*PLEASE READ* IMPORTANT MAY 15th

[machinesxe]

Please pass this on if this has any meaning to you. [IMG]http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g276/machinesxe/MISC%20Graphics/DONTPAYATTHEPUMPcopy.jpg[/IMG] DON'T PUMP GAS ON MAY 15TH! ACTION TOGETHER BRINGS FORTH CHANCE. APATHY WILL KILL US ALL IN A FLOOD OF OIL AND DOLLARS. DO IT FOR YOURSELF!!!!!! On May 15th all myspace members are asked to not go to the gas station in protest high gas prices. Gas is now over $3.00 a gallon in most places. There are 72, 110, 073 + members currently on the network, and the average car takes about 20 to 30 dollars to fill up. If all myspace members did not go to the pump on the 15th it would take $2,163,302,190 out of the oil companys 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 oil industry for at least one day. Let's put these greed driven savages in ther place. Stand up and have your voice heard!!!! If you agree (which I cant see why you wouldnt) repost this bulletin repost it with 'Don't pump gas on May 15th

[mystic]

uh.... ok I'll just get gas on the 14th or 16th. I sure the oil companies are shaking in their boots :rolleyes:

[Guest The Aussie]

Oooh, I didn't even know that a lot of myspace members were old enough to have cars.

[Remianen]

[QUOTE=mystic;222199]uh.... ok I'll just get gas on the 14th or 16th. I sure the oil companies are shaking in their boots :rolleyes:[/QUOTE] Yeah, that's the main problem I see with this campaign. I fill up my car's tank maybe twice a month since I don't use it very much. I'd daresay most people don't feel the burning need to fill their tanks every day so skipping one day is almost meaningless.

[tristram]

How much are you fullas paying? We're paying about $1.20 AUD per litre at the pump down here. I know back in NZ they're looking at $1.60 NZD per litre. That's massive. I'd guess in an Australian perspective, average salary is probably $40,000-$45,000 per year for a full timer, you're spending on average $60 of that per week on petrol. It's ridiculous, but it could be worse, just ask the Kiwis.

[panix04]

you think price's in the USA are high, try moving to England! *sigh*

[Remianen]

[QUOTE=tristram;222207]How much are you fullas paying? We're paying about $1.20 AUD per litre at the pump down here. I know back in NZ they're looking at $1.60 NZD per litre. That's massive. I'd guess in an Australian perspective, average salary is probably $40,000-$45,000 per year for a full timer, you're spending on average $60 of that per week on petrol. It's ridiculous, but it could be worse, just ask the Kiwis.[/QUOTE] $2.80 per gallon, last time I filled up. Converting that to AUD/litres would be....$44.50 AUD for a fillup (13 gallon/49 litre tank). That's about $70 USD per month for me. My satellite bill costs almost twice that and gets used more than my car. :p I'm not saying $5.00 a gallon would be okay. But when the cost starts to become prohibitive, natural selection of a sort happens (people adapt or "die", figuratively speaking). "Necessity is the mother of invention." I know here, few people (relatively speaking) carpool. You can have next door neighbors who work in the same part of town, each jump into their cars and drive in to work. I'm fortunate in that New York City's public transportation system is wide ranging and extremely efficient, all things considered. So I pay $72 a month for unlimited access to it and that $72 pays for itself usually within 2 weeks. Anyway, I think a gas boycott isn't going to accomplish what's intended. Until you change people's way of thinking or acting (carpooling, using public transportation where available, etc), dependency on oil will always be high.

[Clarity]

[QUOTE=Panix]you think price's in the USA are high, try moving to England! *sigh*[/QUOTE] Yeah, they think they got it bad. Did some quick sums and will show my working out just in case i got it wrong. Theres 4.55 litres in a gallon which costs us £0.90 a litre 4.55 x 0.90 = £4.09 Which converted into US Dollars = $8.03 a gallon I bet $3 isn't that bad in comparison

[panix04]

yeah incidentally 90p a litre is cheap most places are charging between 92p and 95p a litre and it gets up to the 98p mark at some service stations!

[Undertaker666]

Stop using "gas"/petrol/diesel full stop, that's the only way you'll get the oil tycoons to take any notice. It's about time we started using alternative clean energy sources (electric/solar etc) and stop destroying the planet. (note: i'm not a tree hugger! :D)

[weirdo_man]

Wish there was something I could do about using gas/oil, but unfortunately, I'm a professional wrestler in a country without many railways or subways or other modes of transportation. And 'Taker, I wouldn't be too worried about an alternative fuel source coming any time soon. It's not a conspiracy theory that the oil companies try to stop it. There were electric cars that you could lease in California for awhile, but when the renewal on the lease came up, they wouldn't let you renew it. They found them all in Texas being destroyed in a huge car wasteland. Then there was also the guy who claimed to have a car that ran solely on water. He died a year and a half after claiming it (Even if he had no car that would run on water.). And then really, there's very little research being done with large dollars behind it that would allow us to come up with something new here in the States. So, there's a chance that there will be a point where pretty much everyone is still driving and the Earth runs out of oil. Then we're all ****ed for about a year while pandemonium makes all of us nuts cause there's very little gas and no way of getting around.

