Porsche: Gas War - Fight Back - Read This PLEASE

Gas stations wont loose a dime neither will the oil companies cause after
those 2 days of boycotting you will need that much more fuel most people
cannot ride to work or school.or evenb ttake the bus with the crappy bus
service here it wont them at all
This may be the wrong thinking but its my thoughts
"News Surfer" <com> wrote in message
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no but here is an idea that will work

just support the little gas stations and not the major brand names

Big Bird: 

Which are of course supplied....by the big oil co.s !

The problem is Bush is threatening Iran, which scares the hell out of the
oil market.
It would be better if he either shut up or nuke them.
But in a long run there simply isn't enough oil !
Regards,
Martin

BigBird wrote: 


You realize that most of the stations are now franchises, owned by the operators,
not the oil companies? most of them are lucky to keep more than 1 or 2 cents a
liter. Even the "independents" still buy their gas from the same trucks, there's
no "independent oil company" filling their tanks every night. No matter who you
buy from, and who you avoid, the same money is going to end up going to the same
companies at the well-head.

The only reasonable answer is to use less. Yes the bus system is imperfect, but
the reason it sucks is because nobody uses it. We used to have excellent bus
service 20-40 years ago, but now everyone figures they are entitled to drive
because the whole world wants to live like they are middle-class. Less than
$400.00 a year gets you a pass you can use whenever you want. Less than almost any
plates cost. Even adding in another hundred a month for a few cab rides, or gas
for a friend to take you shopping, and it's still going to be less than the cost
of regular maintenance, gas and replacing a 10 year old vehicle every few years
for a couple of thousand.

We are all so wrapped up in how we have the right to drive everywhere and how the
government ought to stick it to the oil companies and make them lower their
prices, that we fail to look at whether there is any cost benefit to driving. Yes,
some people need to drive. That's going to be a fact of life for some time to
come, but most of us don't need to drive at all.

Once you factor in how much of your tax money goes into supporting repairs and
construction of new roads, (on top of the outrageous cost of cars, licensing and
insurance, and before you even get to the gas pump.) cars are one of the least
efficient things modern man has ever produced. I cringe at billions of tons of oil
used each year to make or repair mile after mile of ashphalt, including nice wide
paved shoulders and double lanes so nobody has to go a fuel efficient speed. Aside
form your ownership/insurance/maintenance/fuel costs, less traffic = less wear and
tear on roads, fewer repairs, fewer accidents resulting in health care costs,
fewer pollution related costs like lung problems.

Until people are prepared to accept that fossil fuel was always a fleeting, and
flawed, experiment, there won't be any progress in dealing with the real issues.
That likely won't happen until it becomes a crisis. No one had gasoline 150 yeas
ago, and no one will 50 years from now. I know most people are sick and tired of
the whole "sustainability" debate, but until the voters demand that governments
get their heads out of their a$$es about the simple mathematics of the impending
need for alternatives to fossil fuels, we aren't going to have any real progress
toward a plan for the second half of this century. 40 years might seem like a long
time now, but wait until we get there and all the gas is gone unless you can shell
out $100.00 a liter.

We are likely in the last year when more new reserves will be found than the
annual global increase in how much oil gets consumed, if not, it will be 2007.
Either way, the available pool of oil is going to get smaller, not bigger.
Southeast Asia is increasing consumption at a phenomenal rate. Anyone who thinks
gas prices are too high today is going to be either psychopathic or suicidal in a
couple of years.

Kent

post somewhere else you fuck up, HOW FUCKING DUMB ARE YOU, SELL OR BUY
"News Surfer" <com> wrote in message
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about time they do it, stops you from driving a truck to pick up coke
from 2 block down 7-11, ride your bike
News Surfer wrote: 

The gasoline sold in each individual station is not related directly to
the brand posted. A majority of stations buy their gasoline supply
from the closer and least expensive supply source. Here in Virginia
Beach almost all of our gasoline comes from the BP refinery in
Yorktown, VA. The illusion that shifting your purchase point will
pressure the corporation is not correct.
If you want to get at them then buy half as much gasoline each time.
That way it drives their inventory up and the price down.

Billshit. Profits per gallon are the better part of $1. It used to
be a few cents per gallon.
The corp greed in endemic in all monopolies. Healthcare and oil, the
the system just redistributes capital from the workers pockets to the
execs of the monopolies.
the only good thing about the CEOs of Healthsouth and Exxon is they
will not live long enough to spend the 1.6 BILLION and 400 MILLION they
each get...