Don't Pump Gas On May 15th!

[Sundvl-88YJ]

Something a friend emailed me. Think of how much fuel sales they would lose out on if every jeep owner didnt fill up.

On May 15th all myspace members are to not go to the gas station in protest high gas prices. Gas is now over $3.00 a gallon in most places. There are 72,110,073 members currently on the network, and the average car takes about 20 to 30 dollars to fill up. If all myspace members did not go to the pump on the 15th it would take $2, 163,302,190.00 out of the oil companys pockets for just one day, so please do not go to the gas station on May 15th and lets try to put a dent in the oil industry for at least one day.

[FrenchChili]

There was a report once to show it won't affect prices but heck why not do it for the hell of it, that'll be $80 for me:D

[FlexyXJ]

It will just make them have a REALLY good day on the 16th.:D This Idea has always baffled me. Gas prices are a way of life, I mean what are we gonna do?? Stop driving???? Doubtful. Buy 1 less pack of smokes, go out to lunch 1 less time a week. 19 gallon TJ tank, filled up @ 2.50 a gallon = 47.50. Same tank filled up @ 3.00 a gallon = 57.00. Difference = 9.50. :confused:


Joe

[UGROWUP]

Hey just so I know for later. What are gas prices in Phoenix right now?

[Sundvl-88YJ]

ive seen everything from $2.81- $2.90's

[lancetkenyon]

2.89, 2.99, 3.09

[cdhowell]

If one compant such as Shell was targeted for a week. It may force them to lower prices and other to follow!

[Sautin]

Well from what I understand, and I may be totally wrong on this, but the gas station owners themselves do not make a large profit off of gasoline. Like a couple of cents on the dollar. Correct me if I am wrong. So if I am right all stuff like this will do is hurt the little man, and like someone else said give the oil industry a good day on the sixteenth.

[daniel]

It will just make them have a REALLY good day on the 16th.:D This Idea has always baffled me. Gas prices are a way of life, I mean what are we gonna do?? Stop driving???? Doubtful. Buy 1 less pack of smokes, go out to lunch 1 less time a week. 19 gallon TJ tank, filled up @ 2.50 a gallon = 47.50. Same tank filled up @ 3.00 a gallon = 57.00. Difference = 9.50. :confused:


Joe

truethat

[Kiwi]

Should we also have a national 'don't buy Starbucks for a day' or a 'don't buy bottled water for a day'?

Not buying gas won't do anything, nor send any type of message, sorry :)

[jbjarko]

Ya, it is what it is. There is nothing that you can truly do about it. Suck it up and pay for it. Or, ride a bike.

[Jdemonto@Airpark Jeep Sales]

The whole gas boycott is a joke. I know I used to work for them! The only true way to boycott is to hurt exxon/mobile..WE acn boycott the ones makking all the $$$$ It might change things...Heres the problem they most likely supply other brands and they would still be somewhat ok! I know that Chevron/shell are a big player that doesn't get their gas from exxon/mobile. You need millions to make a true difference here..I do not buy gas from exxon/mobile.

Jason

[rockwerks]

I dont buy from any of the big companies, only the small guys who are usually cheaper any way, and the gas is the same except for special forumula additives. there are only 6 producers of gas in the USA. everyone buys from them (according to MSN last year)

[SavageSun4x4]

Should we also have a national 'don't buy Starbucks for a day' or a 'don't buy bottled water for a day'?

Not buying gas won't do anything, nor send any type of message, sorry :)

This old idea works IF and only IF, you DO NOT use any gas the day you boycott. If you still drive to work, to the mall etc that day then all you will accomplish is you will need to buy 1 extras days worth when you do fill up.

Lets say you fill up every Wed and it takes an average of $30 bucks which is $4.28 per day.

Now you are not going to fill up on Wed, but instead do it on Thursday. That $30 buck fill up will now cost $34.28 on Thursday. What message did you send?:rolleyes:

BUT don't buy a Starbucks today and not likely you will buy 2 tomorrow.

Suggest the myspace folks skip the Starbucks instead.;)

[SHNIPE]

ima go fill up every tank i can find on that day just to screw with your guys plan... and when was the last time youve seen over 1,000,000 people do the same thing when they say they will. Not gonna happen. let alone 72 mill

[azrubyman]

Boycotting buying gas will not work.
What would work and grab every single politicians attention here and abroad is.....if everyone in America stayed home on a Wednesday or Tuesday or pick a work day. Or even half of working America did it.

