Boycotting GAS buying in NC MAy 19

[scarlet]

The folks of NC are boycotting buying gas on May 19th...We shall see

I think the whole nation should do it....

 

[Gulfstream 200]

why?

2.50/gallon is still pretty cheap compared to the rest of the world...

let me guess....all those rednecks in the 8mpg pickups are tankering up the day before, huh? what a stance!! If I owned a gas station I would tack on an extra .50 the day before.

This nation cannot complain about consumer gas prices one bit.

Tax the helll out of it and make it $5/gallon I say, then reduce my income tax. I will drive a more efficient car and put money in my pocket.


I see it now -

Modest double wide at home, big F350 pickup (V-10 brand new) towing a 24ft decked out Basstracker (twin engine) ...pulling up and complaining about those damm A-rabs chargin $2.50/gal...

I love it.

 

[Snakum]

Bad news all around G200: we actually have colleges down here, and we attend them ... we don't all drive pickups ... most of us have stick-built homes ... and the best part of you, sir, ran down the crack of your mother's @$$.

Perhaps you were even a "flute the nube" baby?


Minh

 

[Gulfstream 200]

Bad news all around G200: we actually have colleges down here, and we attend them ... we don't all drive pickups ... most of us have stick-built homes ... and the best part of you, sir, ran down the crack of your mother's @$$.

Perhaps you were even a "flute the nube" baby?


Minh

still cruising the pilot message boards, wannabe?

now get off the computer and go hop back on your sister!

.

 

[scarlet]

Hey there are great schools in NC--but he would not know that would he---DUKE, WF,NC,NCS,UNCW...

The oil companies have NEVER lost money--but everyone else is filing Bankru.

 

[LXJ31]

The oil companies have NEVER lost money--but everyone else is filing Bankru.

So the answer is what? Force oil companies to operate at a loss? Why do you suppose airlines operate at a loss (recently?) Their costs go up but they don't increase prices to offset their rising expenses, why do you think thati is? (Actually, don't answer that, that one has been beat to death and I have stuff to do today.)

Milton Friedman said there is no better solution to high prices than high prices. He's right, once gas gets expensive enough, people will make changes to reduce consumption and prices will fall. Its apparent we haven't reached that painful plateau yet judging from the numbers girly-arse H2s I see.

 

[Snakum]

now get off the computer and go hop back on your sister!

And pi$$ off your mother? No way. That beeyatch is mean when she's not getting her guts busted regularly.

Hey there are great schools in NC--but he would not know that would he---DUKE, WF,NC,NCS,UNCW...

Not sure if I'd go with that whole list.


Minh
(Tarheels rule!)

 

[kevdog]

It's only about a thousand miles to NC from where I live. I'll drive up the day before and protest with y'all. See y'all soon!

 

[Flyin Tony]

I think gas is kinda cheap. Just think what they have to do to pull it out of the ground, mix it up, ship it to the US, and all that other crap. It sounds like alot of crap to do to make just a little bit of gas. But yes it would be nice if it was 1.50 a gal again.

 

[kevdog]

I think gas is kinda cheap. Just think what they have to do to pull it out of the ground, mix it up, ship it to the US, and all that other crap. It sounds like alot of crap to do to make just a little bit of gas. But yes it would be nice if it was 1.50 a gal again.

Flyin Tony,
You forgot the taildragger seriers of cessnas, the 421, the 207, the 208, the 707, 720, 777, 787, 300, 318, 321, DC2, 3, 4, 6, 8, to name a few. You still flying the lear 65?

 

[skeezer]

The folks of NC are boycotting buying gas on May 19th...We shall see

I think the whole nation should do it....

Doesn't this scheme come up every year?

Anyway, use your head peeps. So you don't buy gas on the 19th...so what? You are still going to drive the same amount that day and on the 20th you are going to fill your tanks up with the same amount that you would have on the 19th, plus your regular burn on the 19th. Overall, you used the same amount of gas and paid the same to the fuel companies.

Pointless.

Peace,

Skeezer

 

[kevdog]

Doesn't this scheme come up every year?

Anyway, use your head peeps. So you don't buy gas on the 19th...so what? You are still going to drive the same amount that day and on the 20th you are going to fill your tanks up with the same amount that you would have on the 19th, plus your regular burn on the 19th. Overall, you used the same amount of gas and paid the same to the fuel companies.

Pointless.

Peace,

Skeezer

It would be a better idea for all the gas stations to close for a week in the state of NC. Then people wouldn't complain about high gas prices and the owners and workers could have a paid week vacation.

 

[F-15.Ramps]

Skeezer,

You're absolutely correct in your questioning this scheme coming up every year.

Here's the link...

http://www.snopes.com/politics/business/nogas.asp

 

[FR8mastr]

So the answer is what? Force oil companies to operate at a loss?

No they should not operate at a loss However, Exxon Mobil have posted record profits!! If the oil companies were not sticking it to us, their profits would remain at the usual levels. If I sell X number of widgets one year and make 1 billion profit, then the next year I sell a similar number of widgets but this time I post a record profit of 2 billion, I think you might agree I have raised my fees for the widget, much more than the costs of producing the widget.

 

[BLUE BAYOU]

If US automakers would get on the ball and come up with some fuel efficient/alternative fuels vehicles-- the profits of these oil companies would drop!!! The Japanese have viable hybrids on backorder, yet the US automakers are still lagging behind, hedging their bets on hydrogen (GM) instead. They are too slow!!! It makes you wonder if the US automakers are in bed with Exxon Mobil and the likes??? Just think, if we were to change all of our vehicles to hydrogen (not a cheap trick) where the exhaust is WATER, we would have cleaner burning cars and a lower dependency on oil. I don't think you'll see the oil makers in line to fund this, however, I wouldn't be surprised if one of them (Shell) would start producing hydrogen fueling stations and start charging $2/gallon or liter or whatever the measurement of Hydrogen is-- wouldn't that be funny!!! We'll be complaining then too, heheh...

