> I hear we are going to hit close to $3.00 a gallon by the summer. Want

> gasoline prices to come down?  We need to take some intelligent, united

> action. 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!  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 it and join with us!By now you're probably thinking

gasoline priced at about $1.50 is super

> cheap.  Me too!  It is currently $1.97 for regular unleaded in my town.

> 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 $1.50- $1.75, 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), EXXON and MOBIL.  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 Exxon and Mobil gas buyers.  It's really simple to do!!  Now, don't

> whimp 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 about thirty

people. If each of you 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 generation 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 email 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 I 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.  PLEASE HOLD OUT UNTIL THEY LOWER THEIR

> PRICES TO THE $1.30 RANGE AND KEEP THEM DOWN.  THIS CAN REALLY WORK