Don't buy gas on 5/15!

Its sad how many people buy into crap like this - just goes to show that the majority of people out there don't know anything about economics.

Gas prices are a function of supply, demand, and speculation. A "gas out day" does nothing to affect gas prices - you'll still drive your car to work that day, and the next, and the next...and you'll still need gas to put in it.

If everyone REALLY wants to affect gas prices...do things like car pool or take public transportation or plan your errands so you drive less or drive more fuel efficient cars. Anyone who knows anything about economics knows that assuming a constant supply, lowering demand lowers the price every time.

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Originally Posted by TekWarren

Everyone should get motorcycles and scooters! LOL

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:colbert: Florida has Love Bugs


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I don't do gas outs. They still get their money some other day. I just re-evaluate my driving habits when prices go up. Instead of a trip out to the store, I stop on my way to or from work now. Instead of going on road trips antique shopping I shop locally. When prices are high I entertain myself with long walks with the dogs or work around the house on projects i never seem to have time for. Those are the things that hurt their pocket book in the long run. If you actually cut gas use on a daily basis, thereby using much less thru the year, that's what hurts them.

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Originally Posted by nathanledet

:colbert: Florida has Love Bugs

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LOL! yea they do!

somebody I knew when I lived in Florida put someone elses tags on their car and went to the store and on his way back he got pulled over when the cop asked this guy if he knew what he pulled him over for he said "No..I was doing the speed limit and I used my signal..." and the cop replied..."yea but you have love bugs all over your rear tags and you can't get them there unless you were driving up the highway in reverse!" LOL! So the cop knew he had put somebody's front tag on the rear of his car! lol!


busted for Lovebugs! :rofl:

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Originally Posted by elevatethis

Its sad how many people buy into crap like this - just goes to show that the majority of people out there don't know anything about economics.

Gas prices are a function of supply, demand, and speculation. A "gas out day" does nothing to affect gas prices - you'll still drive your car to work that day, and the next, and the next...and you'll still need gas to put in it.

If everyone REALLY wants to affect gas prices...do things like car pool or take public transportation or plan your errands so you drive less or drive more fuel efficient cars. Anyone who knows anything about economics knows that assuming a constant supply, lowering demand lowers the price every time.

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Just wanted to add a second chance for people to read this if they missed it the first time. A nation wide boycott of BP and Exxon companies would help, as would car pooling and taking public transportation. Skipping a day of purchasing, while using the same amount as usual, won't change anything.

$2.89 per gal. Lucky! It's like $3.39 here in Chicago. I have been looking at scooters and mopeds, too, along with bad-@$$ helmets (Viking, Keiser, Black Spangenhelm, etc.) so I still look tough on it.

lol wow I was gonna get gas today but just thought :rolleyes: "DID I EAT TODAY? so I skipped on gas till tommorow.

Didn't affect prices here at all.

Gas prices never dropped here either, but they did drop $0.03 the day before, probably to counter any drop in sales.

It went up $0.20 today...should have bought it yesterday :(


We are now $3.34!!!:taz:

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Originally Posted by Purrrfect9

Gas prices never dropped here either, but they did drop $0.03 the day before, probably to counter any drop in sales.

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Nah, I promise you, the 3 cent drop had nothing to do with any "gas-out" or similar type of boycott.

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Originally Posted by PythonWallace

Just wanted to add a second chance for people to read this if they missed it the first time. A nation wide boycott of BP and Exxon companies would help,

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Boycotting Exxon or other Big Gas is another ill-informed idea of how to lower gas prices. I wish the answer could be that simple...

Do some research, the info is out there and pretty easy to find. Its not like some exec from Exxon is sitting as his desk thinking, "Hmm, what will gas be today?" The price of gas has to do with taxes, distribution costs, refining capacity, speculation on supply, and the price of crude on the world market.

Boycotting big oil will NOT affect gas prices. We would still consume, or demand, the same amount and would just have to get it elsewhere.