Anyone Game for Gas Boycott?

[LobsterPond]

Anyone else game to do a gas boycott?

We can sit an complain till we're all blue in the face but can we DO SOMETHING about it?

For instance - Can we ask everyone try to stop using gas/oil for 1 day a month, every month? And that means every consumer not drive a car, a boat, run a lawn mower, or use any gas. The first month is just to see if we can do it, then asses how we can adjust to really kick the addiction and try it again the next month . . and every month after. Then, maybe we can get in the habit of riding our bike or using public transportation 1 day every week. Maybe we can stop growing lawns with high maintenance grasses (and enjoy some peace & quiet weekends) and dock the boat instead of haul it 20 miles to fish the best lakes around. . . maybe we could get a workout canoe-ing instead?

How would we go about having people join us? Would telling others by emails and those we talk to gather enough people to make a difference? Should a group be set up to advertise the consumer boycott? Should a website be set up to give people information on how to reduce gas use - like ride a bike, fish a shoreline or plant shorter less chemical intensive lawns? How about food - should they stock cupboards so they can not run to the grocery store for that cup of sugar?

As consumers - we want to do this in support of our truckers and other support systems who depend on gas (not just for jobs but who actually move goods to our tables), our military who needs energy to support our troupes, and our infrastructure like police, firefighters and ambulances.

We are a feisty bunch so - lets hear some ideas -

July 4th we celebrate freedom - July 5th - we exercise it Goal Date: July 5th ???

LobsterPond

[walls0stone]

also don't use plastic, or any oil bassed good... or anything that came on road, rail, sky or water.

I don't think the 5th would be a good day for such an event.

Any changes people are going to make, other than never leaving the house, they have made. I can't ride a bike anyplace..I'm 15 miles from the closest store..and it's up hill half the time. Public transport? I'm not poor enough. If I were on asistance, they'd send it right out.

If you want to curb the trouble with fuel, get people to stop the speculating, drill for fuels! and dump new supply into the demand. *

But I do dig your gusto

[LobsterPond]

Nothing like a good ole fashion boycott to end speculations.

[walls0stone]

again love your gusto...but less your going to not buy gas for a month...it won't help a lot. Nothing like DRILLING to give people jobs, create capital and up the supply.

[wildwood]

here's my idea. I am trying to get it out, so spread the word!


SHUT R DOWN

THIS 4TH LET’S DECLARE OUR INDEPENDENCE FROM HIGH FUEL!!

I just put gas in my car, $4.23 a gallon and talk of $7 a gallon within 2 years. I really don’t believe that if we remain status quo that gas will ever go back down. We have received no help from our current President, either political parties or their Presidential candidates. Our U.S. Congress was so concerned they left early for the holiday weekend without making any decisions on the energy issues. Big Oil Companies, OPEC and the mid-east countries rub their hands together in glee as we middle class Americans watch our savings, our incomes, our quality of life and our futures disappear down the fuel tank.
So what do we do? Well we can stand here and wring our hands in despair waiting for someone to help us out or we can remove our heads from the Middle East sand or should I say fuel tank, stop breathing the fumes, get off the couch, turn off the T.V. and make a difference! As the politicians will say…Yes we can!
Here is what I have proposed we do.

Starting at midnight Thursday July 3rd we park our vehicles and pledge not to move them again until midnight Sunday July 6th. Can you imagine the effect it might have on our country and fuel prices if even 25-50% of U.S. citizens rebel and refuse to drive over a 3 day holiday weekend?

Yes, this may put a crimp in your plans and cause a little bit of personal sacrifice but if we do not try and make a difference, life as we know it will quickly disappear as fuel costs eat up more and more of what we have left to enjoy. One weekend is so little to ask. I believe if we stand strong and unite we can make a difference.
Stay home and spend time with your families and demand that your children stay home and spend time with you. Stress to them that it is their future in the balance here. Have back yard BBQs. Get to know your neighbors with a block party. Play games with your kids. Take the money you did not spend on gas and help the U.S. economy by spending it on American made products and American produced food. We keep hearing that we need and want CHANGE, then let’s get off our butts and make it happen. We middle class Americans are losing ground quickly and I believe it is our patriotic duty to unite for this cause and put some back bone back into our citizens. What better time to make a stand than on the anniversary of our independence? Our quality of life and independence is now at stake. I would like to see this quickly grow into a National movement that will see the citizens of the U.S.A. pledge to park their vehicles for one whole weekend every month and continue to do so till we see a drastic change in fuel costs. I truly believe that if enough of us make a stand you would see the bottom drop out of the oil speculations, reserves rise and prices drastically fall.
At this point in time we have nothing to lose and everything to gain!

