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Originally Posted by captrobbie
There's a thing going around the internet about NOT buying any gas on May 15. Supposedly this was done in 1997 and the price of gas dropped 30c overnight. Personally I think we should bomb Exxon-Mobil headquarters......get rid of the top heavy corperate empire!!!
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don't fall for it... sounds great but it doesnt work
http://www.snopes.com/politics/gasoline/nogas.asp
in case you don't feel like reading the article, basically, boycotting (which its not really a boycott) gas for 1 day does nothing to the oil companies because we will still use the same amount of gas. we will fill up the day before or the day after, we will travel the same distances, and we will pay these insane prices.
the boycott would only work, and temporarily at that, if you did without for a gas tank cycle, or found alternative means to transportation for an extended amount of time.