Ken

[Miles2go1979]

Boycotting buying gas will not work.
What would work and grab every single politicians attention here and abroad is.....if everyone in America stayed home on a Wednesday or Tuesday or pick a work day. Or even half of working America did it.

Ken

Didn't the Hispanics try that a few years ago here? Did anyone actually notice an effect? It seemed to backfire because no one noticed and not many participated for fear of losing thier jobs.

[1BLKJP]

Hell if I owned a gas station and everyone boycotted gas for a day I would just raise the price of gas .20 cents for the next day and everyone would pay me more than they would've before.

Gas truly has not followed inflation all of these years. 25 years a go gas was was what .50 a gallon? Milk was what like .50 a gallon? Now gas is 2.85 a gallon and milk is what 3.99 or something? However Exxon making 10 billion a year in profit seems a little high, but honestly until a better solution comes along we are all just going to have to be thankful that it isn't any higher than it already is.

[azrubyman]

Didn't the Hispanics try that a few years ago here? Did anyone actually notice an effect? It seemed to backfire because no one noticed and not many participated for fear of losing thier jobs.

It wasn't a hispanic thing it was and illegal alien thing and didn't pull off because average Americans didn't care. But then again...they probably don't care about this enough to do anything either.
Ken

[Miles2go1979]

It wasn't a hispanic thing it was and illegal alien thing and didn't pull off because average Americans didn't care. But then again...they probably don't care about this enough to do anything either.
Ken

I know it was about illegals, but they were trying to get the whole hispanic community to do it. Part of the whole Si Se Puede Day thing. The only thing I remeber about that day is that 1/3 of my students were missing.

[jeeper05]

no need to boycott gas cuz they do only make pennies a gallon the boys makin the cash are the suppliers if you want to hurt a industry stop buying anything you dont have to have example and its kinda long.. Indiana had a split speed limit one for cars one for trucks we as truck drivers didnt like that very much so we organized a boycott Indiana campaign we bought NOTHING as a whole in the state nothing at all no food, fuel, maps, we did not run the toll road it took a week for the state to track down who set this up I was a part of it we made a deal raise the speed limit to 65 for cars 60 for trucks keeps the insurance and the people that wanted the split happy however if we dropped the boycott they wouldnt write tickets for anything under 68 and to my knowledge they have held up thier end of the deal will exon or mobil make a like minded deal prolly not but it might get someones attention if you buy your next bottle a water and snickers bar at frys instead a QT no need to organize a day get your gas just dont get anything else, pay at the pump get in your jeep and drive away tell your friends your family the people you work with see how long it takes to make the news all it takes is a little partisapation Im all ready not buyin anything but gaas and Im passin it on to you what are you gonna do help out or just keep complainin

[UNSTUCK]

ima go fill up every tank i can find on that day just to screw with your guys plan... and when was the last time youve seen over 1,000,000 people do the same thing when they say they will. Not gonna happen. let alone 72 mill

I've got two tanks you can take care of.

[FrenchChili]

I've got two tanks you can take care of.

x3..:D

[RokNRich]

Chart from 1950:

http://oregonstate.edu/Dept/pol_sci/fac/sahr/gasol.htm


Easier to read, but only from 1970.

http://zfacts.com/metaPage/lib/zFacts-Gasoline-Price.gif

http://zfacts.com/p/35.html

[Kiwi]

It's not that gas is too expensive, it's that we use too much. Funny we're talking about this on a 4x4 forum, where most people's righs get less than 15mpg, and our idea of fun is burning up a half a tank crawling over some rocks.

As long as we're willing to buy gas pigs, oil companies will be happy to sell us the gas. What we really need is to get the auto companies to start making diesel equiped vehicles for us - like they do in every other country! Of course, then again, diesel here is way over-priced because it is over-taxed, jeez - you just can't win....

Oh, I just want to throw in my .o2 on oil company profits. I've read that that actualy thier profit margins are around 10% - less than alot of other corporations, like, for instance, Starbucks, or Coco-Colo, who we all buy a bottle of water from for a 1.50. Point is, even at 10% profit margin, when you move billions of dollars of product in a year, you're gonna end up with a hefty profit. Reality is, the world runs on oil, and will probably for at least our lifetime. Oil companies here in America are a for-profit corporation, so unless we change that, we have to accept the fact that they will, indeed, earn a profit every year.