Please email this to everyone in your address book, post it on every blog and forum known to man. Send it to talk show web pages, and every source of media you have access to. Phone family and friends; discuss it with co-workers and neighbors. Make posters. It will take us all to make a difference. We have only 4 days to create a citizens non-violent revolution! I believe we can do it…yes we can!
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[Funkhouser]

The only way to affect real change in the price of gasoline is to buy locally-made products, carpool or take public transit, and dramatically decrease comsumption of non-indigenous produce out of season (bananas, berries in winter, etc.). *It would take a majority of people in the country living this way for an extended (indefinite) period of time. *It will never happen, as people in general do not want to be inconvenienced in that manner. *When gas gets to $7 or $8 a gallon, they'll be forced to. *Then demand will drop, and the price will subside. *Of course I'm not taking into account the possibility of new drilling, refining of sour crude/oil sands or China/India continuing their increased demand, but we can't control what they do.

[walls0stone]

all the talk of change is bunk...since when did I need some guy in the white house to tell me "We Can"? *I've been doing for years.. All the talk of what it's doing to Earth is over kill. *TV, news, on-line..people make genaric statements that no one would dissagree with in general like, "we need to be good to the Earth" no one would dissagree.

But the Def' of good for the earth to them is to not what is not good for mankind. *So wile we are good to Earth, not drilling..the other guys are. *Wile we are busy watching Polor Bears and Spotted Owls, they are making fuels!

It's time to take green into perspective...to much of anything is no good... I'm for light green... let's drill!

[chrisser]

This is a great idea!

...if you want to screw the local businessman in your neighborhood that owns the gas station - because he's the only one who will be adversely affected by one of these crazy schemes.

Everyone else down the chain of production has already made their money to put the gasoline into the underground storage tank of the guy that goes to your church and sends his kids to school with yours.

He's already paid for it and now he just has to sell it at a tiny profit but in high enough volume to cover his costs and make enough money to pay himself.

Think his electric bill is going to be significantly smaller? How about his property taxes? Certainly not his time.


Ironically, this stupid idea will benefit the corporate (read "evil oil company") owned stations, because they can absorb the costs of something like this.


So by all means, screw your neighborhood businessmen so that the oil companies can have more control over the final step of the chain from ground to your tank. That'll show em.


Sorry for the sarcasm, but after seeing this idea for the 1000th time - an idea anyone with basic economic knowledge should see right though - its getting tiresome.

[otobesane1]

Jeez Chrisser, no need to stomp on the guy! You got an idea about how to help. At least someone else put forth an idea. Maybe for the 1000th time, but I haven't read any of your ideas lately. If you disagree with him, fine. You don't have to call his ideas stupid or ignorant.

TK

[walls0stone]

so what about that fellow in Texas? the wind farms?

[ryanmercer]

Good luck boycotting oil... what we don't use... India, China, Russia, etc will.

[JAK]

What's the point of boycotting something your not willing to conserve?

[walls0stone]

what's the point of conserving somthing other nations don't?
I'm kinda sick of this BS were we do all this worry about the earth, and fuel and on and on... and other nations don't...

somehow, we are the ones who allways act guilty becouse we have and they are just now having...screw that...

DRILL DRILL DRILL!

[ryanmercer]

what's the point of conserving somthing other nations don't?
I'm kinda sick of this BS were we do all this worry about the earth, and fuel and on and on... and other nations don't...

somehow, we are the ones who allways act guilty becouse we have and they are just now having...screw that...

DRILL DRILL DRILL!

I know... I get tired of people telling me to save the Earth... when China and India could give a rats behind about Terra.

[walls0stone]

I guess we should all just feel guilty about having life so good....and make life crappy for all those with a work ethic

[LobsterPond]

This video called "Crude Impact" is on youtube.com

it helps explain it all.

[LobsterPond]

Oh, forgot - DON'T FREAK OUT after watching it.

[ryanmercer]

I guess we should all just feel guilty about having life so good....and make life crappy for all those with a work ethic



*smirk* :)

[Mike]

This video called "Crude Impact" is on youtube.com

it helps explain it all.


I always giggle when people think we will run out of oil within the next 1,000 years. Regardless of demand, there is more oil then we can possibly use. We just need to drill for it.

'puts on tinfoil hat'
I wonder if there is enough tree huggers out there with power that they are forcing high gas prices to make people buy "green" cars.
'takes off tin foil hat'