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EuroGoldLS -> Gas boycott (5/3/2008 10:01:12 AM)

Well I heard that yesterday was a gas boycott day. It actually drove the price of regular down from $3.79 to $3.49 at my local station. Did anyone else hear about the boycott day?

  
Teffy -> RE: Gas boycott (5/3/2008 10:06:07 AM)

Boycotts are a joke.  They try them here all the time, gas drops a penny or two and the next day when people all realize "oh yeah I still need gas" they hike it back up 5-6 cents so you just end up paying more.  Boycotting isn't the answering, it's figuring out how to drop the demand all together.

EuroGoldLS -> RE: Gas boycott (5/3/2008 10:22:31 AM)

The whole point was to drive the price down and fill up on our so-called boycott day. At least thats what I did[;)] I took advantage of the price drop.

Oh yeah, and welcome Teffy.

Teffy -> RE: Gas boycott (5/3/2008 10:40:09 AM)

I would definitely take advantage if it would work, but it never does here so we all end up screwed... and with my fuel sucking beast... 5-6 cents adds up LOL

&Thank you [:)]

EuroGoldLS -> RE: Gas boycott (5/3/2008 10:49:50 AM)

You ain't kidding. My daily drive is a short trip, which makes my miserable mileage even more dismal. I get 16 mpg at the lowest (extra-urban), but when I take off to the beach, I get 24mpg (long trip).

Teffy -> RE: Gas boycott (5/3/2008 11:04:00 AM)

Between the two jobs I average about 40-50mph/day... they're rebuilding my post and putting us another 24 miles down the road in 2009... you do the math :)  On top of that... my best friend wrecked his Saturn last week and will be in the hospital for about 3 weeks (shattered hip socket) so I've been taking care of his house and making daily trips to the hospital... I can pretty much donate my paycheck to the Shell company... Crotch rocket here I come!

stickershock -> RE: Gas boycott (5/3/2008 11:29:58 AM)

I have heard from an ABC radio network financial talk show host that the rise in gasoline cost is worse than taxation, because with taxation there is supposed to be some form of representation for the citizens.  In the case of the oil companies, there is no representation for the customers, so we vote with our feet, literally, by boycotting formally or in some individual way.

Car manufacturers are just going to have to get serious about promoting more vehicles that run on less gas or no gas, but the trend for the buying public has been heavier cars with more hp. They only make what sells, after all.

Maybe at $5 a gallon or more the straw will break our backs and as a nation we will get more creative individually about using less gasoline, or for some, no gasoline.  But what scares me is that there is no turning back the price of gasoline as it always seems to go up, not downward.  In the meantime, more of our income goes to energy and less will go to other things.  With credit cards we all just stall the pain, so at some point we will have to either supplement our incomes, cut back, or divert our incomes more to energy bills than other things.

Between the gas crunch, health insurance costs and rising food bills, are the good times really over for good?

EuroGoldLS -> RE: Gas boycott (5/3/2008 12:31:02 PM)

I still don't think its fair that BP, Shell, and Citgo are posting record profits each year. The oil companys have the economy by the balls and unless something changes, they are going to cause a global depression.
I think Chevy has finally got the best idea about handling the gas crunch in America. "From Gas-Friendly to Gas-Free". Thats the way we need to be thinking. Some of the documentaries I have seen and from the research I've been doing on Chevy International, the overseas Chevrolet lineup is 2x as efficient overall than Domestic Chevrolet. It'll only be a matter of time before the international models are introduced to America. Even the fullsize crossover, the Captiva, offered in Europe gets 32mpg Urban and 43 mpg extra-urban. Its the same as the upcoming Traverse that will be offered in America, but it has a 2.0l engine that produces sufficient power, but not enough to meet american power demands.
As for myself, I'm doing my part in saving gas and money: I'm running the speed limit [;)]. As soon as I financially get on my feet and finish school, I'm gonna buy a Cobalt or an Aveo or something to take care of my personal trips. I might even convince the company to buy a Mercedes-Benz/Dodge Sprinter. They are by far the most efficient utility vehicle there is on the market, unless Chevy comes out with a Two-mode Hybrid Express sometime soon[:)]

Teffy -> RE: Gas boycott (5/4/2008 11:26:52 PM)

I love Chevys idea... but truth be told... it's really going to hurt us all.  What happens to all the vehicles that are out now?  They'll be worthless and we'll all be screwed out of what we've paid for them.

The problem with gas company profits is SOOO overly complicated.  The gas companies are really monopolizing anything because they are ALL making such HUGE profits... how do you tell them they can't make a profit or that you have to cap their profits?  At the same time, they are driving us into a huge huge global depression.... so there needs to be a fancy trick way for some attorney to come up with to say stop screwing the world.

Look at it this way... that barrel goes up 2 cents a barrel they up charge everyone 5-7 cents per gallon... they are making thousands... millions.. on that one barrel alone that only cost them 2 cents more...

rabbit0102030 -> RE: Gas boycott (5/5/2008 1:02:13 PM)

It is not just the oil companies fault the price is so high. They do not alone dictate prices. The reason oil is so high is people who play with the futures markets, the stocks, and the countries we buy it from such as Iran. All of these things together dictate the price, and when all of these people have everything to gain by increasing the price at their leisure, you get what we have now........boycotts do not work in this instance for several reasons.........a. a one day boycott does not impact the profits of a muti trillion dollar industry......... b. everyone especially China and India are in need of fossil fuels............. c. even if mass numbers were to boycott oil for a short period, and prices subsided..........the oil companies still have won..........think about it production stays the same, consumption drops, dictating a price drop...............................once the boycott is lifted and prices are at a slump, production will remain the same, consumption will once again increase, and price will begin to rise again.............we have two options..........find another efficient alternative source, or start using our oil, and stop buying it from foreign countries.

  

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