Subject: Fw: Hartland People / Gas Prices
> Over the past several days I have been receiving a lot of =
email
> regarding the cost of a gallon of gasoline. I have combined =
two and am
> sending it to you. Please take a moment to pass this along to =
your
> family and friends and thank Gary Epley and Barbara (Thomas) =
Brown for
> enlightening us.
>
> GASOLINE
>
> Nothing is more frustrating to me than the feeling that =
every time I
> fill-up the tank, I am sending my money to people who are =
trying to
kill
> me, my family, and my friends. It turns out that oil =
companies import a
> lot of Middle Eastern oil and others do not import any. I =
thought it
> might be interesting for Americans to know which oil =
companies are the
> best to buy their gas from.
>
> Here is the list: Top 5 companies that import Middle =
Eastern oil for
> the period 9/1/00 - 8/31/01]. By the way, 86% of all Middle =
Eastern Oil
> comes from Saudi Arabia and Iraq.
>
> 1. Shell: 206,742,000 barrels of oil.
> 2. Chevron/Texaco: 144,332,000 barrels of oil.
> 3. Exxon/Mobil: 130,082,000 barrels of oil.
> 4. Marathon: 117,740,000 barrels of oil.
> 5. BP Amoco: 62,231,000
>
> If you do the math at $30 per barrel, these imports =
amount to about
18
> billion. That's a lot of money.
>
> The following large companies do not import much, if any, =
Middle
Eastern
> Oil.
> 1. Citgo: 0 barrels of oil.
> 2. Sunoco: 0
> 3. Conoco: 0
> 4. Sinclair: 0
> 5. Phillips: 0
>
> All of this information is available from the Department =
of Energy
and
> can be easily documented. Refineries located in the U.S. =
are required
to
> state where they get their oil and how much they are =
importing. They
> report on a monthly basis.
>
> You may want to keep this list in your car, share it with =
friends.
>
> Stop paying for terrorism
>
> high gasoline prices. Regular in the Bolingbrook, Illinois =
area is
> $1.56-9/10 to $1.59-9/10 per gallon as of 4-4-02. I intend to =
do my
> share. Howie
>
> Let it not be said that I did not assist in =
this matter!
:)
>
> 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. 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 $1.50
> is super cheap. Me too! It is currently $1.97 for regular =
unleaded in
> my town in California. 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 pocket book 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 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
> to about thirty people. If each of you send it to at least ten =
more (30
> x 10 =3D 300)... and those 300 send it to at least ten others =
(300 x 10 =3D
> 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
> E-MAILS! Of course many of the three hundred million e-mails =
will go
> to back to people who already got the e-mail previously. =
That's O.K.
> The public will be speaking loud and clear with this boycott =
of the "big
> guys".
>
>
> Again, all YOU Have to do is send this to 10 people. =
Then
> follow through and buy your gas from any source except Exxon =
and
> Mobil. That's all. Now if you don't understand how we can =
reach 300
> million That's OK. You don't have to be a mathematician. I =
am, so
> trust me on this one.)
>
>
> How long would all this take? If each of us sends =
this e-mail
> out to ten other 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.
>
>
> So join the crusade and pass this message to your =
friends.
>
> 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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