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Posted: Fri Apr 14th, 2006 01:08 pm |
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marc wrote: Got this off another board....Sounds like a good idea.....Guess I will toss my speedpass...
"What do you think about this ?"
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I am sure the intentions were well, but I'm not buying the idea that schemes like these do anything at all.
The number 1 reason fuel is so expensive is because of the price of crude oil, the price of crude oil is driven by Wall Street.
I'm thinking we should all do less driving, do some walking, ride the bicycle to short destinations, carpool....
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weasle
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Posted: Fri Apr 14th, 2006 12:58 pm |
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Randy in Pensacola wrote: jeffy ole boy wrote: It makes no sense.. that article said crude oil reserves were at there highest level last week since 1998. So why is gas going up in price?? Lots of other variables I guess.. not enough ethanol.. fu*k
The reson is simple.....They have it, we want it and they know we will pay for it......GREED its that simple........
Im starting to sound like Weasle now.....Wheres my beer????......LMAO
randy , the ole weasle aint always wrong , did you see how many millions of dollars the ceo of , i think it was exon got for his retirement package on the news the other day ? if i was a stock holder (owner of the co. ) id be pissed i wasnt getting some of that in dividens.
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marc
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Posted: Fri Apr 14th, 2006 12:55 pm |
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jeffy ole boy wrote: It sounds good to me and does make sense. Whats the link to the article below? http://www.?
http://www.bikerheaven.com/
Go into the moan and bitch and politics section.
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jeffy ole boy
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Posted: Fri Apr 14th, 2006 12:42 pm |
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| It sounds good to me and does make sense. Whats the link to the article below? www.?
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marc
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Posted: Fri Apr 14th, 2006 12:00 pm |
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Got this off another board....Sounds like a good idea.....Guess I will toss my speedpass...
"What do you think about this ?"
----- This was originally sent by a retired Coca Cola executive. It came from one of his engineer buddies who retired from Halliburton. It ' s worth your consideration.
Join the resistance!!!! I hear we are going to hit close to $4.00 a gallon by next summer and it might go higher!! Want gasoline prices to come down? We need to take some intelligent, unitedaction. 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 on and join with us! By now you're probably thinking gasoline priced at about $1.50 is super cheap. Me too! It is currently $2.79 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 wimp out at this point.... keep reading and I'll explain how simple it is to reach millions of people.
I am sending this note to 30 people. If each of us sends it to at least ten more (30 x 10 =3D 300) ... and those 300 send it to at least ten more (300 x 10 =3D 3,000)...and so on, by the time the message reaches the sixth group 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 justaren'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. I suggest that we not buy from EXXON/MOBIL UNTIL THEY LOWER THEIR PRICES TO THE $1.30 RANGE AND KEEP THEM DOWN.
THIS CAN REALLY WORK.
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jeffy ole boy
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Posted: Fri Apr 14th, 2006 02:42 am |
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| If everyone would just not buy any gas for 2 days it would be interesting to see what the gas prices would be?
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Randy in Pensacola
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Posted: Fri Apr 14th, 2006 02:16 am |
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jeffy ole boy wrote: It makes no sense.. that article said crude oil reserves were at there highest level last week since 1998. So why is gas going up in price?? Lots of other variables I guess.. not enough ethanol.. fu*k
The reson is simple.....They have it, we want it and they know we will pay for it......GREED its that simple........
Im starting to sound like Weasle now.....Wheres my beer????......LMAO
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jeffy ole boy
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Posted: Thu Apr 13th, 2006 07:33 pm |
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| It makes no sense.. that article said crude oil reserves were at there highest level last week since 1998. So why is gas going up in price?? Lots of other variables I guess.. not enough ethanol.. fu*k
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Dave
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Posted: Thu Apr 13th, 2006 07:22 pm |
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At least it was only a couple of gallons.
I had more gas in the bike when I left this mornin' than I thought. Maybe I'm gettin' better gas mileage than I was for some reason.