[GDE71]

[QUOTE=weirdo_man;222272]Wish there was something I could do about using gas/oil, but unfortunately, I'm a professional wrestler in a country without many railways or subways or other modes of transportation. And 'Taker, I wouldn't be too worried about an alternative fuel source coming any time soon. It's not a conspiracy theory that the oil companies try to stop it. There were electric cars that you could lease in California for awhile, but when the renewal on the lease came up, they wouldn't let you renew it. They found them all in Texas being destroyed in a huge car wasteland. Then there was also the guy who claimed to have a car that ran solely on water. He died a year and a half after claiming it (Even if he had no car that would run on water.). And then really, there's very little research being done with large dollars behind it that would allow us to come up with something new here in the States. So, there's a chance that there will be a point where pretty much everyone is still driving and the Earth runs out of oil. Then we're all ****ed for about a year while pandemonium makes all of us nuts cause there's very little gas and no way of getting around.[/QUOTE] That last part was a movie........

[djthefunkchris]

[QUOTE=Remianen;222217]$2.80 per gallon, last time I filled up. Converting that to AUD/litres would be....$44.50 AUD for a fillup (13 gallon/49 litre tank). That's about $70 USD per month for me. My satellite bill costs almost twice that and gets used more than my car. :p I'm not saying $5.00 a gallon would be okay. But when the cost starts to become prohibitive, natural selection of a sort happens (people adapt or "die", figuratively speaking). "Necessity is the mother of invention." I know here, few people (relatively speaking) carpool. You can have next door neighbors who work in the same part of town, each jump into their cars and drive in to work. I'm fortunate in that New York City's public transportation system is wide ranging and extremely efficient, all things considered. So I pay $72 a month for unlimited access to it and that $72 pays for itself usually within 2 weeks. Anyway, I think a gas boycott isn't going to accomplish what's intended. Until you change people's way of thinking or acting (carpooling, using public transportation where available, etc), dependency on oil will always be high.[/QUOTE] Exactly, that would dent it more in the long run for sure, however... something as small as a one day boycott would cause all sorts of problems, including stock exchange problems. Profoundly, it would hit the gas company's wallet (more literrally, the gas stations), because of no sells on that one single day. I understand the thought, that well, I'm going to use my car anyways, so they will get my money in the long run (before or after that day), but it's not likely that billions of extra dollars will come in all the sudden the day before or after. If just a simple place like My Space could get something going that intense, it would be a huge mark (not sure of the outcome though). Take the example of what it would mean if you missed one day of work (and pay). Let's say you will probably have to get the same amount of work done, no matter if you had to skip a day of work or not. The most likely effect, is that you will end up working extra hard a couple of days, rather then making your entire pay up for that one day. Your just going to lose that whole days pay, or most of it anyways (giving that you might end up staying an hour here or there over to make up for the work). Most the time though, you wouldn't be getting extra hours to make up for it. Your just going to lose that day (this particular time, you don't have the option of taking any form of leave that pays or makes up for it). Ok, I know gas is high outside of the states, and us acting so surprised is funny to alot of people. The biggest problem in the USA, is there is no form of public transportation for 95% of the country. The inner MAJOR cities are the only one's that have public transportation that is effective (New York, Chicago, Cleveland, etc.). Even then, you can only get transportation (reliably) to certain area's, without having to get several transfers, going from bus to train, etc. I don't know what outside of the USA is like, but that puts a whammy on people like me (for example), that uses two full gas tanks of gas every week just to get back and forth to work. Two tank fulls is 120 bucks, and more if the price goes any higher, or I need to go other places not on the way to work. SO on average, I'm looking at 480 bucks a month to get back and forth from work. There are people I work with that live over twice as far away as I do, so you can imagine how much they use. It's a pain in the neck, having to fill up every three to four days, and for them it's every other day. Then there is the problem of work schedules, I'm the only person on my schedule, so there isn't a way to carpool without being there for 6 to 12 hours (before and after) extra, not to include my own shift. Also, there is the problem that I'm out of the way, as is everyone else that works with me. So the likelihood someone is willing to leave an hour or so early, just to carpool is not likely. This is pretty much common outside of the inner cities, public transportation would kick butt, but it's non-existant for the most part. Now, some places that are tourist area's, have it... but they just go to the tourist locations (Beach's, Mall, Walmart, lol). And the routes are not the best (I could get from one place to another faster in cleveland for example, even through rush hour.

[lovestruck420]

yeah it would be great if we all had a form of public transportation but we don't........