http://www.snopes.com/politics/business/nogas.asp Quote:
Claim: Not buying gasoline on September 1 will cause oil companies to "choke on their stockpiles" and lose over $4.6 billion.
Status: False.
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Gasoline is a fungible, global commodity, its price subject to the ordinary forces of supply and demand. No amount of consumer gimmickry and showmanship will lower its price in the long run; only a significant, ongoing reduction in demand will accomplish that goal. Unfortunately, for many people achieving that goal would mean cutting down on their driving or opting for less desirable economy cars over less fuel-efficient models, solutions they find unappealing.
| I encourage everyone to read the rest of the information at the link above.
Tort
P.S. This same "gas out" e-mail, or variations of it, has been circulated just about every year since 1999. Didn't work then; won't work now.
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"I cannot undertake to lay my finger on that article of the Constitution which granted a right to Congress of expending, on objects of benevolence, the money of their constituents." -- James Madison
Last edited by TortoiseAWD : 08-30-05 at 09:23.
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