Gas out on May 15- maybe pointless...

but- for just one day, it'll FEEL like we can do something about being gouged at the pump!

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NO GAS...On May 15th 2007
Don't pump gas on may 15th
...in April 1997, there was a "gas out" conducted nationwide in protest of gas prices. Gasoline prices dropped 30 cents a gallon overnight.

On May 15th 2007, all internet users are to not go to a gas station in protest of high gas prices. Gas is now over $3.00 a gallon in most places.

There are 73,000,000+ American members currently on the internet network, and the average car takes about 30 to 50 dollars to fill up.

If all users did not go to the pump on the 15th, it would take
$2,292,000,000.00 (that's almost 3 BILLION) out of the oil companys pockets for just one day, so please do not go to the gas station on May 15th and lets try to put a dent in the oil industry for at least one day.
If you agree (which I cant see why you wouldnt) resend this to all your contact list. With it saying, ''Don't pump gas on May 15th"

 

Urban legend: http://www.snopes.com/politics/gasoline/nogas.asp

 

yeah well if enough dupes fall for it MAAAYBE it will become TRUE this time...

yes I'm a delusional dreamer...

 

the anger toward oil companies and grocery stories is misplaced. we should be outraged at the incredible waste of our tax dollars in washington every single day with every single administration.

 

If people would understand the oil business and the chemical business in general they would blame themselves for wasting energy not the chemical companies. My dad was in that business in Houston and he was the ultimate conservationist. The gas and electrical bills at our home were so low they would send people out to see if something was wrong with the meters.

The point is people still drive gas guzzlers and say well I can afford it so I will buy another. Well it does not matter if you can afford it. You are using energy like crazy then complain about the price. The cost of drilling and getting oil to gas to the pump is unbelievable. The oil companies build some of the most expensive complex and largest structures in the world. If you were ever out on a 2 and half billion dollar platform it is gigantic and the part above the water is gigantic and the part under water makes the top minuscule.

My dad before he died was working on getting clean burning energy economically from the largest source of ???? left in the world. Far more then the oil left on the planet. Who knows what it is??????

Not as much gouging from the oil companies as people think. Coming from Houston and have many friends in that business they just shake their heads when the general public people somehow thinks it is all their fault.

Those so called record profits, well a lot of it goes right back in research and development and maintenance.

You know how much it cost to replace what the hurricane destroyed. Just one shell platform that went down cost 2 and a half billion dollars. and that is just a fraction of what got destroyed.

I see 5 dollar a gallon gas in three to five years

Lee j

 

count me in, but don't tell the G-man. I wouldn't want him to think I'm holding the administration accountable for anything.

 

so what if you don't drive a gas guzzler, recycle, conserve water gas and electricity in your everyday life? you still pay for everyone else's excess.

 

and if you don't smoke, drink or engage in risky behavior, you also pay for other's recklessness and irresponsibility through higher insurance rates

actually, you won't pay as much because you wisely aren't using as much.

if everyone had to make quarterly estimated tax payments, people would be more outraged at the tremendous waste that occurs at the federal and state levels. congressmen are thieves.

 

You all are a little backwards here. You can't make a gallon of gas itself give you more mileage or oil itself give more efficient heating or whatever. Isn't the product that uses fossil fuels the problem not the fossil fuels itself as well as demand??? Besides there is plenty of oil there is not enough refinery capacity and demand is rising fast because of China. When China really gets going, then see what happens to prices.

Lee j

 

so WHAT can we do- anything? besides conserve and drive a Prius...

 

Lee, I've said the same thing for years and no one seems to understand that oil is not the issue it's the ability to refine it. Since the majority of our refineries are solely owned by a small group and this group can control whether to allow new refineries to get built then it goes without saying. Heck, we could tap a lot of oil right off of our American shores but watch what happens when a tourist state gets wind that you want to drill and taint their money making beaches!

Yes, China will be one country to reckon with within 1-2 years. I avoid any product that says "Made in China" even if the parent company is home based.

 

This topic really gets to me when people complain a little too much. My dad built some of the most complex chemical plants all over the world and many times in extremely remote spots. You wonder how they even got these multi billion dollar plants built where they were including eight or more alone in China right after Nixon opened up trade.

You know the food you eat is in a way because of the fertilizer from some of these. In China so they can grow more crops to feed more of the starving. Other plants produce the chemicals for plastics which are all over are homes. I could go on and on.

My point is some of you are complaining about an industry you could not even hardly go thru the day if you could not use the products these chemicals produce and it is extremely expensive to do. Believe me they take great care to protect the environment way more then most people give them credit for. Of course mistakes happen and when they do at one of these plants it can have horrific consequences.

OK I am going to shut up on this one. We all have to do our part to conserve like Redon1 wow a pirus see that is doing a lot right there

OK before Dalyn finds out I spouting off my mouth again I really better shut like she banned me from the politic forum here and talking about Bush the Iraq war and her family at home.
Jeez I have nothing to talk about at home anymore.

Lee j

 

So you come here and dribble.....please spare us.

 

Well KTdid I am running out of options to dribble anymore, so I guess I will be losing this one soon

Lee j

 

I heard something on TV last night (5-1-07). Forgot who said it, but I remember the quote: "If everyone in the US drove a Prius or other hybrid car, we would have to import NO oil from Saudi Arabia." Interesting thought, but only a small part of the problem. Chavez has just nationalized the Venezualian (sp?) oil production and will be offering "deep discounts" to allies.

Yes, China is the problem. It's always been a problem. Let's pull the Troops from the Persias and send them over there (just kidding - just send bombers).

Hybrid cars are NOT the answer. You would have to drive a hybrid car for six years with NO maintenenance or repairs just to break even between the energy saved and the senergy spent to produce the vehicle. Oh, wait, you can't do that...the batteries die after five years and have to be replaced which means driving the car two more years to make up for the energy cost of the NEW batteries and the disposal of the OLD batteries.

Lee - hopefully folks will hear you loud & clear. What the press fails to report are little things: New Orleans WAS one of our largest refineries. Yeah, was.... Most folks do not understand what goes in to oil refining . Or the products that use pretrolium products (ladies! Check your makeup kit! Everyone else, look at what makes up the meds in your cabinet!).

So, everyone, which is the most important thing to concentrate on:
1) "Global Warming"
2) Reliance on fossile fules
3) The growing rift between the "haves" & "have nots" globally
4) The depleation of non-renewing natural resources

BTW - they are all intertwined. Gin is an all natural product.

 

Lee- I don't drive a Prius- but I do THANK the people who do! lol I have a gas guzzling SU Vette... shame on me. but i conserve water and electricity whenever i can- i SWEAR.

 

You have nothing to apologize for or feel bad about.

 

So....... don't buy gas on the 15th....... just to...................
end up buying gas on the 16th????? I'm not sure pointless is the word for it.

 

but according to the idea---gas will drop 30 cents the next day...........
then we'll all go to the gas station that day, fill up and eventually empty out all the tanks, which, according to supply and demand--will drive the price back up.

 

it didn't work last time there was a gas out a few years back... snopes debunked it anyway. even BETTER would be NOT buy gas on the 15th, THEN until the 22nd find alternate ways to travel and cut your gas usage- carpool, public transpo, bike, work from home if possible- condense errands. so there would be NO spike on the 16th, and maybe people would see that a small behavioral change can save us money at the pump!

hmmm...