Would it be a bad idea t to at least put one station out of business at a time?

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Why don't we all us Americans stick to making a point and choosing one gas station to absolutely not purchase any gas at all and stick to it no matter what . It definitely could not hurt us but it will affect them and wouldn't it be nice to see one of them look like we could have the last laugh for a change. This would not take much effort on us besides spreading the word through out every State in the U.S. Unless some one could think of some thing better than do nothing at all and it could put one station to take the big adios and would it not feel just great on our part?

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Answer 1

Great idea ! Eventually, we only have to deal with ONE oil company. A consumer-created monopoly, what a fantastic idea. Cut down competition, and watch prices continue to climb.

Think again.

:-(

Answer 2

Unfortunately, there is a very easy answer to your  question.  You are not attacking the CAUSE of the increase in oil.  You did though, in a round about way, convey it.  

Gas stations have no control over the price of gasoline any more than department stores can be blamed for selling goods made in China.  Its very simple, in a fiat based money system( fake currency with no real  value) labor is gold. If the system looses labor then the value of the currency declines. The  central bank can resort to artificially inflating the currency, but the inevitable can not be avoided.

Low interest rates stimulate borrowing, but the banks loan money they do not have so inflation rises.  Then the bank  tries to raise the interest rate to entice people to deposit money into savings.  All the while the value of the currency heads infinitely into oblivion. In other words gas becomes extremely expensive because the money is worth less and less.  The so called free trade agreements that America has entered into are treasonous in this regard because it allowed business to sell its labor over seas.  We are just beginning to experience the effects of such a policy and the price of oil will not drop untill the value of the dollar increases or labor, the life blood of the economy, is restored.  The money supply must be definite, not some abstract numbers in a computer base.

The hybrids will not save us either, because this is not an oil issue, or is it a dollar issue.   All fiat money systems around the world are victim.

A much stronger, boycott would be on all the American owned companies who have moved thier manufacturing  operations out of the country.   In the interest of profits thay have sold out thier own sons and daughters.

Answer 3

clueless,thats all i can say.

Answer 4

Non Proliferation Treaty for Gas Powered Cars and one to dismantle such then redesign stations for electric ones.

Treaty for all Nations. Same for oil itself.

Similar to Nuclear Disarmament except for Gas powered cars.

Answer 5

We could pick one brand of station (eg shell, conoco, etc) to not buy gas at. It would hurt the employees, but maybe we could shame the oil companies into lowering prices

Answer 6

It won't make a difference.  Hitting distributors doesn't affect suppliers.

By the time the gas reaches the gas stations, it has already been purchased, and the oil companies have already gotten their money. Boycotting gasoline for a day would only affect the local owners and operators of gas stations. Then again, if you don’t buy your gas one day, but do it another day, will it really have much bearing on the gas station? Their tanks are already filled, and it doesn’t matter what day they sell that gas, so long as it’s sold eventually. Also, if you think you can make the gas station lower the prices, you’re wrong, because the gas stations have to set their prices based on what THEY pay for a gallon of gas from the refineries.

So what about this inventory thing? Guess again. There is plenty of surplus storage capacity. Besides, once again, you’re affecting the local gas stations, not the refineries. You’re just keeping their inventories higher, while the oil companies continue to fill their own storage facilities. Besides, it’s not as if refineries refill individual station’s tanks every day. Large stations can have weeks (or more) worth of supply, so it’s not as if a one-day boycott will mean that there are tanker trucks sitting idle all over the country. The tanks will still be filled and topped off.

So let’s go on to the money aspects of things. These boycott emails claims a $4.6B hit to oil companies. So far as anybody can tell, that number was pulled out of nowhere because the costs of the gas at the pump are spread all over the place. In fact, you can probably assume that the biggest loss would be the federal, state and local taxes lost due to lost sales. Otherwise, what percentage of the total price per gallon actually makes it back to the oil companies (and would force them to lower their prices)? I mean, of the total price, you have to split it up into taxes, gas station overhead, transportation and distribution, crude refining, local refining, local mixing and belnding, price per barrel of oil… So who’s getting hurt by the boycott? Where is this $4.6B supposed to hit?

You want gas prices to go down?  Get us out of Iraq.

Answer 7

nice idea

i'm in favor for a bit of ACTION EVERYBODY

Answer 8

It would only hurt the employees working there.  The OPEC people who price the oil to not care where you buy it.

The local stations have very little to do with the price of gas.