Fuel Prices: Why no Boycott?

Question

Fuel prices are getting record high prices per day. Nobody in the American society are doing anything to stop this. All they've done is argue, not fight. Lets take it back a few years, lets say the late 1700's. In 1773 John Hancock organized a boycott for tea sold by the British East India Company. If I can remember correctly the British destroyed tea crates that were on the Boston Harbor. After this occured the British raised import taxes, causing the American colonist to have a boycott. The British company lost over 300,000 sales that year, causing debt.

If you dont see my point, pretty much what Im trying to say is if we boycott against all fuel companies,they will lose an enormous amount of sales and be forced to dramatically lower fuel prices. All we need is the help of everyone who cares about this.

You want low fuel prices? stop using Gas Stations and find a non-fuel sort of transportation (Bicycles,Electric bikes,Electric scooters,etc.)

HELP

Answer 1

Guess who bought up all the  Hydrogen producing facilities in the USA?    the  BIG oil companies!

Because big oil companies have a huge infrastructure already in place for diesel and gasoline.  They are not about to change it for nothing.

We won't  see very much done with H2 because big oil won't allow it.

Answer 2

I couldn't boycott. I have no public transportation where i live

Answer 3

Boycott would be nice IF your could get more then .01 % of the pepole to do it.  Take it to the max if you don't need it don't buy it

or drive it. Stay home this weekend.  But US fuel supplies are at a all time highsince 1999. Yet prices are still going up   (info at  reuters.com {Apr. 11.08})

snip:  

U.S. gasoline stockpiles hit a 14-year high of 236 million barrels in March even as surging oil costs pulled pump prices to record levels over $3.20 per gallon.

Answer 4

problem is with the historical comparisons, there were plenty of other options at little or no cost.  Instead of tea, drink water, coffee, etc.  These were easily obtained.  If one doesn't have a bike or scooter today, they'd need to go buy one.   This takes time and money.  People would much rather take the easy route, go to the corner gas station and fill up.  It's always about convenience and living in the now.  

The size of the boycott, in order to do any damage at all to the oil companies, would need to be enourmous in both scale and duration.  Remember they made billions $$ they've been making in the last few years?  They could easily absorb any small scale slow down in sales at the pump.

Answer 5

You haven't heard the boycott is against Mobil and Exxon, don't buy gas from either,

This has been going on for at least two months.

Answer 6

boycott the banks that play the stock market energy fuetures.

Answer 7

Go right ahead.  With you boycotting gas, there will be greater surpluses, and prices will be lower for me to fill up my tank.

Answer 8

I don't want to spend 6 hours a day getting to and from work on a bicycle when $2.00 worth of gasoline and 30 minutes will do the trick.

Answer 9

Who are we boycotting.  I believe if we do boycott, the price will continue to rise.   It's a 45 minute drive on I85 and I95 to my job, no way am I going to ride a bicycle or electric scooter on a highway,   A bus is out of the question because buses don't travel in either areas.  Some of us have to pay the price and suffer.

Answer 10

WE NEED TO VOTE OUT ALL INCUMBENT POLITICIANS NO MATTER WHO THEY ARE.

Answer 11

I don't think dumping oil into Boston Harbor would be an ideal solution...

Answer 12

Nice thought, but not everyone has access to public trans. and lives a long commute away  from work. If it were feasible it might work, but it is not.

Answer 13

Don't buy a new car until they make a affordable plug in hybrid that gets over 60 mpg.

Answer 14

1,, the prices  are actually lower than 30 yrs ago...adjusted for inflation....2.. its the oil nations raising prices...a boycott will not hurt Saudi Arabia and Venezuela,,,,the oil cos dont own the oil like they did in the 1950/1960s..in early 70s most oil nations took/nationalized the oil Fields,,,3,, with china and India using 100 times more oil than 10 years ago,,,it will only hurt us..in fact china has actually taken long term contracts at prices above current prices...you need to look this stuff up

Answer 15

Global Warming is a scam and now it is costing US . Stop propagating GW it scares people .