.
If you really wanna boycott then just buy gas at 1 gas station and boycott the rest until they drop...
If you really wanna boycott then just buy gas at 1 gas station and boycott the rest until they drop...
The oil companies will be ready. So they loose a bunch of money one day. next 3 days get it all back.
05-18-2004, 02:39 PM
#20
Ok well Everything you guys have argued about the boycott being dumb and pointless sounds pretty good, now do you folks who disagree with the boycott have any better ideas on making gas cheaper?
05-18-2004, 02:40 PM
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05-18-2004, 04:54 PM
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it would work just great if we could get commercial truckers, commercial airlines and the military to do it.
Despite the millions of gas guzzling H2's on the road, all of our personal transportation accounts for only a fraction of domestic petroleum consumption.
Nice idea, but even if you got 80% or the people on board, it wouldn't even be a blip on the oil company radar, gas prices are going to go up to the point that people quit taking holidays mid-summer, I figure it will peak at about 3.20/gal for premium hereabouts-
and then they'll fall back down to about where we're at now -in time to get folks excited about re-electing the idiot son of an a**hole and his criminal posse to another 4 years of looting the country and pissing off the rest of the world.
Despite the millions of gas guzzling H2's on the road, all of our personal transportation accounts for only a fraction of domestic petroleum consumption.
Nice idea, but even if you got 80% or the people on board, it wouldn't even be a blip on the oil company radar, gas prices are going to go up to the point that people quit taking holidays mid-summer, I figure it will peak at about 3.20/gal for premium hereabouts-
and then they'll fall back down to about where we're at now -in time to get folks excited about re-electing the idiot son of an a**hole and his criminal posse to another 4 years of looting the country and pissing off the rest of the world.
05-18-2004, 05:26 PM
#23
Now where is that thread on this? It was a good idea if we just boycott one or two gas station.
Originally Posted by 02BlackWRX
If you really wanna boycott then just buy gas at 1 gas station and boycott the rest until they drop...
05-18-2004, 05:39 PM
#25
Originally Posted by iBlueVirus
Now where is that thread on this? It was a good idea if we just boycott one or two gas station.
Only way prices will drop is if there is an increase in supply, an anticipated increase in supply, or there's is overall less demand(not just one day), so start carpooling, or taking mass transit if you are going to ***** about gas prices
05-18-2004, 05:47 PM
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I'm buying gas tomorrow because if I wait until Thursday, the price will probably have jumped another 3¢ per gallon. 
This so-called boycott is a hoax, folks! However, if some of you are just hellbent on making a 'statement', have at it because it just means that I will have an easy time finding an open pump even during the rush hour. Have a nice Wednesday!
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This so-called boycott is a hoax, folks! However, if some of you are just hellbent on making a 'statement', have at it because it just means that I will have an easy time finding an open pump even during the rush hour. Have a nice Wednesday!
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"…axles of evil…" - george w. bush
05-18-2004, 10:37 PM
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the only way to lower gas prices is through basic econ 101, reduce the demand so that the supply price reaches a new equilibrim point
is a car club really prepared to reduce the amount of driving that they do with their car?
is a car club really prepared to reduce the amount of driving that they do with their car?