Gas OutFollow

I am planning on filling up the tank on the way home from work. Expect it to be at least 60 bucks.

Good luck. We haven't even hit actual summer yet.

I didn't read the whole article, but I would agree with the beginning in that not buying gas for one day is going to have nil affect on gas companies making money. If they want to boycott gas and have an effect, they better start walking to school/work and quit driving their cars. Even then they won't garner enough participation for the gas companies to notice.

At least not until gas hits about 8 bucks a gallon or so.

We're at around $3.45 or so around here. I cringe when I fill up the van, our smaller cars, not so much. I'm really wondering whether I could start telecommuting.

My plan is to find a MySpace user and siphon his tank so I don't need to buy gas that day.

I'm all about helping the community.

In September 2000, UK motorists blockaded the main distribution points in protest at the rise in Gasoline prices.

Within a week the UK was at a standstill and the UK gubberment u-turned on prices.

OK - our price rise was as much about taxation levels as it was about Gas company profits, but the blockade achieved its objective. Gas prices fell dramatically.

And the moral of the story?

Myspace sux

It's a pointless excersize. Not buying gas for one day does nothing, since you'll just buy it on another day. Now if they all promised to change their driving habits so as to purchase less fuel over time, that might have some effect, but it'll probably hurt them far more then the gas stations or the oil companies. The simple fact is that you still get vastly more "value" from a gallon of gas in terms of time savings then it costs at the pump. As long as that is true, most people will continue to pay whatever that cost ends out being.