 

[~~~^~~~]

If US automakers would get on the ball and come up with some fuel efficient/alternative fuels vehicles-- The Japanese have viable hybrids on backorder, yet the US automakers are still lagging behind....,

Have you driven a Ford, lately? We have a loaded 04 Focus PZEV ( Partial Zero Emissions Vehicle ) which we bought for less than $13,000 and her next vehicle will be the hybrid Escape, a medium sized SUV. GM has a hybrid truck on the market.

It is not that US manufacturers are lagging behind, but that US Buyers are not buying fuel efficient vehicles when the cost of fuel still does not justify the increased purchase price of a hybrid vehicle.

The hybrid Escape is a much better vehicle than a Toyota Prius. But most tree huggers seem to prefer an inferior foriegn make.

US buyers should take a look around their domestic dealer's lots. We made the jump from Hondas, Mazdas and Porshes to Ford a couple of years back and not only are the Fords less expensive, they have much beter customer seervice and seem to just last forever.

Hydrogen is probably a billion dollar mistake for GM. Fuel cells are nifty, but where we going to get the electricity to make all the H2? Burning fossil fuels to generate watts used to make H2 is inefficient & polluting.

~~~^~~~

94 Ranger - 166,000 miles
04 Focus PZEV - 18,500 miles
04 Focus SVT - 11,700 miles
04 F150 Lariat - 13,000 miles
94 MR2 Turbo
60 Beech 33-35

 

[Corona]

Have you driven a Ford, lately? We have a loaded 04 Focus PZEV ( Partial Zero Emissions Vehicle ) which we bought for less than $13,000 and her next vehicle will be the hybrid Escape, a medium sized SUV. GM has a hybrid truck on the market.

It is not that US manufacturers are lagging behind, but that US Buyers are not buying fuel efficient vehicles when the cost of fuel still does not justify the increased purchase price of a hybrid vehicle.

The hybrid Escape is a much better vehicle than a Toyota Prius. But most tree huggers seem to prefer an inferior foriegn make.

US buyers should take a look around their domestic dealer's lots. We made the jump from Hondas, Mazdas and Porshes to Ford a couple of years back and not only are the Fords less expensive, they have much beter customer seervice and seem to just last forever.

Hydrogen is probably a billion dollar mistake for GM. Fuel cells are nifty, but where we going to get the electricity to make all the H2? Burning fossil fuels to generate watts used to make H2 is inefficient & polluting.

~~~^~~~

94 Ranger - 166,000 miles
04 Focus PZEV - 18,500 miles
04 Focus SVT - 11,700 miles
04 F150 Lariat - 13,000 miles
94 MR2 Turbo
60 Beech 33-35

*Ahem* Actually, Ford licensed its hybrid technology from Toyota, one of those "inferior" foreign makes. (Being a sophisticated consumer, I'm sure you already knew that.) That enabled Ford to not take engineers away from its Giant SUV Development Team. Unfortunately, it will make the four-cylinder hybrid Escape as or more expensive than the top-of-the line V-6 Escape. There must be a brilliant MBA-type strategy in there somewhere, but I can't see it.

I can't imagine how you got the idea the Escape is a better car than the Prius. I've looked at reliability surveys, and the Escape has been at the bottom; the Prius at the top.

"Partial Zero Emissions Vehicle"? LMAO! Question: What is "part" of the number zero? Why, it would be zero! That's a pretty lame-ass marketing strategy.

"Ladies and Gentlemen, I introduce to you the Part Nothing Car of the Year!..."

(BTW, Mazda is not a "foreign" make. It is owned entirely by Ford. Mazda and Ford swap more parts and undercarriages than a bunch of teens at an orgy.)

GM's hybrid full-size truck goes from 15 MPG to a whopping 16 MPG. Yeah, there's a giant leap for Mankind.

I agree w/you that plugging all that dough into hydrogen technology might be fatal for the big GM. I just don't think the market can be developed by one manufacturer. Neither can the support network (fueling).

I also agree that US manufacturers are not falling behind; in fact, they are catching up. After all, if all manufacturers eventually have Zero (heh, heh!) defects, then that won't be the challenge anymore. But US manufacturers have done nothing over the last 15 years but drive up the size, cost and power of their SUV/truck lines, while their more efficient cars withered and faded away. Trucks and SUVs, by a curious coincidence, have by far the highest profit margin.

I would take a guess that the Big Three are currently hanging on the hope that gasoline prices will go down. Gas prices aren't the fault of the Arabs, "inferior" foreign car makes, or Big Oil. The Big Three chose their gas-guzzler market strategy; and, if it fails, so will they.

But, that's the way it works in a free market...

C

 

[fracflyer]

Don't worry about the poor oil compaines though. Bush and his Rupublican cronies in Congress are going to help them out with 8.1 billion in tax breaks in this new energy bill. I'm sure they can use it since they've been making record profits for the past few years......

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=8258283

 

[enigma]

Boycotting the pump on one certain day won't do a darn thing. If we could get everyone to skip a trip to the mall once a week, then we'd make some headway. BTW, I'm working on my wife to skip a few trips a week....................so far, I'm just talking myself blue in the face. I guess that I'll have to take away her gas card.

enigma