i dont see this thing happening of working at all.....its gonna be very very hard, if Venezuela would sell the USA oil again, prices would go down, but the frikin USA had to butt-into their civil fight's. damm politics.
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Well, I just filled up the tank. Not really b/c of this whole boycott thing but because I was on empty. My local news just showed this "Internet Boycott" and they actually interviewed some type of expert that said there'd be no effect on the prices if everyone was to not buy gas tomorrow. These prices are beginning to become a major Pain in the Gas!
i knew it wouldnt make a massive diff, you guys want to really make a bad ass diff? dont use cars for a week atleast WALK and use BIKES! school is 10 mins away from home by car? wake up earlier and walk 1 damm hour it will do you good!
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The logic behind a single day boycott is so flawed I'm going to purposely buy gas tomorrow to prove my point. That, and I need to fill up soon.
For a boycott of gasoline to make any impact it would need to be longer... much longer. Oil companies know that even if every single person in the U.S. did not purchase gas tomorrow (which will never happen), sales will make up for the difference in the following days. For this to actually work consumption would need to decrease... not postpone the purchase.
Yeah there is no point to boycotting a day... what about those people that would not have gotten gas tomorrow anyways, like myself, that gased up today? The gas companies normally don't have everyone in the whole US gasing up everyday anyways...
I'm not buying gas tomorrow for the simple fact I want to see other people do the same and see what the gas station looks like at lunchtime with nobody buying any gas. It won't change anything but it is just to show anger and maybe they will work harder at trying to lower prices because it will be a popular vote hell who knows I don't I'm just going to go ahead and not buy gas and see what is said
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maybe they will work harder at trying to lower prices
No, it won't make any difference. The two ways to lower prices are to either increase supply or lower demand. Unless you actually decrease your consumption you aren't having any impact. Not buying gas tomorrow doesn't decrease your consumption, it simply postpones your purchase a single day. If you want to truly make an impact, convince the driving population to either drive less or purchase more fuel-efficient vehicles.
I truly fail to see the rationale behind this proposal. It makes as much sense to me as holding my breath to conserve oxygen.
No, it won't make any difference. The two ways to lower prices are to either increase supply or lower demand. Unless you actually decrease your consumption you aren't having any impact. Not buying gas tomorrow doesn't decrease your consumption, it simply postpones your purchase a single day. If you want to truly make an impact, convince the driving population to either drive less or purchase more fuel-efficient vehicles.
I truly fail to see the rationale behind this proposal. It makes as much sense to me as holding my breath to conserve oxygen.
a one day boycott is suppost to lower the prices for the next day dramaticlly, and then a gradual increase because they will still be slightly over stocked on gas until they are able to catch up. once again all this is in theory. But with how public this is, gas stations may lower the price of gas a bit tommorow to try to copensate for people thinking that this is going to work, we'll see I guess.
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im going to buy gas tomarrow just to be a dick... i dont evan need it, i'm just an asshole... seriously, it will cause cash flow problems for the stations, and in the long run(3-4 days) will evan out and will not affect the big oil companies at all..
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pssst yo token . your not black any more...there is no man
I truly fail to see the rationale behind this proposal. It makes as much sense to me as holding my breath to conserve oxygen.
haha good anology..and about as effective.
I hate to get political, but you put a guy that comes from blue blood oil tycoons going back generations in the whitehouse then people are shocked with the rise in Oil and Gas prices.. not to be too sarcastic...but HELLO.
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If nobody buys gas they will have a SURPLUS of it, so when they go to sell gas to the stations they will not need it leaving no room for all the gas so they'll lower prices so they can sell the gas and get back on track....in theory
most stations dont get gas delivered everyday... so theoretically it prolly wont work...
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pssst yo token . your not black any more...there is no man
My local news just showed this "Internet Boycott" and they actually interviewed some type of expert that said there'd be no effect on the prices if everyone was to not buy gas tomorrow. These prices are beginning to become a major Pain in the Gas!
seriously, it will cause cash flow problems for the stations, and in the long run(3-4 days) will evan out and will not affect the big oil companies at all..
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