[Viva] Fw: Gas Price Sense

Tue May 3 11:53:40 PDT 2011

Hi Friends,
    It's been a while since I posted anything to VIVA listserv...but I'm here again. My computer crashed and I've been without one for almost a couple months....talk about feeling shut off from the world. Anyway, I now have bought myself a 2nd hand computed and am up and running again. 
    I decided to forward the message below to you all because I hope this plan can work. I know this message is not an HIV specific issue...but for me it is a quality of life issue. I say that because the rising cost of gas and oil impacts my meger budget each month. Although we use our car as little as possible and the thermostate settings in our homes can be turned down/off in daytime, we all still need to use these things. The more I spend on gas and oil, the less I have to spend on the other needs in our life. 
    Anyway, I am tired of giving soooo much $$$ to the oil companies and watching them rake in billions of dollare profit quarterly, while I have to empty my loonie jar to fill my tank or buy groceries the last week of the month. Don't get me wrong, I don't begrudge corporations making a reasonable profit...but are billions each quarter reasonable while the average person struggles financially to get through each month???? 
     With that said, I am going to participate in the suggested below strategy and hope that the outcome will be good for all us avarage folk who don't own shares in the oil and gas industry. If you want to participate also then just send the message below to any friends who you think may be interested and/or simply DO NOT BUY GAS FROM ESSO OR PETRO CANADA. It's that simple..... 
    Be well all and have a lovely day, Ally  

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Linda Lord 
To: 'Liela Cooper' ; 'Linda Rothero' ; 'Cooper Laura' ; 'Melanie Taylor' ; 'S&L Cathers' ; 'Cooper Wayne' ; 'Tom Hedin' ; 'Gerry and Fran' ; 'Judy & Ron McFarland' ; 'James and Alexandria Keating' 
Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2011 6:22 PM
Subject: FW: Gas Price Sense

Wonder if this will really work.   but lets try..

Linda

Dear Friends !!!

       THIS  IS NOT THE 'DON'T BUY' GAS FOR ONE DAY, BUT IT  WILL SHOW YOU HOW  WE CAN GET GAS BACK DOWN TO   $1.00 PER  LITRE. 

      This  was sent by a retired Coca Cola executive.  It came from one of  his engineer buddies who retired from Halliburton.  If you are  tired of the gas prices going up AND they will continue to rise this  summer, take time to read this  please. 

      Phillip  Hollsworth offered this good idea.
      This makes MUCH MORE SENSE than  the "don't buy gas on a certain day"  campaign that was going  around last April or May! 
      It's worth your  consideration. Join the resistance!!!!

      I  hear we are going to hit close to $ 1.50 a litre by this summer and  it might go higher!!  Want gasoline prices to come  down? 

      We  need to take some intelligent, united  action.  
      The  oil companies just laughed at that because they knew we wouldn't  continue to "hurt" ourselves by refusing to buy  gas .. 

      It  was more of an inconvenience to us than it was a problem for  them. 
      BUT, whoever  thought of this idea, has come up with a plan that can Really work.   Please read on and join with  us! 

      By  now you're probably thinking gasoline priced at about $.99 is super  cheap.  Me too!  It is currently $1.31 at SUNOCO and ESSO for regular unleaded in Hamilton and Ottawa and climbing every  week..

      Now  that the oil companies and the OPEC nations have conditioned us to  think that the cost of a gallon of gas is CHEAP at $87 to ..99, we  need to take aggressive action to teach them that BUYERS control the  marketplace..not sellers. 

      With  the price of gasoline going up more each day, we consumers need to  take action. 

      The  only way we are going to see the price of gas come down is if we hit  someone in the pocketbook by not purchasing their gas!  And, we  can do that WITHOUT hurting  ourselves. 

      How?   Since we all rely on our cars, we can't just stop buying  gas. 

      But  we CAN have an impact on gas prices if we all act together to force a  price war. 

      Here's  the idea: For the rest of this year, DON'T purchase ANY gasoline from  the two biggest companies (which now are  one),SUNOCO(PETRO CANADA) and ESSO. 

      If  they are not selling any gas, they will be inclined to reduce their  prices.   If they reduce their prices, the other companies will  have to follow suit. 

      But  to have an impact, we need to reach literally millions of SUNOCO(PETRO CANADA) and  ESSO gas buyers.  It's really simple to do!  Now, don't  wimp out on me at this point...keep reading and I'll explain how  simple it is to reach millions of  people!! 

      I  am sending this note to 30 people.  If each of us send it to at  least ten more (30 x 10 = 300) ...  and those 300 send it to at  least ten more (300 x 10 =  3,000)... and  so on, by the time the message reaches the sixth group of people, we  will have reached over THREE MILLION  consumers .
      If  those three million get excited and pass this on to ten friends each,  then 30 million people will have been  contacted! 

      If  it goes one level further, you guessed it.....  THREE HUNDRED  MILLION PEOPLE!!! 

      Again,  all you have to do is send this to 10 people.  That's  all! 

      (If  you don't understand how we can reach 300 million and all you have to  do is send this to 10 people.....  Well, let's face it, you just  aren't a mathematician  But I am ..  so trust me on this  one. 

      How  long would all that take?  If each of us sends this e-mail out to  ten more people within one day of receipt, all 300 MILLION people  could conceivably be contacted within the next 8  days! 

      I'll  bet you didn't think you and I had that much potential, did  you!   Acting together we 
      can make a difference. 

      If  this makes sense to you, please pass this message on.  I suggest  that we not buy from SUNOCO(PETRO CANADA)/ESSO UNTIL THEY LOWER THEIR PRICES TO THE  $..79 RANGE AND KEEP THEM DOWN.  THIS CAN REALLY  WORK. 

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