From: "Nik" 
Newsgroups: alt.org.natl-assn-mortgage-brokers
Subject: Lower Gas Prices
Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2005 20:21:06 -0700

GAS WAR -  an idea that just might work .


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 $3.00 a gallon 
by the summer and it might go higher!!  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 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 $2.09 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 whimp 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 30people.  If each of us send it to at least ten 
more (30 x 10 = 300) ... and those 300 send it to at least ten more (300 x 
10 = 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 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 just aren'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.



 PLEASE HOLD OUT UNTIL THEY LOWER THEIR PRICES TO THE $1.30 RANGE AND KEEP 
THEM DOWN.  THIS CAN REALLY WORK.



 Kerry Lyle, Director, Research Coordinator