OT: How we can show WE own the gas market
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Gold Member Username: 04redmach1Lagrange, GA USA Post Number: 1578 Registered: Mar-06 | I personally am sick and tired of these high prices. $2.99 a gallon here and will go up I am sure. I was thinking one day a few months back and came up with the perfect idea. The whole idea of not buying this day doesn't do much at all. You got to buy again, and they know this. Take a look at my idea. I started this a few months back. I only buy from certain stations. I DO NOT buy from these suppliers: Chevron Shell Exxon/Mobile Citco (South American) I buy from raceway/racetrack and BP's only. If everyone would take the same steps, then it would start a pricing war between the companies. In return helps the consumer. same thing that happened with wal-mart and K-mart. Think about that and let me know what you think. I say pass it along. Kevin |
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Platinum Member Username: BestmankindIM THE REAL SLIM SHADY Post Number: 16455 Registered: Oct-05 | yeah i heard about that plan. it would work but only if everyone got in to it. the media won't advertise such plan so its hard for everyone to do it. btw i am paying $359 a gallon. |
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Silver Member Username: DurskiPost Number: 142 Registered: Nov-06 | hopefully people catch on, but even if you walk into a marathon station which has red white and blue themes everywhere you look, if you see muhammed behind the counter you have to wonder a little bit... |
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Gold Member Username: 04redmach1Lagrange, GA USA Post Number: 1581 Registered: Mar-06 | Ouch! It would be hard to get out, but the internet is in sooo many households, and word of mouth spreads quick. I am willing to try anything. If I got to run cross country naked with a sigh that says, "don't buy gas from..." I would. This is just stupid. Kevin |
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Gold Member Username: Nd4spd18Northwest PA Post Number: 5133 Registered: Jul-06 | Now how many times have we seen this posted before  Never going to work |
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Gold Member Username: 04redmach1Lagrange, GA USA Post Number: 1586 Registered: Mar-06 | It will work, if passed along and done. Even if 1/2 of america did it, you would see a difference. Gas can't just sit and stay good forever. Kevin |
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Gold Member Username: StnorrisRE SX 15, IA US Post Number: 2235 Registered: Apr-06 | a good way to save money is getting a bp card also. with my card i get around 30 cents off a gallon, im getting it now at about 2.59 compared to 2.89 or 2.99 |
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Silver Member Username: Dsmith07NC Http://com4.... Post Number: 762 Registered: Jun-06 | forrest gump made the news by walking/running, try it. |
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Gold Member Username: JtownTeam Revolution, Texas Post Number: 1531 Registered: Mar-07 | why don't you buy from Shell? |
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Platinum Member Username: WingmanaliveA pic is worth 1000 posts!! Post Number: 12169 Registered: Jun-06 | Chavez wants us all broke and still in need of his country. Citgo has teamed up with AOL I'm almost certain of it.  |
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Gold Member Username: ShortysetniesRock Vegas, NC US Post Number: 1599 Registered: Mar-06 | this should be in the OT section... J/K yeah I mentioned this a while back but it would take a LOT to get this idea out. It would work GREAT! In about 2-3 days prices would go down and continue till people moved to that place, then another would come down, then another... It is a great idea, no to have it happen... |
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Gold Member Username: ShortysetniesRock Vegas, NC US Post Number: 1601 Registered: Mar-06 | <<<dumba$$ I just realized it was in the OT. I need to pay attention |
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Gold Member Username: AdddisorderPalm Beach, Florida Post Number: 5685 Registered: Jan-06 | it wont work. even if people wernt buying from them they would be forced to because the stations would keep running out of gas because of the high traffic on those stations. |
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Platinum Member Username: Project6Post Number: 14158 Registered: Dec-03 | Read about gasoline prices and how it is affected. http://calculatedrisk.blogspot.com/2005/06/refinery-myth.html I doubt a boycott will work. There is not enough unity among consumers to do such a thing. Everyone wants to do their own thing and we place a high value on individuality and not as a whole entity working for the common good. |
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Gold Member Username: Denali_on_22sYou can call me Scroog... Post Number: 3440 Registered: Feb-06 | WE can't... |