[rockwerks]

It's not that gas is too expensive, it's that we use too much. Funny we're talking about this on a 4x4 forum, where most people's righs get less than 15mpg, and our idea of fun is burning up a half a tank crawling over some rocks.



speak for yourself on the mileage issue, my xj gets 24 mpg average sitting on its 34" tires, :D

[jeeper05]

speak for yourself on the mileage issue, my xj gets 24 mpg average sitting on its 34" tires, :D

well in his defense he didnt refer to you as the word most was used in his post

[Miles2go1979]

Compared to the rest of the world what we pay for gas is still pretty cheap. The only reason the oil companies make so many millions is because so many people use it, they make about a penny a gallon. Meanwhile the government makes about 20 cents a gallon in taxes.

Its a free market run by supply and demand. If the potential for supply is threatened prices go up. If the demand rises so do the prices. When both happen at the same time prices skyrocket.

Here's some more food for thought (pun somewhat intended). If we converted all our vehicles to run on biodiesel and everyone uses vegatable oil, what would that do to the price of french fries (err.. freedom fries)?

[Fire Ball]

Oil companies make more like 8 to 10 cents per gallon profit. They have been making record profits but the market drives the price. Oil is a traded comodity on the open market. A ship load of oil leaving Iran might be sold 6 or 7 times before ending up at a final port. The ship captain has to change his destination everytime the oil load is sold.

If we as ameicans stop using so much, then the producers cut production and the price stays up. My bike gets 44 mpg and it is a lot more fun to drive than my car ;)

[Washington_XJ]

People complain about gas prices in AZ and I just smile and say, "you've never been to the northwest, have you?"

[rockwerks]

People complain about gas prices in AZ and I just smile and say, "you've never been to the northwest, have you?"

http://www.fuelgaugereport.com/sbsavg.asp

This graph shows current average prices, we are 6th in the counrty. (behind the Northwest and a few other states

[Mike McGreevy]

come one everyone, I am in the fuel industry. And 1 day no buys dont work at all! You still need to buy befor or after the no buy day. So sails are up the day befor or the day after, which dont change the prices at all!!!! If one was to inpact the fuel prices one must cut back on demand! So u want to get the price down a penny or 2 for a day? Then do a dont drive a week thing. Uses the bus, car pull, walk, or ride a bike. You must bring demand down for more then 1 day!

Also what would help is to open new refinery or two! we havent had a new one since 1970!!!! so the ones runing are at 100% all the time!!! so one problem at one refinery drives prices up!!!!

Also car makers need to make cars with better gas milage, and not just 35 mpg....In euripe, they get over 50 mpg in there cars (Diesel). So what is the problem over here?
Just something to think about.
Mike

[zj95]

Chart from 1950:

http://oregonstate.edu/Dept/pol_sci/fac/sahr/gasol.htm


Easier to read, but only from 1970.

http://zfacts.com/metaPage/lib/zFacts-Gasoline-Price.gif

http://zfacts.com/p/35.html


heres another good source... :D

i see a connection... :cool:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Pchart.jpg/776px-Pchart.jpg

[SHNIPE]

LOL @ the pirate graph. cant be pirates on this board acuse they use foul language and offend people :D

[amber.hodge]

It will just make them have a REALLY good day on the 16th.:D This Idea has always baffled me. Gas prices are a way of life, I mean what are we gonna do?? Stop driving???? Doubtful. Buy 1 less pack of smokes, go out to lunch 1 less time a week. 19 gallon TJ tank, filled up @ 2.50 a gallon = 47.50. Same tank filled up @ 3.00 a gallon = 57.00. Difference = 9.50. :confused:


Joe

I would imagine you are right. I think that the only way a boycott would work is if the whole nation did not buy gas for a couple weeks...that is likely to happen...lets see......never. I wish I could participate in something like this just as a statement even if it doesn't work - but we'd have to buy a gas can as the jeep goes between not so east mesa and florence daily for work! :eek:
I remember a time when Gas was $1 a gallon...your gas perfectly matched your dollar spent...oh for that day to return!!! :(