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Topic: Nation planing gas strike
Knightime's photo
Tue 04/29/08 01:41 PM
I just recieved a text from a good friend seems the people want to get their point acrossed .
On May 2nd the nation is planning a gas strike . dont buy gas on that day ... pass it on
And dont give me greif about this just passing it on also .
and I will be pertisapating ... have a nice day see ya's tonight after work .. drinker

itsmetina's photo
Tue 04/29/08 01:42 PM
i'll take care of it

adirtygirl's photo
Tue 04/29/08 01:42 PM
Hell i agree. i wont buy gas.drinker i will buy a drink insteaddrinker drinker drinker

hellkitten54's photo
Tue 04/29/08 01:42 PM
One day of not buying gas isn't going to do jack sh!t.happy

jedigirl's photo
Tue 04/29/08 01:42 PM
on it!!

MirrorMirror's photo
Tue 04/29/08 01:44 PM
flowerforyou I dont go anywhere anymore so I dont buy that much gas anyways. flowerforyou

Corrupted's photo
Tue 04/29/08 01:44 PM
I heard that all truckers were gonna go on strike on Wednesday because of deisel prices.

no photo
Tue 04/29/08 01:45 PM
yes, it worked so well the last 7 years

no photo
Tue 04/29/08 01:45 PM
good luck with getting the nation to do anything organized.

Corrupted's photo
Tue 04/29/08 01:45 PM
I guess its just about that time to take up the "shoelace" express. laugh

LIJOMA's photo
Tue 04/29/08 01:47 PM
So then I need to fill up my truck on Thursday May 1, so I can participate with it on Friday May 2.noway

cutelildevilsmom's photo
Tue 04/29/08 01:49 PM
I'll throw rice..laugh

no photo
Tue 04/29/08 01:52 PM
Me & my mountain bike are bearific friends till thee end.Woo-Hoo!drinker

Knightime's photo
Tue 04/29/08 07:32 PM
thanks for the greif ... geeze .. this is why they can just do what they want to us .... sheep ... come her i need to see how deep this hole is ... when you finish falling to the bottom .. make a loud thump ... thanks ... noway

FAK's photo
Tue 04/29/08 07:35 PM
I have gas....

Cambolaya65's photo
Tue 04/29/08 07:36 PM
this stimulus crap is just another way of getting us to give our money directly to the oil companies.

Knightime's photo
Tue 04/29/08 07:39 PM

this stimulus crap is just another way of getting us to give our money directly to the oil companies.

well check out what others are saying about this ..
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080330064902AA3vyLi

no photo
Tue 04/29/08 08:10 PM

I just recieved a text from a good friend seems the people want to get their point acrossed .
On May 2nd the nation is planning a gas strike . dont buy gas on that day ... pass it on
And dont give me greif about this just passing it on also .
and I will be pertisapating ... have a nice day see ya's tonight after work .. drinker


This has been done before, and it simply isn't gonna work.

Why? Well...

- a one-day gasoline boycott is considered a drop-in-the-bucket next to the BILLIONS of bucks big oil makes on a daily basis. They'll only start making their money again on the following day. Some statistics state that for a boycott to TRULY be successful, the boycott-to-be would have to go on for the better part of a month or more. And -unless you'd be willing to NOT drive for that long- that probably isn't in the cards.

- some of the less-informed out there will go ahead and get gas on the "boycott" day anyway, which would pretty much negate any of the impact a boycott would have anyway. So the oil companies are gonna see at least SOME profit even in light of a boycott.

- since gasoline is bought via wholesale markets as well as through franchises (the gas stations), chances are that it'll be the gas station owners (and NOT the oil companies) who would feel the pinch first. And THAT would only happen after a boycott lasting longer than a day.

The only way to have a realistic chance of side-stepping the oil companies is to make investments in REAL energy alternatives, and not any of that flash-in-the-pan ethanol stuff (which would only interfere with grain supplies meant for human/animal consumption more than anything else)... like the rather interesting technology that was being developed in San Diego that used electricity to break apart water to oxygen and hydrogen, in essence making a "safe" kind of fuel cell.

It's just too bad that the fella who developed THAT technology was found murdered in his home not too long ago. Gee... I wonder who would do such a thing... *shakes head*

krobin02's photo
Tue 04/29/08 08:17 PM


This has been done before, and it simply isn't gonna work.

Why? Well...

- a one-day gasoline boycott is considered a drop-in-the-bucket next to the BILLIONS of bucks big oil makes on a daily basis. They'll only start making their money again on the following day. Some statistics state that for a boycott to TRULY be successful, the boycott-to-be would have to go on for the better part of a month or more. And -unless you'd be willing to NOT drive for that long- that probably isn't in the cards.

- some of the less-informed out there will go ahead and get gas on the "boycott" day anyway, which would pretty much negate any of the impact a boycott would have anyway. So the oil companies are gonna see at least SOME profit even in light of a boycott.

- since gasoline is bought via wholesale markets as well as through franchises (the gas stations), chances are that it'll be the gas station owners (and NOT the oil companies) who would feel the pinch first. And THAT would only happen after a boycott lasting longer than a day.

The only way to have a realistic chance of side-stepping the oil companies is to make investments in REAL energy alternatives, and not any of that flash-in-the-pan ethanol stuff (which would only interfere with grain supplies meant for human/animal consumption more than anything else)... like the rather interesting technology that was being developed in San Diego that used electricity to break apart water to oxygen and hydrogen, in essence making a "safe" kind of fuel cell.

It's just too bad that the fella who developed THAT technology was found murdered in his home not too long ago. Gee... I wonder who would do such a thing... *shakes head*



Absolutely true. Especially when you factor in the increased profits to the oil companies the day before and the day after the "strike."

Knightime's photo
Tue 04/29/08 08:28 PM



This has been done before, and it simply isn't gonna work.

Why? Well...

- a one-day gasoline boycott is considered a drop-in-the-bucket next to the BILLIONS of bucks big oil makes on a daily basis. They'll only start making their money again on the following day. Some statistics state that for a boycott to TRULY be successful, the boycott-to-be would have to go on for the better part of a month or more. And -unless you'd be willing to NOT drive for that long- that probably isn't in the cards.

- some of the less-informed out there will go ahead and get gas on the "boycott" day anyway, which would pretty much negate any of the impact a boycott would have anyway. So the oil companies are gonna see at least SOME profit even in light of a boycott.

- since gasoline is bought via wholesale markets as well as through franchises (the gas stations), chances are that it'll be the gas station owners (and NOT the oil companies) who would feel the pinch first. And THAT would only happen after a boycott lasting longer than a day.

The only way to have a realistic chance of side-stepping the oil companies is to make investments in REAL energy alternatives, and not any of that flash-in-the-pan ethanol stuff (which would only interfere with grain supplies meant for human/animal consumption more than anything else)... like the rather interesting technology that was being developed in San Diego that used electricity to break apart water to oxygen and hydrogen, in essence making a "safe" kind of fuel cell.

It's just too bad that the fella who developed THAT technology was found murdered in his home not too long ago. Gee... I wonder who would do such a thing... *shakes head*



Absolutely true. Especially when you factor in the increased profits to the oil companies the day before and the day after the "strike."
so why can t we just stop the thinking that there is nothing we as a people can do about it , its our god giving right as an american and as a people ... isnt it what our nations building blocks were began on ... controled by the people for the peopke ... we have been tricked into believing that there is nothing that can be done . i dont believe that for a minute ... remember hands acrossed america ? i was there it was great ... i stood on the washington bridge think this nation is just to cool ... WE The People ... its what its about ,

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