may 19th gas boycott

[mopinko]

sorry if this is a dupe. i got this e-mail from a couple of different people. is it going around? what do y'all think?


Do not purchase Gasoline on May 19th....cost too high...

IT HAS BEEN CALCULATED THAT IF EVERYONE IN THE UNITED STATES DID
NOT PURCHASE A DROP OF GASOLINE FOR ONE DAY AND ALL AT THE SAME
TIME, THE OIL COMPANIES WOULD CHOKE ON THEIR STOCKPILES. AT THE SAME
TIME IT WOULD HIT THE ENTIRE INDUSTRY WITH A NET LOSS OF OVER 4.6
BILLION DOLLARS WHICH AFFECTS THE BOTTOM LINES OF THE OIL COMPANIES.
THEREFORE MAY 19TH HAS BEEN FORMALLY DECLARED "STICK IT TO THEM DAY"
AND THE PEOPLE OF THIS NATION SHOULD NOT BUY A SINGLE DROP OF
GASOLINE THAT DAY. THE ONLY WAY THIS CAN BE DONE IS IF YOU FORWARD
THIS E-MAIL TO AS MANY PEOPLE AS YOU CAN AND AS QUICKLY AS YOU CAN

[NYCGirl]

1. It's been snoped.

http://www.snopes.com/politics/business/nogas.asp

[MallRat]

3. Is Gov. Dean making a "yeeaargh" sound in this photo?

:thumbsup:

-MR

[Northwind]

2. Only possible outcome:

Some small business owners - owner operated non chain gas stations - who can ill afford to loose a day's sales, would get put out of business. The big companies would not even blink. For them, it would all be made up the next day.

[PaDUer]

4. Interesting timing...

one of the local gas stations is having a 97cent/gal day on Wednesday..