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OIL at $140 and why you should care. announced about 1 month ago
- OBJECTIVE
- Exxon Mobil Corporation must lower gas prices
- MEMBER PLEDGE
- we will stop buying gas
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But we will only do it if 20,000,000 people join
- embed campaign
- THE PITCH
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20 million people. This is the goal. If we can coordinate an effort that has 20 million people stop buying gas from one oil company, the entire industry will listen.
We’re a petroleum based economy. But we can’t continue to stand by and watch commodity traders run ruffshod over our wallets while they make billions. We need to put some downside fear into the market or the speculators will continue to bid up the price of a barrel of oil.
Oil traders need to know that they cannot continue to drive prices higher without consequences. And while we can’t stop buying gas all together, we can make a point by simply avoiding a single company.
So why Exxon Mobile? Record profits. Thats it. If we’re going to make a point here we have to do it in a big way. Lets start with Exxon Mobile.
Exxon Mobile won’t believe it. They will think it can’t be organized, but they will be surprised when their stations volume suddenly drops. They will begin to Read More - ORGANIZER
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Re: General Discussion
Gas Prices: A Symptom We Can’t Ignore.
The AP ran a story about how the price of oil is affecting 9 in 10 Americans. The price of oil is probably the most visible guage we have of the rising cost of everything. Most of us don’t complain when...Read More
Re: General Discussion
Here’s the URL for the campaign.
Copy and paste it into your emails when you want to let friends know about the campaign.
http://www.thepoint.com/campaigns/send-a-message-to-the-oil-companies
Make sure they click the link in the verification email, so their name gets added to the list.
Re: General Discussion
Happy 4th, suckers!
http://money.cnn.com/2008/07/02/news/economy/gas_price_poll/index.htm?section=money_latest
How about a sale on gas starting tomorrow?
Actually, I think those that stay home will win. I’m the sucker, as I’ll be motoring up the state this weekend, while my wallet will be bleeding. Here’s to the staycationStill, shame on McCain for...Read More
Re: General Discussion
I agree… there needs to be a way to capture people’s energy.
Orville, maybe you could try starting your own chain email with a link to the campaign?
Re: General Discussion
Ok, maybe if we augment this so it has people not just forward, but sign up it could have an impact. The problem with just emailing it is visibility. The oil companies might hear that an email is flying around, but without a single place to point to...Read More
Re: General Discussion
GAS WAR – an idea that WILL work
This was originally sent by eired Coca Cola executive. It came from one of his engineer buddies who retired from Halliburton. It’s worthy of your consideration.
Join the resistance! I hear we are going to hit close to $4.00 a...Read More
Re: General Discussion
http://www.adn.com/anwr/story/414808.html
Check out this report my friend Dave sent me. Its a fair assessment of where ANWAR might become useful. But in the end Oil is a limited resource—Here’s an exerpt.
Anchorage Daily News—By ERIKA BOLSTAD
"Still, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday that the Paris-based International Energy...Read More
Re: How about we start asking our local governments to spend...
That is a great idea. At a certain point there will need to be alternatives, simply because the country won’t be able to afford the gas any more. The question for the politicians is how long can they afford to wait—at a certain point we are going to...Read More
How about we start asking our local governments to spend...
How about we start asking our local governments to spend more on public transit so we don’t have to fill-up our tanks twice a week to just get to work?…I live in a rapidly growing area which is in desperate need of public transportation- some people car or...Read More
Re: General Discussion
If we stop buying, the price comes down. Here’s proof.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080625/ap_on_bi_st_ma_re/wall_street_163
“The pullback came in response to news from the Energy Department that U.S. supplies of fuel and oil rose more than expected last week. The buildup indicates Americans are balking at higher prices and cutting their use...Read More
