Gas price revolt!

[Mr 5 0]

Spam mail.

Good intentions I'm certain but getting millions of strangers in various parts of the country to stop buying from one or two oil companies for six months or more just because you send them a breathless e-mail (I get about 30 - 40 per day that all say "IMPORTANT - MUST READ and I instantly delete them) is probably wishful thinking, at best.

There are a lot of reasons for gas price increases. Some of it is pure corporate greed along with a lot of middlemen taking cuts from the sale of oil and gas and a lot of it is availabilty, demand and other natural market forces at work. It isn't always a conspiracy to screw you, believe it or not.

I don't buy Exxon or Mobil gas so in a way, I'll be part of the boycott but don't expect this to have much impact just because someone starts a internet chain letter. People are weird and tend to buy whatever they want to buy, including gasoline brands, despite what some internet e-mail advises them to do.

Getting a chain letter telling you not to buy Exxon or Mobil gas may work for some but every person receiving such an e-mail isn't going to pass it along to ten others, I can guarantee that. These pyramid schemes usually fall flat but hey, why not give it a shot?

I'll leave this up for member interest and comment and I wish the boycott well and hope it drives down gas prices, but don't hold your collective breath, folks.