But, then figure this out....
Associated Press -
Update 9: Oil Prices Fall As Crude Stocks Swell
http://www.forbes.com/home/feeds/ap/2006/04/13/ap2669291.html
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marc
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Posted: Thu Apr 13th, 2006 06:59 pm |
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Dave wrote: marc wrote:
It is about the same back here....On the news yesterday they were talking $3.00 by the summer.....There blaming it on the uncertainty in Iran with the Nuclear crap going on....Bastards...Sure as hell like to know where we get off telling other countries what they can and can't have....
I paid $3.03 per gallon this morning to fill the bike up... Arco 91 octane...
Ouch......That hurts.....
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Dave
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Posted: Thu Apr 13th, 2006 06:16 pm |
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marc wrote:
It is about the same back here....On the news yesterday they were talking $3.00 by the summer.....There blaming it on the uncertainty in Iran with the Nuclear crap going on....Bastards...Sure as hell like to know where we get off telling other countries what they can and can't have....
I paid $3.03 per gallon this morning to fill the bike up... Arco 91 octane...
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jeffy ole boy
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Posted: Thu Apr 13th, 2006 05:45 pm |
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zippo wrote: weasle wrote: i wonder how much the oil companys pay these guys to come up with these lame excuses why gas prices go up . it something new every time they raise them . Have you checked the price of oil lately? The world demand, especially India and China (who have no real oil) is increasing astronomically. It is only going to get worse, especially fi the tree huggers have their way here. Gas at Walmart is still $2.51 everywhere else around town is averaging $2.88 for reg per gal-- they're lined up at Walmart I was too this morning.
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zippo
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Posted: Thu Apr 13th, 2006 05:02 pm |
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weasle wrote: i wonder how much the oil companys pay these guys to come up with these lame excuses why gas prices go up . it something new every time they raise them . Have you checked the price of oil lately? The world demand, especially India and China (who have no real oil) is increasing astronomically. It is only going to get worse, especially fi the tree huggers have their way here.
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zippo
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Posted: Thu Apr 13th, 2006 04:59 pm |
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marc wrote: It is about the same back here....On the news yesterday they were talking $3.00 by the summer.....There blaming it on the uncertainty in Iran with the Nuclear crap going on....Bastards...Sure as hell like to know where we get off telling other countries what they can and can't have.... Because if they get the shit, then every islamic terrorist and anybody else with money will be able to get one. These people do not think like us, martyrdom is assurance of heaven. Beside its not just us, this time it is Europe too. I'll bet the Russians will also support the anti Iranian Nuke effort to, because of their border with chetchnia (however you spell it) which is Islamic too.
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weasle
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Posted: Thu Apr 13th, 2006 04:50 pm |
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| i wonder how much the oil companys pay these guys to come up with these lame excuses why gas prices go up . it something new every time they raise them .
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marc
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Posted: Thu Apr 13th, 2006 03:09 pm |
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| It is about the same back here....On the news yesterday they were talking $3.00 by the summer.....There blaming it on the uncertainty in Iran with the Nuclear crap going on....Bastards...Sure as hell like to know where we get off telling other countries what they can and can't have....
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zippo
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Posted: Thu Apr 13th, 2006 02:58 pm |
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| Paid 2.63 for diesel yesterday and regular NL was 2.65, first time diesel has been cheaper the gas in a coon's age.
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Dave
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Posted: Thu Mar 30th, 2006 08:39 pm |
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zippo wrote:
(shouldn't that be cold water heater?)
I just call it a "Water Heater"...
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weasle
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Posted: Thu Mar 30th, 2006 07:47 pm |
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| sounds like a rip to me zippo , aint ever had a rock stick to a magnet limestone or otherwise .
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jeffy ole boy
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Posted: Thu Mar 30th, 2006 03:10 pm |
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Yeah really, I'm not spending any $ on this stuff either until its proven to me that it's so great? Just going to listen in tonight on all the hype and the big sales pitch.  Lol..
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