been tried before , it won't work because the small brands buy from the big
companies refineries.
>From: "DML" <dml@mckittricks.ca>
>Reply-To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
>To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
>Subject: DML: Fw: Canadians fight gas war
>Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2004 13:37:33 -0500
>
>
> >This just might work.
>
>READ&FORWARD
>
> Having some control over gas prices...
> I hear we are going to hit close to $1.00 a litre by the summer. Want
>gasoline prices to come down? We need to take some intelligent, united
>action. 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 it and join with us! By now you're probably thinking gasoline
>priced at about 69.9 cents a litre is super cheap. Me too! It is currently
>76.9 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 Litre of gas
>is CHEAP at 69.9, we need to take aggressive action to teach them that
>BUYERS control the marketplace....n!
>ot 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? 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. Here's
>the idea: For the rest of this year, DON"T purchase ANY gasoline from the
>two biggest companies (which now are PETRO CANADA & SHELL). 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 Shell and Petro
>Canada 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! I am sending this note t!
>o about thirty people. If each of you sends it to at least ten more (
>ast ten more (300 x 10 = 3,000). and so on, by the time the message
>reaches the sixth generation of people, we will have reached over THREE
>MILLION consumers! 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!!!
>Again, all you have to do is send this to 10 people. That's all. How long
>would all that take? If each of us sends this email 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. PLEASE HOLD OUT
>UNTIL THEY LOWER THEIR PRICES AND KEEP THEM DOWN. THIS CAN REALLY WORK.
>YOU KNOW THEY LOVE HOLIDAYS AND SUMMER TRAVELERS.
>
>
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