We all need to band together and say "we have had enought" Pick a day ,1 day , any day, that evey person in the USA and CANADA will NOT BUY FUEL ANY WHERE on that given day and see how bad fuel companys will back up with high inventories. Then the will of the people will show we all mean business JULY 4th sounds like a good day START TELLING EVERYONE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!

 

Sounds good in theory, but.... the problem is that would just about shut the country down, and the oil moguls know we can't live without our fuel. Our own oil companies need to step up to the plate and use other oil sources that don't import from the arab opec companies, but all that would probably do is just shift the supply and cost more to ship to us. That will be a tough war to win when we have to import oil. Plus the oil companies are making tremendous proffits and blaming opec.

 

This has been done before in the past, and oil companies did nothing more than laugh a little. What would make a more meaningful impact is if there were a significant boycott of the largest suppliers, ie Exxon-Mobil, for an EXTENDED period of time. These kinds of corps can shake off a very bad day, but it is much more difficult to shake off a very bad month without making changes. They are intent on getting average gas prices over $3/gal by mid-summer, so get your wallets ready.

If at all possible, even if you have to go out of your way, do not purchase any fuel from Exxon-Mobil for as long as possible. Tell your family, tell your friends, tell your co-workers. I truly believe an organized push on a single large supplier can and will force prices down (not right away... we will have to accept the high prices for now, but we dont want this to last).

It sucks if Exxon-mobile is your employer, but i still think you should participate. There is already a pretty solid base for this endeavor, maybe many of you have heard about it, or read about it... An extended boycott is the only way to apply meaningful pressure to such a powerfull establishment.

 

Oh boy, here we go again..

 

Lets look at this another way - assuming you are talking about gasoline purchases as well... If you decide to boycot Exxon by not buying at an Exxon branded service station, what about the service stations that gets 'non-exxon' branded fuel from an Exxon terminal - How can you boycot that - and its still exxon fuel since the base product was provided by exxon??

I have visited several Exxon terminal in VA for work and have seen that the terminals have the 'gas additivess' for a lot of the major brands on site, which are added to the specific tanker loads as the fuel is pulled at the rack. How could you boycot exxon product when exxon provided the base gas, but a different the additive for another brand was added to make it a non-exxon branded gas.

It would be extrememly difficult for you to boycot Exxon or any another other major company due to them providiing fuel for many of the others majors and even to non-branded stations.. All base gas is the same, the brand difference is made when the additives are added..

Not meaning to rain on your parade, but when you see the whole picture you see that it just wont work..

 

I've this for 30 YEARS!!
When I was runnin the Big Rigs and fuel hit $1.00 a gallon, I heard it.
When fuel hit $1.25, I heard it.
When fuel hit $1.50, I heard it etc, etc, etc.

Sounds good in theory, but it'll NEVER HAPPEN!


I'm going back to sleep and dream about this ........... it might help.

 

IN, Gary** I-94 & I-80 Exit 9A 1.979 ****
IN, Hebron** Rt 2 & I-65 Exit 240 1.999
IN, Indianapolis** I-465 Exit 4 1.999
IN, Lake Station** I-94 & Exit 15b 1.979 ****
IN, Lebanon** I-65 Exit 139 1.999
IN, Spiceland** I-70 Exit 123 1.999
IN, Whiteland** I-65 & Whiteland Road, Exit 95 1.999

VA, Carmel Church I-95 Exit 104 1.989


TODAYS LOWEST PRICES AT FLYIN J IN THE US.

 

We need to do somthing,if we just sit on our *** ***** and complane nothing gets done. WE need to make a stand. To say it won't work is giving up before you even start. The little efort it takes to tell two people so they can tell two people and so-on and so-on MAKE THE EFFORT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

OH fuel here is $.92 a liter $4.15 @ gal For a truck dirver (owner operator) works out to be $.52 per mile just for FUEL

 

If the oil companies make 25% profit on a gallon of fuel it's 25¢, on $2/ga fuel it's 50¢.
See the trend here?
Write your congress people and ask that the Windfall Profits tax is reinstated.
This is how government dealt with high fuel prices in the early '80s when the oil companies were raping us. B itching about it here won't get us anywhere.

Click here to contact your congresspeople http://www.visi.com/juan/congress/

 

2.69 / gal here!!!

 

Look at the bright side, here in calif I used to pay 20 to 50 cents a gallon more at home than in the bakersfield/freso/ valley areas. Now I get robbed the same everywhere. No more driving around for price shopping
BTW, is already more than $3.00 a gallon up the coast here. time for a diesel VW.

 

On another note, what happens the day after the boycott. What will everybody be doing? Lining up...

 

Ok.. someone mentioned the oil companies making 25% profit on fuel... The majors (exxon etc) may be making that much, but the local oil company/service stations are not making anywhere near that amount.. As a tax auditor for fuels tax, I have seen what a service station/convenience stores pay for a gallons of fuel compared to what they sell it for. Some oil companies sell at cost to get more allocation from the terminals, but do make profit when they add on transportation costs. The convenience stores/service stations may sell at cost, or probably not much more than $0.05/gal (same math as above= 2.5% profit) - They really just want you to come in for repairs or to buy that soft drink and candy bar - that is where the money is made..

>>To say it won't work is giving up before you even start.>>

I would love for it to work, but the fuel has to come from somewhere and that somewhere is a 'major' oil companyin almost all cases.. So if you wanted to do it, you would have to stop by every place you get fuel and ask who their supplier is. Then call that supplier to verify who they are buying from (which will vary daily based on price for non-branded stations).. If you can find someone that doesnt have a major supplier in their supply chain - congrats you found your supplier (atleast for the load of fuel just received, it may change each time a load is ordered).. I doubt anyone will actually spend that much time though..

What it comes down to is that the major oil companies probably supply a the majority (if not all) of all fuel sold in the US. And dont yell at the local oil company/convenience store/service stations, he probably isnt getting rich as you think he is..

Good luck..

Brian

 

Hey 59ford add 6 cents to that price for sales tax in Indiana. Seems we cannot get it all in one like most other states..............