1. What are the merits of the claim that the 'gas out' worked in the past. It seems that after OPEC turned off the pump, it took a few weeks until the gas prices reached their current level. Why should we believe that a three day gas-out will have any, let alone lasting, effect on gasoline prices?
2. Why should I help SUV-owners to ease their pain? The least I can do, short of installing SUV-seeking missiles on my manual transmission Saturn, is to laugh all the way to the pump when I imagine what these idiots must be paying to fill up their gas-guzzling monstrosities.
wojtek
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>>>Subject: Don't buy gasoline (April 7-9th)
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>>Last year on April 30,1999, a gas out was staged
>>across Canada and the U.S. to bring the price of
>>gas down, and it worked. It's time to do something
>>about it again.
>>Only this time lets make it for three days instead
>>of just one. The so-called oil cartel decided to
>>slow production to drive up gasoline prices. Lets
>>see how many Canadian\American people we can get to
>>ban together for a three day period in April, NOT
>>TO BUY ANY GASOLINE, during those three days.
>>
>>LETS HAVE A GAS OUT. Do not buy any gasoline from
>>APRIL 7, 2000,THROUGH APRIL 9, 2000. Buy what you
>>need before the dates listed above,or after, but
>>try not to buy any during the GAS OUT. If you
>>want to help, just send this to everyone you know
>>and ask them to do the same.
>>
>>We brought the prices down once before, and we can
>>do it again.
>>
>>Come on North America lets stand together. WE CAN
>>MAKE A DIFFERENCE!!!.
>>
>>Even if you receive this 100 times keep passing it
>>around, this way you know everyone is being informed
>>and no one will forget!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! >> >>
>>
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