DONT PUMP GAS APRIL 15TH 2012

[erinelise2]

Pooping is a great description!

The gas stations profit margin on each gallon is pretty small.  They aren't setting the price on the gallons they buy and they will have already paid for what you do or don't pump on the 15th.

I think the only solution is to get off mid eastern oil as much as possible.  We need other energy sources and domestic production.

I never read those forwarded emails which probably means that someday I'm going to miss the secret to weightloss and the universe.

[jwallbank]

This will not help, you could never get 100 percent of the country to do this!! What about delivery trucks, Semi truck drivers, People that drive for a living (taxi cabs, Bus drivers Etc) plus the next day or the previous day will make up for the day that you don't get gas, if you don't curb your driving. We would be better off with less cars on the road. Back in the 50/60's we had about 1/4 of the cars on the road, Just in the US, not counting other Populated countries like India and China that went from rickshaws/bikes to cars that are causing the problem. The demand is too high worldwide and just in this country you see 3-4 cars in the drive, You were lucky if you had 1 car in a drive 40 years ago. We as Consumers have to stop our over consumption of products, this is what rises product prices.

[vmcutshall]

How about instead of not filling up write you congressman and senators about the high prices of gas. They can in turn maybe cause the president to release some of the reserve oil to lower prices. This might not work but a boycot  on buying gas for one day won't effect the price.

[ktheodos]

Unfortunately, a one day strike would not make much of a difference.....it would probably take several straight days for people to actually make somewhat of a dent....issue is that we're so addicted to oil that people wouldn't have the courage to do it for that long......

[yaayme]

In April 1997, there was a "gas out" conducted nationwide in protest of gas prices. Gasoline prices dropped 30 cents a gallon overnight.

Hey, if it worked in 1997 then maybe it's a good idea. Someone mention that the oil companies won't miss any money. Yes, that is true, but that isn't the point. The point is, it WORKED...We know the oil companies are some very wealthy heartless sons of the "B" word, but it's about making things a little better for us, the public...The question is, will I participate? I'm going to be honest, I don't know. It depends on what I'm doing on the 15th, but I'll keep it in mind. 

GAS OUT 2012!!

[jordandog]

@yaayme,
It did NOT work! I am reposting my original answer to this topic, since no one appears to bother reading anything before posting their own replies.

Don't pump gas on April, 15 2012

KEEP SENDING THIS - Let's all try this, wonderful if it helps.

Il do it! If running low, just get your gas the day before on April 14 or the day after on April 16. Every little bit helps.

In April 1997, there was a "gas out" conducted nationwide in protest of gas prices. Gasoline prices dropped 30 cents a gallon overnight.

On April 15, 2011, all internet users are not to go to a gas station in protest of high gas prices. Gas is now over $1.20 a liter/$3.87 in most places.

If all users did not got 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 April 15th and let's try to put a dent in the Middle Eastern oil industry for at least one day.

Can you say "Urban Legend", because that is all this is!

Analysis: False and misleading. Here's why:

1.The flier above was copied verbatim from a chain email that circulated five years ago, in April 2007. The date is new, but the message is old: If every American who reads the posting refuses to buy gas on the same day, we are told, it will cut into the profits of oil companies and force them to lower gasoline prices. Well, it didn't work in 2007, and it won't work in 2012, for exactly the same reasons.

2. Contrary to what's stated above, there was no nationwide "gas out" in 1997. There was one in 1999, and it did generate media attention, but it didn't cause gas prices to drop 30 cents per gallon overnight — in fact, it didn't cause gas prices to drop at all. Despite the popularity of the chain letter, the 1999 boycott attracted few active participants and was completely ineffectual.

 
3. The figures don't add up. If (unlikely as it is) 100 million U.S. drivers did join forces and refuse en masse to refill their tanks on April 15, the total amount unspent could add up to as much as $3 billion. It doesn't follow that a one-day boycott would decrease the oil companies' revenues by $3 billion, however, given that normal gasoline sales per day, across the entire United States, is less than half that much to begin with.



4.The boycott is ill-conceived. Whether the total impact on revenue was a half-billion, 3 billion, or 10 billion dollars, the sales lost due to a one-day consumer boycott wouldn't dent the oil companies' profits at all. Think about it. Every driver who refuses to buy gas on Sunday is still going to have to refill their tank on Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday, making up for Sunday's lost sales. Industry profits for the month as a whole, if not the week, will end up being normal, or very close to it.


An effectual gas boycott would require participants to actually consume less fuel — and to do so in a sustained, organized, disciplined fashion over a defined period of time — not just skip a day before filling up as usual.

http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/government/ss/April-15-Gas-Boycott.htm

[kingozzy]

I am not sure this works, they get their money than the day before or day after