NO GAS MAY 15th?

[SonOfBeastSucks]

It was a good day to not pump. Gas shot up nineteen cents overnight here. $3.19 to $3.38.

[KrazyT]

Well, i didnt need gas today, so i guess i contributed. Eventhough i dont think it will do anything....

[AndrewCT]

I pumped 45 bucks worth of gas, just to make sure that this boycott doesn't make our prices go up anymore.

[FlyingScooter]

The stations around here got smart, they waited til today to raise the prices yet again. B@st@rds!

[AndrewCT]

Thus why these boycotts never work. The only thing that happens is prices go up.

[arrowfanman]

^ They also dont work because they aren't true boycots----you have several individuals who pumped gas for show.

 

 

 

Anyway, gas dropped a few cents here. Of course, I personally believe that a protest like this doesn't provide instant gratification (as do most things that aren't microwaveable).

 

Anyway, I think the biggest flaw in this particular boycott was the weak promotion. Several people I spoke to about it simply didn't even know it was going on! If people are going to want to be serious about a boycott like this, they're going to have to promote on all fronts. Not just with MySpace bulletins and forum threads.

 

-Jahan

[mcjaco]

I had gas yesterday. Must of been the pizza.

[Masked_Maverick]

I really think it had the opposite intended effect. Gas here shot up $.30 a gallon in 2 freaking days.

[Cameron]

Gas always goes up before long weekends. It'll come down a bit after Memorial Day weekend..

 

Cameron.

[Gav]

I filled up my tank yesterday and won't need gas for another week. I bet at least 6/7ths of everyone will be in the same situation Smile

I'm surprised this comment was overlooked, but it actually points out another flaw in the argument.

The original post at the start of this thread said

 

There are 73,000,000+ American members currently on the internet network, and the average car takes about 30 to 50 dollars to fill up.

 

If all users did not go to the pump on the 15th, it would take $2,292,000, 000.00 (that's almost 3 BILLION) out of the oil companies pockets for just one day, so please do not go to the gas station on May 15th and lets try to put a dent in the Middle Eastern oil industry for at least one day.

 

But in reality all Internet users don't buy petrol every day. This is a rough calculation but in reality only about 1/7 of Internet users would get petrol on a given day (im just using 1/7 so i have a figure to work with, i am aware it wouldn't be like this exactly as people might get more petrol later in the week ready for weekend trips etc.)

So anyway, it would really only be about a $372.4 Million hit on the Oil companies, assuming everyone took part in the protest.

Big dent in the companies

 

Another little thing i spotted, the original post says

it would take $2,292,000, 000.00 (that's almost 3 BILLION)

How is $2.29 Billion almost $3 Billion? Someone didn't learn how to round of numbers properly in Maths class....