Good idea- have thought about it many a day... ----- Original Message ----- From: "aka jhon" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, May 04, 2001 3:47 AM Subject: Re: CS>An alternative suggestion (off topic)
> Having been raised in the oil patch,,,, > the profit on gas to the 'bad'oil companies is 4%,, > that is 4 cents on the dollar for you public schooled.. > All the rest is cost of doing business,,,however most is > your goverments taxes..Remember expresident Bush > added a 5 cent per gal.for three years before he left > office..Why don't you boycott the goverment instead ?? > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Dean T. Miller <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2001 4:00 AM > Subject: Re: CS>An alternative suggestion (off topic) > > > | On Wed, 2 May 2001 23:04:03 -0400, "spiroflx" > | <[email protected]> wrote: > | > | >Perhaps you also have come to the conclusion that the current escalation of > | >gas prices is a concerted plan on the part of the oil companies --- a > | >monopolistic power play, pure and simple. > | <snip> > | >Here is the simple and doable idea. For the rest of the year 2001, just > | >don't purchase gasoline from the biggest gasoline company in the world. > | >This company is comprised of two companies --- EXXON and MOBIL. > | > | Won't work. > | > | First off, Exxon and Mobil don't even have stations in many parts of > | the country (in my part of Iowa, for example). > | > | Second, Exxon/Mobil and other large refiners send their gasoline to > | tank farms which then supply most of the local stations. Variations > | in gasoline brand are made by adding substances to the gasoline at the > | time the tank truck is filled or when the underground tanks at the > | stations are filled. > | > | IOW, unless you know exactly which company fills the tank farms you > | won't know who supplies the gas for your local station. > | > | So ... there's no way to boycott just one company. > | > | -- Dean -- from (almost) Des Moines -- KB0ZDF > | > | > | -- > | The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. > | > | To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: > | [email protected] -or- [email protected] > | with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. > | > | To post, address your message to: [email protected] > | Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > | List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]> > | >
