Don't pump gas on may 15th.

[Keitht Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close Keitht]

I'm game. Let's all fill-up on the 14th, so we don't need buy on the 15th. Then, when the price drops .30 overnight, we can all fill-up again on the 16th. But, don't stop there. Let's just keep filling up every second day, and see how low we can drive gas prices.

I don't think you are taking this suggestion seriously.
I can understand people wanting to protest about fuel prices, but simply not buying fuel on one specific day won't make any real difference. Unless total mileage is reduced the same amount of fuel will still be used. Sure there will be a one day, artificial, blip in the sales figures but with an equally large blip the other way on the following day when people do fill up again.
If one company was consistently higher priced than the rest a boycott of their stations would almost certainly force their price down, but only to the same level as the rest.

[Pit Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Pit]

I like the idea of targeting one company. I do think that if enough people boycott the Exxon-Mobile supply, it would affect their pricing. They have no place to store all that refined product for long periods of time. They have to move it through their supply channels. They are the largest producer and a price setter. If they lower prices, everyone else will follow.

Consumers do have the ultimate power with coordinated action. Of course, these types of efforts always seem to fade quickly, and without a meaningful reduction in consumption, any effects are temporary.

[TimeshareVon Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close TimeshareVon]

I like the idea of targeting one company. I do think that if enough people boycott the Exxon-Mobile supply, it would affect their pricing. They have no place to store all that refined product for long periods of time. They have to move it through their supply channels. They are the largest producer and a price setter. If they lower prices, everyone else will follow.

Consumers do have the ultimate power with coordinated action. Of course, these types of efforts always seem to fade quickly, and without a meaningful reduction in consumption, any effects are temporary.

Exxon/Mobil and Citgo have been on our "do not buy" list for what seems like forever.

[Pit Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Pit]

Exxon/Mobil and Citgo have been on our "do not buy" list for what seems like forever.

I also refuse to patronize Citgo, because of its direct connection to Hugo Chavez. I realize that the gas stations are independently owned, but I will not buy Hugo's product, period. (Edit: Hope that's not too political for the Hot Tub. I forgot where I was at).

[Jya-Ning Silver Contributor Find all posts View Profile Close Jya-Ning]

I also will not eat beans on the 14th in support of the 15th's No Gas.

Let us eat a lot of beans and fart on 14th at gas station , that will really drop the price Just don't do it on this forum.

Jya-Ning

[PigsDad Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close PigsDad]

I like the idea of targeting one company. I do think that if enough people boycott the Exxon-Mobile supply, it would affect their pricing. They have no place to store all that refined product for long periods of time. They have to move it through their supply channels. They are the largest producer and a price setter. If they lower prices, everyone else will follow.

Let's think about this for a second. If there was a perfect boycott and starting today everyone in the country quit buying fuel from Exxon stations, would that really change anything?

Assuming the same amount of fuel is being consumed as before boycotting the Exxon gas stations, the non-Exxon gas stations would not have enough supply. Then those gas stations would have to start buying from the Exxon distributors (since they would be the only distributors with excess supply) to meet the demand. The Exxon distributors would not need to lower their price, because the demand will still be there.

The only significant way to affect prices in a macro-economics sense is to reduce demand. And that means reducing fuel usage. Until we start doing that in a significant way, we will always be dependent on the whims of OPEC and the oil companies. Let's face it -- they charge $3/gallon because they can, and we will still purchase it. Simple supply and demand, folks.

Kurt

[tonyg Goomba & Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close tonyg]

Which is why I suggest a stay home day. If 90% of Americans stayed home every Sunday- demand would decrease.

[dioxide45 Member Find all posts View Profile Close dioxide45]

Since I only fill up about once a week. There is a 6 in 7 chance that I won't be filling up on the 15th. Odds are that I will be participating.

[1950bing Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close 1950bing]

I heard that bean farts don't stink.

[JWC Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close JWC]

Not buying gasoline on one day is not going to make any difference in the long run. If you are really serious then you have to reduce your consumption.

[Tom52 Member Find all posts View Profile Close Tom52]

We have a culture that generally feels it is a more important to drive a vehicle that projects their preceived status in society, rather than to drive a vehicle that delivers good gas mileage.

Most people don't NEED a big SUV or Luxury vehicle that is geared more for pampering and projecting an image than it is for good gas mileage. Where I live there is no need for 4WD trucks and SUVs yet there there are a ton of them around that never go off the pavement or tow anything. Of course people who tow RVs and boats have special needs, but I believe they are the minority of 4WD owners.

I downsized my vehicle two years ago and as a result I now get 50% better fuel mileage. I was concerned about driving a smaller vehicle but the transition was painless.

It is a futile gesture to boycott gas stations on a specific day. I will make that futile gesture anyway. If we really want to do something positive, both for our pocket books and for society as a whole, we all could make a stronger statement by purchasing vehicles that fit our needs for 90% of the driving we do, not luxury barges if we don't really need them. I bet if gasoline shoots up to $5 or $6 a gallon overnight most everyone will be unloading the land barges and looking for the high mileage cars.

Oil companies and automobile companies are not stupid. The oil companies will continue to raise and lower gas prices seasonally but the trend will definitely be up and in a few years the price will be $5 to $6 a gallon. The automobile manufacturers will continue to market and sell the high profit luxury cars, SUVs and Crossovers because we as consumers don't demand fuel efficiency as a first priority.