Help Lower Gas Prices.. NOT a "dont buy on a certain day" idea...

[thatsnotstock]

PLEASE USE SNOPES.COM (PLUS SOME COMMON SENSE) TO VALIDATE THIS KIND OF BULLCRAP


The OP's post is a chain email that went around a long time ago. The idea WON'T WORK.



http://www.snopes.com/politics/gasoline/gasout.asp


Man, people will believe anything these days.

[SilverBulletGTP]

Originally Posted by ethlar

The only way we are going to do anything about gas prices is if Americans learn that they dont need vehicles like suburbans and excursions/expeditions. People are still driving around in and buying trucks with V8 motors to drive their kids around when a 4 5 or 6 cylinder van would easily accomplish the same tasks and burn much less gas.

I agree totally. I have owned 3 6 cylinder cars so far (the Civic will be my first 4 cylinder when the dealer finally gets it) And honestly, I didn't need a larger car with a larger engine. Sure my GTP was fun and was a mid 13 second daily driver by the time I was finished with it. But it only got 17 mpg which translates into $70 CDN every 3 days for premium gas. I don't need that to drive to college and work and back. A compact sedan with a 4 banger that gets 40+ mpg is all I need. However, people who own gas hogs who only cart themselves around are like smokers, it doesn't matter how much you make them pay. If they want to do it, they'll still pay for it with their own will. Heck, even I'm tempted to go back to the dark side in 3 years once my lease is up and I'm out of college and buy either a Pontiac G8 or the new Camaro coming out. It's something that's in the back of my head that I know isn't practical, but it's something that I like and am willing to pay for. However, I wish they would bring more diesel to North America. More power and and efficiency can be had from a diesel and it would put Gasoline out of business. Heck, look at how many people own gasoline cars in Europe vs. Diesel.

[trogers8]

You can't convince everyone to buy lower powered cars, not even my 50 year old mom. She has been driving an 06' 350z for the past year and she refuses to get anything under 300hp for her next car lol. She loves the power on tap!

[Snake-eyes]

Originally Posted by Big-Mike

Only one way to lower gas prices. Stop using it. Nothing else will work.

[ryker]

ECO101 -

Supply and demand. If you remove the 2 LARGEST gas/oil companies then your LOWER the supply while placing a higher demand on the remaining oil companies. Sure don't see how that will lower the price or teach anybody a lesson?

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Drive a better car.
Civic EX, Hybrid Civic, Prius, Diesel VW's, motorcycles, mopeds.

Drive less.

[MBK]

the bus around here is a $1.50

[Snake-eyes]

Originally Posted by MBK

the bus around here is a $1.50

I want to take public transit but its not practicle at all and is miles off where I need to be...

San fernando valley was desighned as poorly as LA for transit...damn they bribed the city to **** it up like this too