Take a Stand on Oil Prices?
Posted by Moonage on 12 Aug 2005 | Tagged as: Oil Supply
I received this email today:
I don’t know about the rest of you, but I’m sick to death of paying over $2.50 for a gallon of gas, with no end in sight. If prices are driven by demand, then HELLO, let’s work to lower demand!
Labor Day Weekend is one of the biggest weekends for road travel. Make a small sacrifice and stay home this Labor Day. And for the rest of this year, don’t purchase ANY gasoline from the two biggest companies (which now are one), EXXON and MOBIL, or CHEVRON and SHELL in Canada. If they are not selling as much 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 million’s of gas buyers. So please pass this email on to everyone you can, and ask them to do the same.
I really don’t think it will affect the price of oil. But, conserving fuel’s not a bad thing. So, if y’all wanna do it, I’m all for it. The problem right now is not the demand in the US, it’s the demand in other developing countries. It’s not going to get any better any time soon.
Or, get a bicycle if you live in town. Or, get a hybrid ( mpg results have been disappointing so far ). But, not driving on Labor Day probably won’t do much good.
2 Comments »
on 12 Aug 2005 at 1:39 pm 1.Bryan Kerwick
said …
Gasoline prices are not as high as one would think. It would take a price of $3.25 per gallon adjusted for inflation to reach its previous high.
Conservation would be nice but it ain’t gonna happen. Why are SUV’s and Luxury Pick-up trucks the number1 sellers? Guess the price of fuel really isn’t as important as one would have you beleive.
The silver lining in this cloud is that alternative fuels are becoming economically viable. There will be drilling in Alaska before we buy little cars that get 50 MPG.
That is just the facts of life and politics will not change them, economics however will.
on 25 Apr 2006 at 10:44 am 2.Moonage Political Webdream
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