Help to bring the price of gas back down

Read this completely, there is power in the numbers
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> GASWAR - an idea that WILL work
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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!
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> 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?
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> 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.
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> 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!!
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> I am sending this note to over 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.
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> 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!!!
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> 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.
> Kerry Lyle, Director, Research Coordinator Thanks for your support,