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Platinum Member Username: Project6Post Number: 14166 Registered: Dec-03 |  |
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Gold Member Username: Th3pwn3rPost Number:... Post Number: 6452 Registered: Jul-06 | The only way you can affect the gas companies is if you don't use gas at all. We need to get off of our fat as ses and ride a bike, run or walk to where we need to be. |
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Gold Member Username: Bnd_rulezPhoenix, AZ USA Post Number: 1047 Registered: Mar-05 | First off, BP makes absolute crap for gas. That crap runs through your car like a bad burrito. I will never buy from Arco/AmPm because of that fact alone. I don't know how all Gas stores do it, but my company buys gas through the NYSE as a commodity and either eats the loss based on competition or makes marginal/target gain like 2 to 3 cents a gallon. So we wouldn't have much a problem with the boycott because we only buy what we need. |
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Gold Member Username: PitbullguyI support the Zac Davi..., Chicago Post Number: 2535 Registered: Oct-06 | "The only way you can affect the gas companies is if you don't use gas at all. We need to get off of our fat as ses and ride a bike, run or walk to where we need to be." x5millionbilliontrillion the boycott thing is a nice concept but would never work for a few reasons. When i go to get gas where i live currently, the stations are already pretty crowded most of the day. If we boycotted certain stations, the stations we DO use would be even more incredibly crowded. there is NO WAY people would sit there and wait in line when the station across the street is ready to go. "even if people wernt buying from them they would be forced to because the stations would keep running out of gas because of the high traffic on those stations." another reason it wouldn't work. it's like Rob said, the only way to kick them in the azz is to lower our dependency on them, period. Start walking, biking, rollerblading or w/e to places that aren't that far away. Not only will you save money, you'll be healthier. And for places that are too far to conveniently walk/bike, use public transportation as much as possible, trains/buses and such are wayyy more efficient in terms of the resources they use in proportion to the job they get done. |
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Gold Member Username: Bnd_rulezPhoenix, AZ USA Post Number: 1048 Registered: Mar-05 | I have been wanting to get a diesel. I would love to make my own fuel, for pennies on the dollar. Bio-diesel is cool. Hell even Willie Nelson has his own brand of bio gas. |
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Silver Member Username: SomedonniedudeIllinois United States Post Number: 700 Registered: May-07 | I don't think BP makes bad gas. It runs better in my bike than most of the other gas stations around here. I only run 92+octane, if possible I run 110 tho. Steve how do I get a BP card, does it cost anything? |
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Gold Member Username: JtownTeam Revolution, Texas Post Number: 1575 Registered: Mar-07 | I could be wrong, but I think that biodiesel by the gallon over a year compared to gasoline, actually does cost more comparitively. |
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Gold Member Username: Bnd_rulezPhoenix, AZ USA Post Number: 1056 Registered: Mar-05 | Not when you are making your own bio-diesel. Free oil is everywhere and the process to make it is rather cheap and simple. ARCO/ AMPM are part of BP. Maybe you guys got something different, but the only reason you buy ARCO gas here is to save a nickel compared to the other guys. I will never use it again. |
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Gold Member Username: AdddisorderPalm Beach, Florida Post Number: 5709 Registered: Jan-06 | biodiesel from a station is expensive or about the same as dino because people will pay a premium for it because its "green" why sell something for so cheap if you can charge 3x more for it. makeing your own is pretty easy and you can make it for around .75 a gallon. plus its actually better for the engine. |
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Gold Member Username: Bnd_rulezPhoenix, AZ USA Post Number: 1059 Registered: Mar-05 | ^^^H3ll yeah. I saw a full blow biodiesel making operation on Craigslist for $30000. Churns out like a million gallons a year. |
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Platinum Member Username: WingmanaliveA pic is worth 1000 posts!! Post Number: 12243 Registered: Jun-06 | The sun baby! It's an interesting source of power. Also one we've only really begun using in the grand scheme of things. Short little article about how we can benefit. Now if only the greedy politicians can find a way to line their pockets we would see more of this...... http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/176657/Power_station_harnesses_Sun_s_rays_ in_Seville_Spain |