Re: [Chrysler300] Fw: for lower gas prices

["Roger Schaaf" <obiwan10@xxxx>]

Until I can go to the grocery store and see something besides a parking lot
full of SUV's, I will have no sympathy for those who wish to blame their
gasoline woes on the big bad oil companies.



I paid 35 cents per gallon for gasoline in 1957 when the average USA wage
was perhaps a 75 to 100 dollars per week. Now the average is probably
closer to 750 to a 1000 which is 10 times as large. Seems that gasoline has
gone up 5(or 6 in some areas) times(a large portion of that being tax
increases--or do none of your remember when you did not pay sales tax on
your gasoline-- from our out of control government and no one is calling
them greedy--such as some call the oil companies) and wages have gone up
some 10 times. Incidentally a new Corvette was about 3000 then and is
50,000 now. That is about 16 times.

I paid a 1000 dollar gas guzzler tax on my Jaguar XJR. Perhaps treating
SUV's and none business use Pick Up trucks the same as automobiles(also for
safety standards and requirements, bumper height standards, emissions) and
taxing them the same penalty would cure some of the foolish ardor for these
vehicles and leave enough fuel to go around so that we all may benefit with
lower fuel prices and help keep us out of foreign entanglements.

Yes before someone lets me know about the high fuel use of our 300's(and
other such old cars) they are not used on a regular basis and probably
contribute little to our increased overall fuel costs, smog and dependency
on foreign oil.

I just put on my cast iron jock strap to protect me from the wails that I am
sure are forthcoming. I am weary of the continuous fusillades against big
oil and the corporate greed they display everytime gasoline prices
increase(often for refinery problems, the world price of oil, stupid
government regulations on MTBE or Ethanol, cold weather, a ship sinking
somewhere etc). Another piece of advice for those who believe that the oil
companies are ripping you off. Invest your 401k and IRA monies in oil
stocks and with all your excess profits your fuel prices will not look so
bad.

We have seen the enemy and the enemy is us.....Pogo

Roger Schaaf
300 B Milpitas, California
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Subject: [Chrysler300] Fw: for lower gas prices


>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: ShockMe
> To: shockme@xxxx
> Sent: Friday, February 27, 2004 3:05 PM
> Subject: FW: for lower gas prices
>
>
> > Read on....Subject: GAS WAR
>
> > > Join the resistance!!!!
>
> > > I hear we are going to hit close to $3.00 a gallon by the summer.Want
>
> > > gasoline prices to come down? We need to take some intelligent,united
>
> > > action. 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 $1.50 is
super
>
> > > cheap. Me too! It is currently $1.97 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 gallon of gas is CHEAP at $1.50- $1.75, we
need to take
>
> > > aggressive action to teach them that BUYERS control the
marketplace....not
>
> > > 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 one), EXXON and MOBIL.
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 Exxon and Mobil
gas
>
> > > buyers. It's really simple to do!! Now, don't whimp 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 to about thirty people. If each of you send it
to
>
> > > at least ten more (30 x 10 = 300) ... and those 300 send it to at
least 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. If
you
>
> > > don't understand how we can reach 300 million and all you have to do
is
>
> > > send this to 10 people.... Well, let's face it, you just aren't a
mathematician.
>
> > > But I am ... so trust me on this one.)
>
> > > How long would all that take? If each of us sends this e-mail 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 TO THE $1.30 RANGE AND KEEP THEM
>
> DOWN. THIS CAN REALLY WORK.
>
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