Have You Heard About 1 Day Gas Strike???

I know in the UK they tried this and wanted everyone to stop buying gas (petrol) for one day. This would cost the companys millions. I am all for this and believe that we are being over charged for our petrol, but sadly most people are out for themselves and will not think of doing this. We got rid of our car a few months ago, but I would certainly do it otherwise. The amount of profit that is made, but still they put the prices up. I have always believed in the power of the consumer and if everyone, for one day decided not to buy gas, it would cripple their profits! I hope many read your discussion and follow this!! Great discussion dramaqn!!!

I'm with you. We've been passing the message around work and school. I hope the result is positive and change comes from it!! I know where I'm at the price isn't even the highest it is around the country, but it's crazy!! I'm thinking of trading my car in to get a scooter!

it sounds like a really good idea but it will only have a temperary result.now if you convinced enough people to drive to the petrol station fill up there cars and drive off with out paying then that might give the big fuel companys a clear message that weve had enough of high prices all you need is a little guts and a false set of plates.ill be up for that

I also received this in an e-mail. I'll copy it here for you so everyone else can read the version I got. I'll add my own comments/thoughts at the end. Don't pump gas on May 15th... ...in April 1997, there was a "gas out" conducted nationwide in protest of gas prices. Gasoline prices dropped 30 cents a gallon overnight. On May 15th 2007, all internet users are asked not to go to a gas station in protest of high gas prices. Gas is now over $3.00 a gallon in most places. There are 73,000,000+ American members currently on the internet network, and the average car takes 30 to 50 dollars to fill up. If all users did not go to the pump on the 15th, it would take $2,292,000,000.00 (that's almost 3 BILLION) out of the oil companies' pockets for just one day, so please do not go to the gas station on May 15th and let's try to put a dent in the Middle Eastern oil industry for at least one day. I think gas prices are quite high here. Although I've heard of other places paying even more. Also in comparison to the prices of other commonly uses things by the gallon, gas is fairly cheap. But I don't say that to take away from the point of this discussion Today I had to get gas for my vehicle (which had been costing $62 to fill). The prices for the 3 kinds were $3.10, $3.20 and $3.30. at that price it will now cost me approx. $77 to "fill up". That will only last a week of normal driving. Here's the problem I have with this gas boycott. For that one day, the companies won't make as much money BUT they'll still have the product to sell on the next day and will make up their losses quite easily. One day will not make a difference, other than letting them know that we aren't happy. We need to come up with a plan to give them an actual incentive to get gas prices under control. I don't know what that could be other than to drastically reduce our gas consumption for an extended amount of time but doing that would probably hurt the smaller businesses worse than the big oil companies.

I am willing to give this a shot. I however don't believe that doing this for just one day will really hurt the gas companies. Yes , the lose the sales for that one day but they will make it up the following day. This needs to be done for several days in a row to really knock it to the gas companies. They realize that most people have to have gas to get back and forth to work and so forth.

I'm willing to give it a try... Hey, it can't hurt anything right? The price is ridiculous! The price goes up almost daily it seems! If enough people do this, it could work. I'm skeptical but hey, anything is worth a try.

I'm with you! No buying gas on the 15th!

NO GAS...On May 15th 2007 Body: Don't pump gas on may 15th Body: ...in April 1997, there was a "gas out" conducted nationwide in protest of gas prices. Gasoline prices dropped 30 cents a gallon overnight. On May 15th 2007, all internet users are to not go to a gas station in protest of high gas prices. Gas is now over $3.00 a gallon in most places. There are 73,000,000+ American members currently on the internet network, and the average car takes about 30 to 50 dollars to fill up. If all users did not go to the pump on the 15th, it would take $2,292,000,000.00 (that's almost 3 BILLION) 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 Middle Eastern oil industry for at least one day. If you agree (which I cant see why you wouldnt) resend this to all your contact list. With it saying, ''Don't pump gas on May 15th" Here's the email or the message I hope that you were referring to. I also plan on not getting gas on the 15th. I plan on getting it the day before. I keep hearing on the news about the price of gas should be hitting it's peak soon. I don't see it coming. I always thought if a owner of a gas station lowered there prices for one day wouldn't they make more money from that one day than they would have in one week. Somewhere here it was on the news that a gas station owner accidently lowered his prices down to .26 cents (no joke). It took two hours and tons of people stopping by before he realised the problem. Well, I hope that a lot of people will do this. If this works, people need to keep doing this every month until these oil owners gets the hint.

I'm dubious that it will work in the long term. I mean, gas prices might come down temporarily because they'll have those billions of gallons of unused gasoline from that one day. More gasoline available means cheaper gas. That's just the law of supply and demand. But the oil companies also know that we'll all be filling up again the next day because none of us who have vehicles can go for long without it. And as soon as the demand for gas goes up again, so will the price. But why not give it a shot. See what happens.

I hate to burst your bubble, although the idea in theory is a good one, according to snopes this is an urban legend which has been circulating since 1999. http://www.snopes.com/politics/gasoline/nogas.asp