Gas Idea

[Geo777]

Hi everyone,
I picked this up from my e-mail and after reading it just makes sense. If the big dogs start losing money then they will be forced to drop prices. Could this create a trickle down effect to the smaller companies?

> 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.
>
> Philip 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 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, 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 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. 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.

[Geo777]

The problem I see here is EOM is to diversified for this to work.

Exxon Mobil Corporation engages in the exploration, production, transportation, and sale of crude oil and natural gas. It also engages in the manufacture, transportation, and sale of petroleum products and petrochemicals, as well as participates in electric power generation. The company manufactures and markets commodity petrochemicals, including olefins, aromatics, polyethylene and polypropylene plastics, and other specialty products. Exxon Mobil also has interests in electric power generation facilities. The company operates in the United States, Canada, Europe, Africa, Asia-Pacific, the Middle East, Russia/Caspian region, and South America. Exxon Mobil was founded in 1870. The company was formerly known as Exxon Corporation and changed its name to Exxon Mobil Corporation in 1999. Exxon Mobil is based in Irving, Texas.

[Geo777]

Red dots=EXXON stations
http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/3730/exxon4hu.png

[oberkill]

Plus this e-mail is one of the thousands out there that are really just people trying to take up bandwidth by getting allot of people to forward e-mails around. All of these e-mails are just B.S. and not worth your time reading let alone forwarding. I attached a link to a site that debunks these e-mails or urban legends floating around the internet with a explanation on why it wont work.

http://www.snopes.com/politics/gasoline/gasout.asp

Alan